Human trafficking is an international issue that places unprecedented demands on law enforcement and involves many challenges for an effective criminal justice response. Hear from a diverse panel of police leaders from across the United States on what human trafficking looks like in their communities and how they have evolved their strategies to address this complicated crime.

Discover the hidden dimensions of labor trafficking in the U.S. in this webinar, with vital information about individuals and industries affected, along with effective identification techniques, and testimonials from labor trafficking survivors. Learn how to apply victim-centered, trauma-informed approaches to enhance investigation outcomes and effectively combat labor trafficking.

Human trafficking often intersects with many other types of crime. Financial crime investigations can be used to help build trafficking cases and support criminal prosecutions that are not as dependent on victims. This course highlights how financial investigations can result in additional charges beyond human trafficking and assist the prosecution of offenders at the local, state, and federal levels and includes human trafficking case examples and statutes, including financial crimes such as money laundering. During this course, attendees can review various resources for investigations, such as collecting open-source intelligence, collaborating with intelligence centers, and using databases like FinCEN.

Family-facilitated human trafficking or familial trafficking is often inadvertently overlooked. This webinar discusses why this type of trafficking is difficult to identify, how familial trafficking differs from other types of human trafficking, opportunities for identification and response, and ways to increase collaboration between systems such as child welfare, education, and healthcare.

Recording of a 90-minute webinar discussing the available resources provided by The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC).

This webinar will guide anti-human trafficking task forces through the stages of group development and provide evaluation metrics for self-assessment and strategic planning.

A webinar that discusses the training, resources, and technical assistance provided by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). 

This webinar, “Drug and Alcohol-Facilitated Sexual Assault (DFSB)”, will address the complexities of sexual assault cases facilitated by drugs and/or alcohol. Alcohol and/or drugs are a frequent component of sexual assault cases because of how they can be used by the perpetrator to increase victim’s the vulnerability, accessibility, and perceived lack of credibility. A traumatic experience like sexual assault affects how memories are encoded and stored. Adding incapacitating substances like alcohol and drugs on top of this can further impact a victim’s memory. Therefore, it is important for law enforcement and others in the criminal justice system to understand the impacts of alcohol and drugs on victims as well as the tactics perpetrators use to commit sexual assault; combined with trauma-informed and perpetrator-focused investigative strategies in these cases, investigators can thoroughly examine the context and present an accurate case. This webinar will provide investigative strategies that better support victims as they recall details of the assault and that obtain more evidence to better hold perpetrators accountable.

This webinar, “The Impact of Trauma: A Trauma-Informed Lens and Response”, discusses how traumatic experiences can impact victim memory, reactions and behavior, and the implications of this for first responders’ and investigators’ interviews and investigations. While this webinar focuses on the impact of trauma as it relates to the investigation of sexual assault cases, the information is relevant for any incident where a traumatic event has occurred such as a car accident or burglary.

In this webinar, presenters outline the impact of technology on vehicle crime trends. Panelists provide an overview of vehicle crime trends, highlight information on vehicle manufacturer efforts to deter vehicle crimes, and discuss the impact emerging technology has on criminal intelligence, research, and investigations.