Human trafficking ‘extremely pervasive’ in Atlantic City. Groups fighting it get $15K from Hard Rock

Sunday, January 12, 2025 10:35 AM
  • Wayne Parry, The Press of Atlantic City

Human trafficking is “extremely pervasive” in the area, the county’s top law enforcement officer said Friday during an event in which three victim advocacy groups received funds from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City to help fight the practice.

Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds said sex trafficking is common in Atlantic City, adding that labor trafficking, often of undocumented immigrants, occurs in rural areas of the county.

“In Atlantic City, I think it’s extremely pervasive,” Reynolds said. “A lot of it is in the shadows. All the way out to Hammonton and down to Atlantic City, you have labor trafficking because you have illegal immigrants that are brought in especially during harvest season.