Sanctuary was invited to participate in the planning and execution of an anti-trafficking operation in East New York—likely the largest of its kind targeting pimps and sex buyers New York has ever seen.
‘Stolen Youth’ Director on Importance of ‘Not Judging’ Larry Ray’s Victims
Director Zachary Heinzerling felt it was important to conduct interviews without judgment in order for his subjects to feel comfortable telling their story. Sanctuary’s Incarcerated Gender Violence Survivors Initiative represented victims in this case.
Human trafficking laws were supposed to help women. Victims’ stories say otherwise.
More than two decades after a key law took effect, women are still being actively trafficked across the U.S. for illicit massage. Sanctuary client “Shirley” and Kathy Lu, Staff Attorney of Sanctuary’s Anti-Trafficking Initiative, are quoted.
Sex trafficking cases climb in New York City – but NYPD is accused of turning a blind eye
Sanctuary Legal Director Dorchen Leidholdt and Alexi Meyers, Staff Attorney of the Campus Gender Violence Project, discuss the NYPD’s failure to enforce sex trafficking laws despite skyrocketing cases.