CONCORD, N.H. — Attorney General Michael Delaney said he hopes to combat human trafficking in underage prostitutes and coerced laborers through the formation of a commission that aims to change the way law enforcement deals with its victims....
Usually illegals.
Usually illegals.
Assistant US Attorney Mark Zuckerman, who prosecuted one of the first federal human trafficking cases in New Hampshire involving two people he says enslaved Jamaican laborers in Litchfield, said, ‘‘This is a hidden crime. It’s around us all the time, and we don’t see it.’’
Zuckerman said the best investigative tool they have to fight human trafficking is anonymous tips to law enforcement from people — neighbors, teachers, nurses — who see something that does not look right.
See something, say something.
See something, say something.
Delaney pointed out that the commission is being created on the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared freedom for slaves held in the the rebellious states.
‘‘But slavery continues to exist in this country and in the state of New Hampshire, in the form of sex trafficking and coerced labor,’’ he said.
