BATON ROUGE – The Baton Rouge Police Department is continuing its work to curb human trafficking in the capital area.
In 2024, Louisiana provided services to over 2,200 suspected or confirmed victims of human trafficking, according to the Governor’s Office for Human Trafficking Prevention. Law enforcement officials say there could be even more victims that the state doesn’t know about.
State government agencies define human trafficking as a crime that uses force, fraud, or coercion to compel a person into commercial sex or labor against their will…