Seven people in total were indicted in two separate human trafficking rings in North and South Jersey, the attorney general's office announced Tuesday.

New Jersey's top law enforcement official says authorities took down two human trafficking rings, including one that was forcing children as young as 13 to have sex with adults for money.

In one trafficking ring, suspects lied to victims to lure them to a brothel, prosecutors said. In the other, suspects advertised sex with minors, according to prosecutors.

Seven people were indicted in connection to two separate human trafficking rings in New Jersey, officials announced Tuesday.

One of the sex trafficking rings used violence, including beatings with an electrical cord, to control victims as young as 13, authorities alleged.

Seven people are facing charges after authorities broke up two separate human trafficking rings in New Jersey.

In the Bridgeton case, a new group of victims were allegedly brought to a house on a weekly basis and instructed not to leave.

Three Essex County residents were among seven New Jerseyans indicted for allegedly operating sex trafficking rings involving victims as young as 13.

Two alleged sex-trafficking rings — including one whose victims were as young as 13 — have been busted in New Jersey, leading to the indictment of seven people, prosecutors said Tuesday. Khailah Meekins,

Seven people have been arrested in the dismantling two human trafficking rings, one in North Jersey and one in South Jersey, authorities said. The rings were based in Essex County and Cumberland County,