Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/25/2024
8:00 am - 3:00 pm
There are an estimated 50 million human trafficking victims worldwide. In the United
States alone, 400 thousand people are exploited through either sex trafficking or labor
trafficking. In 2021, these traffickers earned approximately $150 billion dollars, more than any
fortune 500 company including Apple, Amazon, Disney, General Motors and Ford. What does
human trafficking have to do with narcotics trafficking, and how can taking this training help my
narcotics investigations?
This training is the same course that is provided to the DEA, US State Department, and
numerous law enforcement agencies throughout the US. It is Human Trafficking in Narcotics
Investigations, and it covers the direct correlation between human trafficking and all levels of
narcotics investigations, from street level to transnational trafficking.
Topics
• What is human trafficking?
• The differences between human trafficking and human smuggling.
• How traffickers select and groom their victims.
• How narcotics are related to human trafficking
• How and why the Mexican drug cartels have expanded into human trafficking and human
smuggling.
• How to recognize the signs of human trafficking.
• What to do when you encounter a human trafficking victim; Proactive and reactive
investigative steps to further your investigation.
• How to investigate human trafficking-What to do when on the scene; Device interrogation;
Electronic exploitation; OSINT resources.
• What to ask for in your court orders; Means of relief for victims, and who to contact for
referrals and assistance.
Please see the following flyer for registration instructions: Human Trafficking Training Flyer(online)