Suffolk County has opened the state’s first human trafficking court focused on children who have been or are at risk of being trafficked, which officials said is a problem on Long Island.

Suffolk County officials on Thursday unveiled a new multiagency, coordinated approach to find missing children and curb what they say is an "epidemic" of human trafficking in the county.

Human trafficking in Suffolk County has reached an "epidemic proportion," according to Sylvia Diaz, deputy Suffolk County executive. "We are in the top 20 percentile for human trafficking in the ...

Suffolk Deputy County Executive Sylvia Diaz said human trafficking has reached epidemic proportions on Long Island. Brigitte Stelzer “We are in the top 20th percentile for human trafficking in ...

YAPHANK, Long Island (WABC) -- The Suffolk County Human Trafficking Unit gave Eyewitness News a behind the scenes look inside the county jail and described their pivotal role in helping track down ...

Suffolk County police said the department's Human Trafficking Unit worked alongside the FBI Child Exploitation and Human ...

Suffolk County, with a population larger than Manhattan, is also one of the worst in the country for human trafficking. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut ...

Suffolk County, with a population larger than Manhattan, is the 4th largest county in New York state, but it's also got a large problem - one of the worst in the country for human trafficking.

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (CBSNewYork)-- A Suffolk County man is headed to prison for a decade on sex trafficking charges prosecutors call unthinkable. He's accused of keeping women in a sex dungeon under ...