Human trafficking crimes are increasing at an alarming rate. This resource guide provides information for law enforcement officers to recognize the signs of human trafficking, understand the differences between trafficking and smuggling, learn appropriate interviewing and investigative techniques, prosecution elements, and how to prepare a victim treatment plan.
Law enforcement officers will learn how to work with other service agencies, local, state, and federal, in prosecuting and handling the various types of human trafficking crimes. Human trafficking is occurring in all types of environments from the rural agricultural towns to metropolitan cities. This book will serve as a primer to help LEO recognize, prosecute and reduce all types of human trafficking.