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2 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Workshop 1.3 Presenters: 11 a.m. 12:00 p.m. David Fries, Detective, Fresno Police Department Evelyn Gonzalez, Case Manager Fresno EOC Central Valley Against Human Trafficking 3/29/2017 2

3 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Workshop Click to edit Description Master text styles This session will provide participants with a basic framework of labor trafficking by Fourth defining level how a victim is assessed and identified, discussing means of recruitment and methods by which traffickers gain and maintain control. Further discussion will center on the specific investigative methods utilized to secure a successful prosecution of a perpetrator. Case studies will address vulnerabilities and barriers involved in serving non-citizen clients, available resources and potential legal provisions for immigration relief. 3/29/2017 3

4 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Click to edit Master text Workshop styles Objectives To gain Second a basic level framework of labor trafficking: definition, recruitment, methods Third of level control, and exploitation. To explore investigative trends and methods utilized by law enforcement. To identify specific barriers facing foreign national victims of trafficking. To understand the resources available to victims of labor trafficking. To learn the central legal provisions available to victims of trafficking. To recognize the aftermath of trauma and the long-term process of recovery. 3/29/2017 4

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6 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses: force, fraud or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will. Labor Trafficking: Using force, fraud or coercion to recruit, harbor, transport, obtain or employ a person for the purpose of labor or services in involuntary servitude, debt bondage or slavery. 3/29/2017 6

7 Click to edit Master title style Global Examples In Bolivia, child forced labor in mining USA Sales Crews Peru Brick Making Pakistan- Carpet- Making Malawian girl in Agriculture Sector Malawian forced labor in agriculture, predominantly in the tobacco industry 2016 Trafficking In Persons Report by the Department of State 3/29/ Ethiopia Domestic Servant

8 Click to edit Master title style Investigative Trends Central Valley Data (2010- July 31, 2016) Central Valley Data July 31, Cases of Labor Trafficking 49 Female 20 Male 11 Sex & Labor Combined 4 Minors Countries Include: Belize, China, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Iran, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, South Vietnam, Laos, Venezuela, Indonesia, USA 3/29/2017 8

9 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends FORCE Click to Physical edit Master Assault, text Sexual styles Assault, Rape, Confinement, Isolation FRAUD Fraudulent offers of employment; False promises of employment or living conditions; Withholding wages COERCION Threats to life, safety, family members, or others; Threats of deportation or arrest; Withholding legal documents or ID s; Psychological Manipulation Human Trafficking is a crime against a person, not a border. 3/29/2017 9

10 Click to edit Master title style Investigative Trends Recruitment Often have Third knowledge level of the recruiter or trafficker Convinced of a better life by a trusted source Looking for a better opportunity for family/self Contract / H2 visas Fraudulent Documents 3/29/

11 Click to edit Master title style Vulnerabilities Unemployment Traffickers exploit vulnerabilities and use them as a method of control Disabilities Age/Gender Political/Economic Instability Home Country LGBTQ Immigration Status Language Rights Unknown/No knowledge of Resources Runaway/Homeless Unstable Family Environment Corrupt Law Enforcement/Fear of Law Enforcement 3/29/

12 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Agriculture Construction Work Sales Crews Domestic Situations Massage Parlors Sweatshops Recycling Hotels Restaurants Panhandling Nail Salons Other service jobs Industries of Concern for Exploitation 3/29/

13 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Case Examples: Invisibility S-Unaccompanied Minor- Domestic Servant/Servile Marriage J- Clovis High School Student- False Adoption, Domestic Servant L- H2-A Visa Seasonal Worker, Sheep Herding H- Fresno Subcontractors, Maintenance J- Marijuana Farming K- Migrant Farmworkers/Sex Trafficking 3/29/

14 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Why Do Victims Stay? Possible Barriers Lack of Third self-identification level Don t identify as victims Fear of law Fourth enforcement level or government agencies Drugs Fear of retaliation (self or family) Fear of arrest or deportation Traumatic Bonding/Stockholm Syndrome Power and control Exhaustion Physical Barriers Not knowing there is HELP out there!!! 3/29/

15 Click to edit Master title style Organized Crime Groups Sex Click vs. to Labor edit Master Traffickers text styles The Second steps to level recruit individuals from other countries and then place them into forced labor reveals the larger criminal groups at work Recruiter from community Transportation and U.S. Border crossing Illegal vs. legal Transportation inside the U.S. Housing in secret Planted individuals to act as friends 3/29/

16 Click to edit Master title style Investigation Example: Massage Recruited through newspaper advertisement Transportation from New York to L.A.X. on plane Vehicle ride to Fresno parlor Began work All over phone, never face to face Written instructions at parlor 3/29/

17 Click to edit Master title style Investigation Example: Field Labor Subcontractors Recruited in Mexico by friend from neighborhood & promised work Travel VISA Fourth obtained/used level Transported Fifth to level U.S. and placed in apartment with friend work pending Friend kicked them out & they were rescued by work subcontractor Had to pay back debt Documents used as collateral Sub-Contractor paid in cash after cashing checks/ taking his cut Charged for rent, transportation & various supplies 3/29/

18 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Trauma and Recovery We can t address issues of employment, life skills, or anything else until we address the trauma. How can we expect someone to get a job when they can t even get out of bed or are afraid to leave the shelter? Case Manager 3/29/

19 Click to edit Master title Collaborative style Response Victim Services Recovery & Reintegration Successful Investigation Successful Prosecution Survivor Law Enforcement 3/29/

20 Click to edit Master title style Investigative Trends Meet Basic Needs Identify Comprehensive Services Assess Safety Plan Recovery & Self- Sufficiency 3/29/

21 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Available Services & Resources Trauma Response HT Assessments Third level Emergency Fourth Food/Shelter level Clothing and Hygiene Products Case Management Translation Counseling Victim Compensation Relocation Services Legal Support & Advocacy Immigration Assistance Phone Replacement 3/29/

22 Click to edit Master title Investigative style Trends Non-Citizen Benefits Refugee Cash Assistance California Fourth Food level Assistance Program Cal WORKS Cash Assistance Program for Immigrants In-Home Support Services Employment Social Services Medi-Cal General Assistance State Food Stamps and Healthy Families *Empower life sustaining resources to overcome hardship 3/29/

23 Click to edit Master title Other styleassistance for Non-Citizens Certification/Eligibility- Grants benefits to victims Continued Presence/T-Visa/U-Visa Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) SB1569 Benefits CA Trafficking and Crime Victims Assistance Program 3/29/

24 Click to edit Master title style Thank You! TEXT HELP TO BEFREE humantraffickinghotline.org Fresno Police Tip Line: Central Valley Against Human Trafficking Trauma Response Line /29/ Like us on Facebook! Facebook.com/cvfreedomcoalition Facebook.com/fresnoEOCCVAHT

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