PPT-Human Trafficking and Challenges to Prosecution

Maria SanchezGagne amp Sharon L Pino Assistant Attorneys General BORDER VIOLENCE DIVISION What is Human Trafficking Human trafficking is a form of modernday slavery Human trafficking involves the exploitation of persons for commercial sex or forced labor plus the inability of victims to remove themselves from that situation . The Imagine Foundation’s Project SAFE. The Imagine Foundation. P.O. Box 25363. Cleveland, Ohio 44125. 216.401.9979. info@imaginefreedom.org. The Imagine Foundation. Rights & Wrongs. What does the phrase “human rights” mean to you? What are some basic human rights?. A Physician’s Perspective. Rick . Kooima. Aug. 12, 2014. Human trafficking. Definition. United Nations: The recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring or receipt of persons, by means of threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments to achieve control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.. Maria Hamdouchi & . Annalise. . McGrail. Hypothesis. Intervention by UN peacekeeping troops in a country . de. creases. . subsequent levels of human trafficking. Background: . UN Controversy. Suspected violation. Conflict Mineral & Ethical Sourcing Workshop 2015. Today’s Presenter. James Calder. Director - Compliance . Programs. Assent Compliance. Over ten years as a senior expert on product . stewardship. What is human trafficking. A Definition. Human trafficking is . the . commercial. exploitation . of individuals for sex or labor through the use of . force. , . fraud. , or . coercion. , or when a victim . Nearly 300,000. U.S. children are at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking. . (1). 12-14. . is the average age that U.S. kids are first pulled into commercial sex. . (2). 83%. . of sex trafficking victims found in the U.S. were U.S. citizens. . A Franciscan Theology of Stuff. David B. Couturier, OFM. Cap... Ph.D., D. Min. . Lic. . Psych.. Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia. Aston, PA. October 12, 2013. Kym Erikson – . “Human Trafficking” ©. Hotelier. Detective Jason Harrington. Kennewick Police Department. Crimes Against Persons. Laurel Whittier. Benton County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney. JoDee Garretson. Nearly 300,000. U.S. children are at risk of becoming victims of sex trafficking. . (1). 12-14. . is the average age that U.S. kids are first pulled into commercial sex. . (2). 83%. . of sex trafficking victims found in the U.S. were U.S. citizens. . Department of Justice Task Force. 2005 to Present. Task Force Partnering Agencies & Organizations:. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Indiana Attorney General’s Office, FBI, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Homeland Security, Indiana State Police, Department of Labor, Department of Child Services, The Julian Center, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic. Presented by:. Minal Patel Davis. Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking. Office of Mayor Sylvester Turner. Office. : (. 832) 393-0977. Cell. : (. 832) 596-9965 . E-Mail. : . Minal.Davis@houstontx.gov. Presented by:. Minal Patel Davis. Special Advisor to the Mayor on Human Trafficking. Office of Mayor Sylvester Turner. Office. : (. 832) 393-0977. Cell. : (. 832) 596-9965 . E-Mail. : . Minal.Davis@houstontx.gov. Department of Justice Task Force. 2005 to Present. Task Force Partnering Agencies & Organizations:. U.S. Attorney’s Office, Indiana Attorney General’s Office, FBI, Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, Attorney General, Marion County Prosecutor's Office, Homeland Security, Department of Labor, Department of Child Services, The Julian Center, Exodus Refugee Center, Neighborhood Christian Legal Clinic, Crime Control Research, Kramer & Co.. The exercise of coercive control over persons for the purpose of exploitation. Second largest – and fastest growing – criminal industry in the world. Under 18 + Commercial Sex Act = VICTIM. “One of the great human rights causes of our time.”.