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BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025
BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025
The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, released Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025 today. This report describes BJS's activities during 2024 and 2025 to collect data and report on human trafficking as required by the Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)).
The report details ongoing and completed efforts to measure and analyze the nationwide incidence of human trafficking, to describe characteristics of human trafficking victims and offenders, and to describe criminal justice responses to human trafficking offenses. The report also provides information on human trafficking investigated and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys, human trafficking defendants convicted and sentenced to federal prison, and admissions to state prison for human trafficking.
| Title: | Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025 (NCJ 310661) |
| Authors: | Amy D. Lauger, BJS Statisticia n, with contributions from Mark Motivans, PhD, Danielle Kaeble, Derek Mueller, PhD, Andrea Gardner, and Rebecca Bielamowicz, PhD, BJS Statisticians |
| Where: | https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/human-trafficking-data-collection-activities-2025 |
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