Identifying and Preventing Human Trafficking in Your County

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2 Identifying and Preventing Human Trafficking in Your County 2

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5 Question & Answer Session Instructions Type your question into the questions box at any time during the presentation, and the moderator will read the question on your behalf during the Q&A session. 5

6 NACo s Work with the Blue Campaign Joint effort to: Raise awareness of and educate county leaders and the general public on the indicators of human trafficking Encourage people to report suspected instances of human trafficking to the proper authorities. For more information about NACo s Criminal Justice Programs and to view the recorded webinar, please visit: 6

7 Today s Speakers: Scott Santoro Blue Campaign Training Advisor Washington, D.C. Dennis Davidson Section Chief (Special Agent) Human Trafficking Section Homeland Security, Headquarters Washington, D.C. 7

8 Human Trafficking Scott Santoro Federal Law Enforcement Training Center January 16, 2014 Dennis Davidson ICE Homeland Security Investigations January 16, 2014

9 Human Trafficking is Modern-Day Slavery

10 What is Human Trafficking? Human Trafficking is compelling someone to work or to engage in a commercial sex act

11 Myths About Human Trafficking

12 Myth 1: Slavery is History

13 Myth 1: Slavery is History Number of Human Trafficking Victims in the World Today 27 Million Kevin Bales, Free the Slaves 20.9 Million International Labour Organization 2012 Number of Human Trafficking Victims in the U.S. Today 14,500 Free The Slaves 15,000-17,500 CAST LA & Safe Horizons Annual Worldwide Profits $31.6 Billion United Nations 2005 $27.8 Million Cornell 2005

14 Myth 2: It Only Happens to Foreigners

15 Myth 3: It Requires Movement or Crossing Borders Trafficking is a misnomer No border-crossing needed No legal requirement for movement of any kind It s about coercion, not movement

16 Myth 3: It Requires Movement or Crossing Borders Smuggling Trafficking MOVEMENT Undocumented Voluntary or involuntary Crime against border Transportation COERCION Citizen or undocumented Involuntary Crime against person Exploitation

17 Myth 4: Victims Self-Identify

18 Myth 5: It s Not Happening in My Town Tampa & Kissimmee Chicago Detroit Washington, DC

19 ANY MINOR exploited for commercial sex is a victim of human trafficking Forced Labor Sex Trafficking

20 DHS Response

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22 Pillars of the Blue Campaign Prevent Protect Prosecute Outreach Training Victim-centered approach to law enforcement investigations Immigration relief Law enforcement investigations

23 DHS Component Roles ICE USCIS CBP U.S. Coast Guard Center for Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships FEMA TSA/FAMS

24 Victim-Centered Approach: Immigration Relief Short-Term Relief Continued Presence o Only federal law enforcement agencies can apply o Granted by ICE o Can provide refugee-like benefits T Visa Long-Term Relief o Only for trafficking victims o Self-petitioned by victim o Good for up to 4 years o Limited to 5,000 U Visa o Similar to T visa (but covers 28 crimes) o Must have LE certification o Limited to 10,000

25 Public Awareness Campaign

26 Training Efforts State and local law enforcement Foreign law enforcement counterparts Amtrak Firefighters DHS personnel Federal acquisition personnel The public

27 Why Fighting Human Trafficking is Important The Campbell Case

28 Alexander Alex Campbell

29 Building the Case Two victims sought help o Survivor from another human trafficking case encouraged one victim to contact ICE HSI o A second victim ran away and went to the local police Lessons learned o Law enforcement partnerships are essential o Great victim-centered casework leads to more cases 30

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31 Campbell s Office

32 Surveillance Equipment

33 Tattoos: Branding the Victims Neck Wrist/Forearm Back

34 Coercion: Controlling the Victims Whippings with belts Rapes Burnings Beatings with pool queues Beatings with 2x4s Starvation Withholding identity documents Extortion

35 Resolution Campbell was found guilty of: o Human Trafficking o Alien Harboring He was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole

36 Recognizing the Indicators

37 Recognizing the Indicators Does the individual have freedom of movement?

38 Recognizing the Indicators Is the individual in possession of his/her identification and travel documents?

39 Recognizing the Indicators Does the individual display a fear of law enforcement?

40 Recognizing the Indicators Is one person speaking for the entire group?

41 Recognizing the Indicators Has the individual been coached on what to say to law enforcement?

42 Recognizing the Indicators Does the individual have free access to his/her money?

43 Questions? Visit: us: FLETC: HSI:

44 Question & Answer Session Instructions Type your question into the questions box at any time during the presentation, and the moderator will read the question on your behalf during the Q&A session. 48

45 Thank you for participating in NACo s webinar. For more information about NACo s Criminal Justice programs, visit: For more information about the Blue Campaign, visit: With any questions about this webinar, please contact: krowings@naco.org 49