Sex trafficking

Office for Victims of Crime (OVC): Human Trafficking

OVC’s human trafficking microsite contains information about anti-trafficking efforts and resources for anti-trafficking professionals. Find information about grant funding, training and technical assistance, and OVC's leadership in the field.

Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

Date Published

January 2013

Agencies

OJJDP-Sponsored

Improving Human Trafficking Victim Identification-Validation and Dissemination of a Screening Tool

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Screening for Human Trafficking: Guidelines for Administering the Trafficking Victim Identification Tool (TVIT)

Date Published

June 2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Child Sexual Exploitation: Improving Investigations and Protecting Victims: A Blueprint for Action

Date Published

January 1995

Publication Type

Guideline

Agencies

OVC-Sponsored, OJJDP-Sponsored

National Survey of Residential Programs for Victims of Sex Trafficking

Date Published

October 2013

Agencies

BJA-Sponsored

Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking in the United States 2013-2017

Date Published

January 2014

Publication Type

Program/Project Description, Policy, Legislation/Policy Description

Agencies

OVC

Thirty Percent of Migrant Laborers in San Diego Experience Trafficking Violations

Date Published

July 2013

Agencies

NIJ

Faith-Based Responses to Crime Victims (DVD)

Date Published

April 2008

Series

OVC Videos

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Agencies

OVC

National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction: A Report to Congress

Date Published

August 2010

Agencies

DOJ

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): Violent Crimes Against Children

This FBI program's mission is to—

decrease the vulnerability of children to sexual exploitation;
develop a nationwide capacity to provide a rapid, effective, and measured investigative response to crimes against children; and
enhance the capabilities of state and local law enforcement investigators through programs, investigative assistance, and task force operations.

Girls Educational and Mentoring Services

The mission of Girls Educational and Mentoring Services is to empower young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential.