BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024

BJS Releases Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024

The Bureau of Justice Statistics, in the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, today released Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2024. This report describes BJS's data collection activities across various jurisdictional levels that include offenses that may be categorized as human trafficking, and it presents the most recent statistical findings.

The Combat Human Trafficking Act (CHTA) of 2015 (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)) requires BJS to prepare an annual report on human trafficking, including information on arrests, prosecutions, convictions, and sentences imposed.

This report details BJS's continued efforts to examine options to modify its existing data collections and implement new approaches to report the data as required by CHTA. The report also summarizes BJS activities to assess the availability of data on human trafficking among criminal justice agencies at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels. In addition, the report describes characteristics of human trafficking defendants in 2022 and provides data on human trafficking investigations and prosecutions by U.S. attorneys, human trafficking defendants convicted and sentenced to federal prison, and admissions to state prison for human trafficking.

About the Bureau of Justice Statistics

The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is the principal federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing and disseminating reliable statistics on crime and criminal justice in the United States. Kevin M. Scott, Ph.D., is the acting director. More information about BJS and criminal justice statistics can be found at bjs.ojp.gov.

About the Office of Justice Programs

The Office of Justice Programs provides federal leadership, grants, training, technical assistance and other resources to improve the nation's capacity to prevent and reduce crime; advance equity and fairness in the administration of justice; assist victims; and uphold the rule of law. More information about OJP and its program offices - the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Office for Victims of Crime and Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering and Tracking - can be found at www.ojp.gov.

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