Q&A
Specific offenses charged in trafficking-related crimes
1:06:10
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Council Member Salaam inquires about the specific offenses individuals are charged with when suspected of directing human trafficking and any trends in recent arrests. Lieutenant Picarello explains the variety of crimes associated with human trafficking investigations.
- The main focus is investigating sex trafficking, but various other crimes are often linked
- Associated crimes can include murders, burglaries, and grand larcenies
- No specific trends noted, but traffickers often engage in multiple criminal activities beyond trafficking
Yusef Salaam
1:06:10
I know that, deputy chief had, addressed this in his opening statement regarding how many arrests for trafficking related crimes were made by the NYPD last year.
Joseph Picarello
1:06:19
What I wanna know is specifically is for what specific offenses are individuals charged with when suspected of directing human trafficking, and are there any trends in arrests occurring during recent years?
1:06:34
Yes.
1:06:35
So, generally speaking, obviously, we're the, human trafficking unit.
1:06:41
Our main goal is to, investigate sex trafficking.
1:06:46
However, you get a bunch of different crimes that are linked into this.
1:06:50
You could get, murders, for for instance, burglaries, grand larcenies.
1:06:55
So it's really a mixture of everything.
1:06:58
As far as trends go, you know, I wouldn't say that there's a specific trend.
1:07:05
I would say that a trafficker is primarily a trafficker, but they're also engaged in a lot of different activities as well.
1:07:12
This isn't their only, criminal business, so to speak.