What is the OCHTTF?
 The Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force
(OCHTTF) was initiated in 2004.
 Collaboration of law enforcement, non-governmental
organizations, faith-based organizations and the
community.
 The purpose is to work together to combat human
trafficking in Orange County by:
1. Protecting victims
2. Prosecuting offenders
3. Preventing further perpetration
Lead Partners
 Community Service Programs, Inc. (CSP)
 The Salvation Army (TSA)
 Westminster Police Department (WPD)
 Anaheim Police Department (APD)
 Public Law Center (PLC)
 Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
 Department of Labor (DOL)
 Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
 U.S. Attorney’s Office (USAO)
What is Human Trafficking?
 HUMAN TRAFFICKING: It is the recruiting,
harboring, transporting, provision, or obtaining of a
person - through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purposes of labor and/or commercial sexual
exploitation.
What is Human Trafficking?
Victims of trafficking in the U.S. can be divided into
these 3 categories:
1. Minors involved in commercial sex.
2. Adults involved in commercial sex via force, fraud,
or coercion.
3. Anyone forced to perform labor or services in
conditions of involuntary servitude, peonage, debt
bondage, or slavery, via force, fraud, or coercion.
AMP Model – Human Trafficking Law
ACTION
MEANS
Recruits
Force
Harbors
Fraud
PURPOSE
Commercial sexual
exploitation
Labor Exploitation
Transports
Coercion
*Extortion
Provides
*Duress
Obtains (or so attempts)
*Menace
*Deprive/violate liberty
Myths and Misconceptions
 Trafficking requires movement.
 U.S citizens are not victims of human trafficking.
 Trafficking requires physical force, physical abuse,
and physical restraint.
 If someone receives payment, they are not a
trafficked person.
Smuggling vs. Trafficking
SMUGGLING
TRAFFICKING
• Crime against a NATION
• Crime against a PERSON
•Must cross a national
border
• No movement required
• Person is free to leave
after the border passage
• Person consents to be
smuggled
• No labor or sexual
exploitation required
• Person not free to leave
after border passage
• Person trafficked through
force, fraud, or coercion
• Involves labor or
commercial sexual
exploitation
Human Trafficking Venues
Sex Trafficking
Labor Trafficking
Domestic pimp control
Hotels
Massage parlors, spas
Restaurants
Residential brothel & escort delivery
Factories
Exotic dancing/stripping
Construction/landscaping
Pornography
Domestic servitude
Online (Backpage, Craigslist, Redbook,
Facebook)
Peddling/begging
Agriculture
Hostess clubs/cantina bars
Small businesses
Who are the Traffickers?
 Friends and family
 Adult entertainment
 Organized criminal
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groups
Gangs
Neighbors
“Johns”
Pimps/Madams
Neighbors
Massage parlor operators
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industry providers
Labor subcontractors
Employment agencies
Business owners
Smugglers
Pedophiles/Child
molesters
Human Trafficking Indicators
 Work and living conditions
 Mental health/behavioral indicators
 Physical health
 Lack of control
Human Trafficking Risk Factors
 Financial stress/debt
 History of abuse/prior victimization
 Social pressure
 Media influence
 Low education
 Gender/class/minority discrimination
 Accessible borders
 War and famine
Video: The Making of a Girl
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvnRYte3PAk
Hotline
If you suspect human trafficking or need help, please
call:
National Human Trafficking Resource Center Hotline
1-888-3737-888