Agenda
Human Trafficking
State and Local Law Enforcement
Perspective
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Human Trafficking Background
NEICE System – Phase II
Current LE Challenges
Approach
Current State Efforts
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Background
Background
• The global profit generated through Human Trafficking is
estimated to be $32 billion per year (Belser 2005)
• The Urban Institute in a current study of the Underground
Commercial Sex Economy (ICSE) (March 2014) estimates
that the profit ranges from $39.9 million to $290 million in
seven cities across the US that were studied. These
included - Washington, DC; Dallas, Texas; Kansas City,
Missouri; San Diego, California; Seattle, Washington;
Denver, Colorado; Miami, Florida; and Atlanta, Georgia
Interoperability
with External
CURRENT
(Pilot
Phase)
View Access
National/ StateNEICE ARCHITECTURE
Performance Reporting
to Judges, etc.
Systems such as Abuse Directories,
Law Enforcement
NEICE Case` Management
System
– While there appears to be no connection between weapons
trafficking and the UCSE. The overlap with drug trafficking varies by
UCSE venue. Currently, gang involvement in sex trafficking and
prostitution seems to be increasing
– Pimps travel in circuits and utilize social networks to facilitate the
transportation of employees to different locations for work.
– Offenders believed that pimping was less risky than other crimes,
including drug trafficking.
– The widespread availability and rapid expansion of the Internet has
redefined the spatial and social limitations of the sex market by
introducing new markets for both recruitment and advertisement.
Law Enforcement Challenges
• Inability to collect, store and analyze tips and leads to identify
NEICE Clearinghouse
ICPC Case
IEPD
• Other findings from this study were
patterns
• Inability to search for information across multiple disparate
ICPC Case
IEPD
systems (law enforcement and non law enforcement) in a quick
and easy manner
• Lack of alerting mechanism if the victim has been involved in
State CW System Ready
for Automated Exchange
Uses NEICE Clearinghouse
State CW System NOT Ready for
Automated Exchange
other Law Enforcement encounters
State CW System Ready
for Automated Exchange
Uses NEICE Clearinghouse
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Law Enforcement Challenges
• Inability to correlate and suggest connections
of trafficker involvement across multiple cases
across multiple jurisdictions
State and Local Approach
• Leverage the “See Something, Say Something” Campaign for
Human Trafficking
• Utilize the behaviors identified by the US Department of
Homeland Security in its Blue Campaign
• Increase awareness of the behaviors by training hospitality,
transportation, hospitals personnel to identify suspicious
• Inability to be proactive since information not
accessed in real time
sharing at the State, Local and Federal levels seamlessly
State and Local Approach
FBI
Federal Community
• Many States have passed Human Trafficking laws to
enhance the ability to arrest and prosecute the
offenders involved with Human Trafficking
ICE
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Center
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Center
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HT Solution in
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Current State Efforts
DOJ
DHS
DOS
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Center
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behaviors
• Implement investigative solutions that enable information
Fusion
Center
• Many law enforcement agencies at the State and
Local levels have established HT and Sex Trafficking
Task forces that involve Law Enforcement,
Community Organizations, and other agencies to
tackle this issue from multiple dimensions.
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