The NYPD will tackle sex trafficking \u201cin full force\u201d during the World Cup, officials told The Post this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe prepare for volume and the probability that there will be more trafficked victims passing through our city, and so we pay a special attention to some of our known corridors, things like bus terminals and certain train hubs,\u201d said Inspector Gary Marcus, commanding officer of the NYPD\u2019s Special Victims Unit. \u201cIn addition to obviously cyber monitoring, as well as some places where we think that this might manifest.\u201d <\/p>\n
Marcus was among the NYPD officials who sat down with the The Post Friday, a day after the first match of the massive 104-game tournament taking place around North America, including eight at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, until the final on July 19.<\/p>\n
Cops will be out looking for prostitution in areas where it\u2019s known to exist during the tournament. For New York Post<\/p>\n
NYPD teams also plan to carefully monitor notorious hot spots for commercial sex, such as Penn Track<\/a> in East New York, Brooklyn, and Roosevelt Avenue<\/a> in Corona and Jackson Heights, Queens, he said.<\/p>\n The NYPD has also been working with people who may come into contact with trafficking, like employees in the hospitality industry and at hospitals.<\/p>\n \u201cIt does not look like what you would expect to see in the movies,\u201d Marcus said. \u201cSo we prepare them for what those indicators might be, and what to do when you encounter a potential victim.\u201d<\/p>\n Trafficking victims might include people who are \u201cnot dressed appropriately for the weather, or they have untreated injuries, or they look to someone else when they have to answer very basic questions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Kathleen Baer, the NYPD\u2019s assistant commissioner for Gender-Based Violence Policy and Planning, works with aid agencies in the city to make sure there\u2019s help for anyone who\u2019s being trafficked \u2014 and with local prosecutors to build a case against the criminals responsible, she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The NYPD and women\u2019s advocacy groups will offer help to women who are the victims of sex trafficking. For the New York Post<\/p>\n