Human Trafficking 2023

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Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities 2023

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs, today released Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2023. This report describes BJS’s activities during 2022 and 2023 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 provides information on human trafficking suspects referred to and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys, human trafficking defendants convicted and sentenced to federal prison, and admissions to state prison for human trafficking.

Bureau of Justice Statistics