November 2020 - Police Chief Magazine

Combating Drug-Facilitated Sex Trafficking of Runaway Youth

Human trafficking is the second-largest criminal enterprise in the world, with an estimated industry of $150 billion. The victims transcend age, race, and various social classes, and the perpetrators ...

Investigations

The Boys Behind the Business

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, provided an environment that human trafficker Jason Gandy recognized as “target rich” and an advantageous opportunity in which to peddle his wares. Wha...

Investigations

Investigative Firepower to Combat Labor Trafficking

During this unprecedented time of COVID-19 and the call for law enforcement reforms, labor trafficking may be considered as a low priority for many agencies. Unfortunately, in this same environment of...

Human & Civil Rights

Big Data, Networking, and Societal Coordination Can Help Combat Human Trafficking

Shandra Woworuntu came to the United States from Indonesia when she was 24 years old, expecting to work in the hotel industry. She had lost her job as a financial analyst and trader at an internationa...

President's Message

President’s Message: The Year Ahead (November 2020)

I remember standing on the U.S. East Coast on 9/11, watching the news of that horrific day unfold, and thinking to myself that the world had never seen anything like it—that it was too much; too dif...

Human & Civil Rights

Forced Criminality

The biggest human trafficking case in Utah history did not look like what anyone would have expected. As human trafficking awareness has risen across the United States and the globe, there are still b...

Tech Talk

Tech Talk: Rapid ID Comes Out of the Police Station and Into the Field

Rapid identification solutions have been on the market and playing a growing role in law enforcement for a decade or more. Although they’re widely used at police stations and central booking facilit...

Investigations

Hidden Crimes, Invisible Victims

Human traffickers prey on some of the most vulnerable members of society, exploiting them for compelled labor, services, or commercial sex, often through invisible schemes of psychological coercion t...