Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - Season 16 ( Also Known As: Law & Order: SVU) is a Crime Drama Mystery film directed by Dick Wolf . It released on 24 Sep. 2014. The film stars Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice-T. Sergeant Benson juggles work and her new role as foster mother to baby Noah Porter. Amaro, now working the traffic beat in Queens, arrests an underage prostitute with connections to Noah's mother Ellie, who was "greenlit" by her pimp and brutally murdered.