National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) Data Breakdown Virginia 1/1/2013-6/30/2013 This report covers National Human Trafficking Resource Center (NHTRC) case and call data from January 1 st, 2013-June 30 th, 2013. A case refers to a specific report or request that originated as a call to the NHTRC hotline. Each case may have multiple hotline calls and/or multiple callers associated with it. Part I of this report presents data from hotline calls received from callers who identified as being in Virginia at the time of the call. Part II focuses on data from cases that reference human trafficking in Virginia. These include cases generated from calls received from callers outside of Virginia. Total Number of Calls Nationwide in Timeframe: 14,898 Part I: Calls Received from Virginia Number of Calls Received from Virginia: 375 LOCATION OF CALLERS Type of Call # of Calls % of Calls High Risk and Related Issues 93 24.80% General Information 81 21.60% Tip 68 18.13% Referral 44 11.73% Unrelated 39 10.40% Crisis 27 7.20% Training and Technical Assistance 23 6.13% Total # of Calls 375 100.00%
Caller Type # of Calls % of Calls Community Member 111 29.60% Potential Victim of Trafficking 46 12.27% Local Law Enforcement 28 7.47% Potential Victim of Other Crime 26 6.93% Potential Victim of Labor Exploitation 21 5.60% Faith-based Organization/Representative 16 4.27% NGO Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault 14 3.73% Family/Friend of Potential Victim of Other Crime 14 3.73% Student 13 3.47% Family Member of Potential Victim 9 2.40% Friend of Potential Victim 8 2.13% NGO - General Social Services 8 2.13% NGO Other 8 2.13% Government 8 2.13% NGO Anti-trafficking 7 1.87% Federal Law Enforcement 6 1.60% Visa Holder 4 1.07% Business 3 0.80% Press/Media 3 0.80% Legal Professional 3 0.80% Trucker 3 0.80% Family/Friend of Potential Victim of Labor Exploitation 3 0.80% Educator/School Personnel 3 0.80% Military Personnel 2 0.53% Unknown 2 0.53% Other 2 0.53% Medical Professional 2 0.53% NGO - Immigrant/Refugee 1 0.27% NGO Runaway and Homeless Youth 1 0.27% Total # of Substantive Calls 375 100.00% How Did Caller Find NHTRC (where known) # of Calls % of Calls Prior Knowledge 27 21.43% Referral 20 15.87% Internet-Web Search 19 15.08% Department of State Know Your Rights Pamphlet 10 7.94% Polaris Project 10 7.94% Television 8 6.35% Conference 7 5.56%
Training - Presentation 6 4.76% Pamphlet/Brochure/Leaflet 6 4.76% Word of Mouth 5 3.97% Other 3 2.38% Routed from Department of Justice Trafficking Hotline 2 1.59% Yahoo! search engine 1 0.79% Billboard 1 0.79% Poster 1 0.79% Total # where HOW CALLER FOUND NHTRC is known 126 100.00% Caller s Primary Language # of Calls % of Calls English 301 80.27% Spanish 41 10.93% Sinhala 20 5.33% Turkish 3 0.80% Tagalog 3 0.80% Chinese 2 0.53% Unknown/Not Specified 2 0.53% Chinese - Mandarin 1 0.27% Polish 1 0.27% Thai 1 0.27% Total # of Substantive Calls 375 100.00% Part II: Cases Referencing Human Trafficking in Virginia Number of Cases that Reference Potential Trafficking Situations in Virginia: 63 Each hotline case is evaluated for evidence of potential trafficking, and is categorized as High, Moderate, and No. Cases categorized as High contain a high level of critical information and demonstrate key indicators relevant to identifying a human trafficking situation. Cases categorized as Moderate reference situations that contain several indicators and red flags of potential trafficking situations, or resemble common types of trafficking or trafficking scenarios but lack certain core details of force, fraud, or coercion. Cases categorized as No do not reference specific instances of human trafficking. Case References Potential Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases High 28 44.44% Moderate 35 55.56% The following data is derived from cases referencing trafficking in Virginia and categorized as High or Moderate Type of Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases Sex 36 57.14% Labor 22 34.92%
Sex and Labor 2 3.17% Other/Not Specified 3 4.76% Venue/Industry of Potential Trafficking # of Cases % of Cases Sex 36 57.14% Sex Other/Not Specified 13 20.63% Commercial Front Brothel 7 11.11% Pimp-Controlled Trafficking 5 7.94% Residential Brothel 2 3.17% Gang Member 2 3.17% Truck Stop 2 3.17% Internet-Based Commercial Sex 2 3.17% Hotel/Motel-Based Commercial Sex 1 1.59% Escort Service/Delivery Service 1 1.59% Hostess/Strip Club 1 1.59% Labor 22 34.92% Domestic Work 13 20.63% Labor Other/Not Specified 3 4.76% Construction 1 1.59% Agriculture/Farms 1 1.59% Other Small Business 1 1.59% Peddling Ring 1 1.59% Restaurant/Food Service 1 1.59% Door-to-Door Sales Crew 1 1.59% Other/Not Specified 3 4.76%
LOCATION OF POTENTIAL TRAFFICKING Country of Original of Survivor(s) # of Cases % of Cases Unknown/Not-Specified 22 34.92% United States 19 30.16% Philippines 4 6.35% Kenya 2 3.17% El Salvador 2 3.17% Sri Lanka 2 3.17% India 2 3.17% China 2 3.17% Russia 1 1.59% Thailand 1 1.59% Indonesia 1 1.59% Pakistan 1 1.59% Bangladesh 1 1.59% Ethiopia 1 1.59% Multiple Countries Referenced 1 1.59% Nicaragua 1 1.59% Note: This table shows the number of cases referencing potential trafficking victims of the listed nationalities. It does not reflect the number of survivors of each nationality. Survivor Demographics # of Cases % of Cases Adults 41 65.08% Minors 17 26.98% Females 52 82.54% Males 9 14.29%
Transgender 1 1.59% US Citizen/Legal Permanent Resident 19 30.16% Foreign Nationals 35 55.56% non-cumulative Note: This table shows the number of cases referencing trafficking in which the labeled populations were involved. Multiple populations can be chosen for each case. The numbers shown reference the number of cases involving these populations, not the total number of individuals involved in the trafficking situations. The following data is derived from cases referencing trafficking in Virginia and categorized as High Number of Survivors Referenced 30