Law Enforcement

Law enforcement groups, issues, and resources related to human trafficking.

Human Trafficking Crimes: A New Approach
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Human Trafficking Crimes: A New Approach

Law Enforcement Learn New Approach to Investigate Human Trafficking Crimes Law enforcement professionals in South Carolina learned new skills to identify human trafficking victims and investigate human trafficking crimes. 148 dedicated officers and agents from 58 agencies attended the training. Officers from neighboring states, North Carolina and Georgia, also attended the human trafficking training. From…

ERASE Brings Human Trafficking Investigations Course to N.C.
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ERASE Brings Human Trafficking Investigations Course to N.C.

Police Officers Attend Human Trafficking Investigations Course ERASE Child Trafficking (ERASE) is a U.S. based non-profit organization focused on eliminating child trafficking. ERASE’s Law Enforcement Training Program provides several courses on identifying and investigating all forms of human trafficking. Courses range from introductory to advanced for patrol officers, investigators, detectives, federal agents, prosecutors, and judges….

Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high, new UN report shows
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Human trafficking cases hit a 13-year record high, new UN report shows

“The report was undertaken for a simple reason: if we want to succeed in confronting human trafficking in all its manifestations, we must better understand its scope and structure,” said Yury Fedotov, UNODC’s Executive Director as he presented the report in New York. “We need to appreciate where human trafficking is happening, who are its…

Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security
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Wildlife and drug trafficking, terrorism, and human security

The planet is experiencing alarming levels of species loss caused in large part by intensified poaching stimulated by a greatly expanding demand for animals, plants, and wildlife products. The rate of species extinction, now as much as 1,000 times the historical average and the worst since the dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, deserves…

Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement in Miami, Florida
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Human Trafficking Training for Law Enforcement in Miami, Florida

On March 19th North Miami and Hialeah Gardens Police Departments hosted ERASE Child Trafficking’s human trafficking training. The training was held in the Gordon Center at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Local, State, and Federal law enforcement officers and representatives from seven different agencies completed the 24-hour Advanced Human Trafficking Investigations Law Enforcement Course. Major…

Technology – Abetting Traffickers and Eradicating Trafficking
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Technology – Abetting Traffickers and Eradicating Trafficking

In the area of combatting human trafficking, technology is both a help and a hindrance. As the tech sector evolved, it gave traffickers new and easier ways to recruit victims, with an accent on social media’s role. Now, advancements have been made to assist advocate agencies and law enforcement in monitoring illicit activity. Different technological…

Super Bowl Sex Trafficking
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Super Bowl Sex Trafficking

A widely touted myth shrouding the Super Bowl every year is that there is a significant increase in human trafficking in the big game’s host city. The truth remains that there are no definitive statistics about how much of an increase there is in prostitution over Super Bowl weekends. While it is assumed some escorts…

Bystanders Vital in Combatting Human Trafficking
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Bystanders Vital in Combatting Human Trafficking

Despite the fact that human trafficking’s domestic victims are commonly exploited in the sex trade, there are several other commercial realms in which workers are exploited. These are often workers who are considered to be hidden in plain sight because consumers assume they are not being exploited because they are faces of legal businesses, such…

Summit Live Gives A Bigger Voice To Help ERASE
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Summit Live Gives A Bigger Voice To Help ERASE

We presented a panel of experts from areas where human trafficking is at its worse, southern Florida and southern California. We brought law enforcement and social media together at Summit Live to spread awareness about child trafficking to an audience that had the capabilities to reach hundreds of thousands of people…

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