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The Bureau of Justice Statistics has released the second summary report based on data collected through the Human Trafficking Reporting System (HTRS). Information on more than 2,500 alleged incidents of human trafficking entered into the HTRS by federally funded human trafficking task forces between January, 2008 and June, 2010 are detailed in the report. Most suspected incidents of human trafficking investigated during this time period involved allegations of adult prostitution (48 percent) or the prostitution or sexual exploitation of a child (40 percent). Although most incidents involved allegations of sex trafficking, 350 incidents involved allegations of labor trafficking in unregulated industries (e.g. drug sales, forced begging, or roadside sales) and/or more commercial industries (e.g. hair salons, hotels, and bars). Among the 389 incidents confirmed to be human trafficking, there were 488 suspects and 527 victims. Law enforcement reported nearly 150 arrests of suspects reported for the confirmed human trafficking investigations.
Developed in 2007, the HTRS collects data on alleged human trafficking incidents from 38 multi-agency human trafficking task forces funded by the Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance. The data includes general characteristics of incidents, victims, and suspects as well as the number of suspects and victims involved in incidents, the number of agencies involved in human trafficking investigations, as well as information about whether the cases have been confirmed as human trafficking. Only a small percentage of the investigations reported into HTRS have reached a point where they are confirmed as an incident of human trafficking. To be confirmed in the HTRS, the case must have led to an arrest and been subsequently confirmed by law enforcement, or the victims must have received a special non-immigrant Visa classification, as provided under the 2000 TVPA.
The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (P.L. 109-164) requires submission of biennial reports on human trafficking using available data from state and local authorities. In response to this requirement, the Department of Justice (DOJ) funded the creation of the HTRS, which was designed by researchers the Institute of Race and Justice at Northeastern University (NEU) and the Justice Policy Center at the Urban Institute (UI). The HTRS is updated monthly.
The report entitled Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2008-10 was written by Duren Banks and Tracey Kyckelhahn of the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics.
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