Human trafficking is not an unfamiliar problem in the nation or in North Georgia and Southeast Tennessee, authorities say.
“We are on the corridor that traffics children and adults in the Atlanta area,” said Beverly Cosley, director of Chattanooga’s Office of Multicultural Affairs.
About 375 young girls are trafficked each month in Georgia, with Atlanta being the focal point, according to Street Galvanizing Resources Against Child Exploitation, an Atlanta nonprofit.