Human Trafficking

Montgomery County needed assistance planning a diversion program for victims of human trafficking. During this reporting period, Center staff began working with the Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office to plan and implement a new prosecutor-led diversion program oriented around vulnerable young offenders at-risk of sexual exploitation and human trafficking.

Jane Anderson from AEquitas presented for 60 minutes and provided supplemental resources to the audience on ethical considerations in human trafficking cases.

Curriculum development meeting with UMCPI, BJA, and AEquitas to host advisory committee to develop training curriculum related to labor trafficking investigations and prosecutions.

The 2017 National Forum on Criminal Justice: is a true partnership among policymakers, practitioners, researchers and people in the private sector who are dedicated to the ideal of equal justice for all. This conference showcases programs, research and technologies that help justice practitioners and decision makers in states, local communities and tribal nations address pressing public safety issues.

This event will be hosted by the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), in collaboration with the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force. Agenda topics for this event will include information regarding labor trafficking victim identification; strategies for labor trafficking investigations and prosecutions; effective labor trafficking survivor interviewing and response; and multidisciplinary collaborations on labor trafficking investigations.

Conduct pilot training -- Awareness & Prevention of Sex Trafficking Training for Casino Hotel Employees--New Town, ND: Enhance the Indian tribes’ casino, hotel employees’ and security staff’s capacity to understand of the crime of HT, the unique needs of HT victims and the need for a victim-centered approach to the identification and rescue of potential victims by converting and adapting existing human trafficking hotel training to be compatible with Native American culture.

Conduct pilot training -- Awareness & Prevention of Sex Trafficking Training for Casino Hotel Employees--Pueblo of Isleta-Albuquerque, NM: Enhance the Indian tribes’ casino, hotel employees’ and security staff’s capacity to understand of the crime of HT, the unique needs of HT victims and the need for a victim-centered approach to the identification and rescue of potential victims by converting and adapting existing human trafficking hotel training to be compatible with Native American culture.

Conduct training -- Human Trafficking in Indian Country -- New Town, ND: This initiative will provide critical training to build awareness of the existence of Human Trafficking in Indian Country and provide law enforcement and community stakeholders with the tools necessary to begin the process of victim identification, rescue and restoration. Training for LE places an emphasis on investigation skills and case coordination with an understanding that the victim is the key focus of the investigation.

Conduct training -- Human Trafficking in Indian Country --Pueblo of Isleta-Albuquerque, NM: This initiative will provide critical training to build awareness of the existence of Human Trafficking in Indian Country and provide law enforcement and community stakeholders with the tools necessary to begin the process of victim identification, rescue and restoration. Training for LE places an emphasis on investigation skills and case coordination with an understanding that the victim is the key focus of the investigation.

Conduct training -- Human Trafficking in Indian Country --Pierre, SD: This initiative will provide critical training to build awareness of the existence of Human Trafficking in Indian Country and provide law enforcement and community stakeholders with the tools necessary to begin the process of victim identification, rescue and restoration. Training for LE places an emphasis on investigation skills and case coordination with an understanding that the victim is the key focus of the investigation.