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Collaborating to Help Trafficking Survivors: Emerging Issues and Practice Pointers

Family Violence Prevention Fund

This manual is for those committed to assisting trafficking survivors, especially sexual assault and domestic violence advocates and their allies in the criminal and legal systems who have basic knowledge of the trafficking assistance process.

added 10/28/2010

El Crimen de la Trata Humana (PDF)

"This guidebook, translated into Spanish, is intended to offer knowledge and tools to investigate human trafficking safely and effectively."

added 02/17/2010

Human Trafficking and the T-visa (PDF)

This document provides an overview of human trafficking and the T-visa.

added 02/17/2010

Human Trafficking: Three Part Roll-Call Training Video

The Three Part Roll-Call Training Video was designed for law enforcement focusing on the following human trafficking information : Defining the Crime, Identifying and Responding, and Investigating and Interviewing. A discussion guide is included which is designed to reinforce key information contained in the roll call training video and assist officers in applying this knowledge to their local community. To increase the impact of this video, please use in conjunction with the IACP guidebook, The Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide to Identification and Investigation.

added 10/04/2011

Immigration and Trafficking Special Topic Course Curriculum Outline (PDF)

The goals of this training curriculum is to identify the “red flags” that immigration/trafficking status or issues are affecting what’s happening in a courtroom, assess and consider immigration implications when crafting civil and criminal findings, orders and dispositions and to identify the specific measures to take to enhance access to justice for immigrant victims of domestic violence and trafficking.

added 03/03/2010

The Crime of Human Trafficking: A Law Enforcement Guide to Identification and Investigation (PDF)

This guidebook is intended to offer knowledge and tools to for law enforcement to investigate human trafficking safely and effectively. It includes information on federal law, tools for identification, investigation and response, and resources for victim assistance. The guidebook, which also has a pocket guide for field reference, is available in bulk, free of charge for law enforcement agencies. This guidebook can be used in conjuncture with IACP's Three Part Roll-Call Training Video's on human trafficking.

added 02/17/2010

U Visa Update: Practice Pointers on New CIS Policies (PDF)

Gail Pendleton & Sonia Parras

This PowerPoint gives an overview of U Visa issues as discussed with the US Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS) and provide practitioner's tips on new developments and updates.

added 09/16/2011

VAWA 2005 Immigration Provisions (PDF)

This is a brief overview of the VAWA 2005 immigration provisions.

added 02/17/2010