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Locating Trafficking Victims
April 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Locating Trafficking Victims_April 2021
Presented by Detective Joseph Scaramucci (McLennan County Sheriff’s Office, Waco, TX) and Rebekah Charleston (trafficking survivor), this training will provide law enforcement officers with the understanding and tools needed to conduct cost-effective sting operations and follow-up investigations using minimal man-power. Attendees will learn how to locate potential victims of human trafficking, how to utilize victim centered investigative techniques, and how to successfully rescue victims. The training will discuss online sting operations targeting the recovery of victims, and the accountability of traffickers involved in street trafficking, online trafficking, and illicit massage businesses. Furthermore, attendees will gain practical insight from a sex trafficking survivor regarding experiences, recruitment practices, advertisements and terminology. Attendees will learn how law enforcement can work with victims to successfully investigate sex trafficking operations.
*Link to Online Training will be emailed later.