Investigating Labor Trafficking: A New Framework

Law Enforcement Only

Investigating Labor Trafficking: A New Framework (Law Enforcement only session)

Dates:
August 6th and 7th, 2024

Location: 
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
3421 Belmont Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37215

Time:
9 am - 4 pm

Labor trafficking. We know it exists, but it remains elusive. Why? The truth is little has changed in our collective ability to tackle labor over the past 20 years. We continue to use the same tactics year after year, with the same frustrating results - investigation numbers are consistently low, and labor prosecutions are rare. The system is broken, we need a new approach. 

 Join us for 2 days of workshops tailored for law enforcement that will equip attendees with a new framework for approaching labor trafficking. The workshops will cover the basics of labor trafficking, a deep look at coercion, and how data can be used to develop threat assessments. Attendees walk away with four concrete steps they can take in their jurisdiction to jump start labor trafficking investigations.

Trainer: Erin Albright


Erin Albright is an internationally recognized anti-trafficking expert with over a dozen years of experience establishing, guiding, and funding initiatives of all sizes and at every stage of development. Her work focuses on building capacity to combat labor trafficking, development and operations of multi-disciplinary teams, and improving law enforcement responses to human trafficking. A subject matter expert for the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the United Nations Office on Drugs & Crime, the US Commission on Human Rights, and the California Office of Emergency Services, she has also worked globally with countries from Armenia to Uzbekistan. In the United States, her partners and clients range from the Department of Justice and the American Bar Association to 23 state and local task forces. Her most recent accolade was a three-year Visiting Fellowship with the DOJ’s Office for Victims of Crime, where she focused on improving victim-centered response strategies, developing capacity building tools and trainings for labor trafficking, and building multidisciplinary collaboration to respond to human trafficking. Her previous experience includes positions as the Coordinator/Director of the New Hampshire Human Trafficking Collaborative Task Force, Regional Program Director for the private operating foundation Give Way to Freedom, and Data and Outreach Specialist for the Boston Police Department’s Human Trafficking Unit. She has served as the co-chair of the Freedom Network’s Policy Committee, and co-Chair of the Boston Bar Association’s Human Trafficking Committee. She is a graduate of Mary Washington College, and Boston College Law School, and a member of the Massachusetts Bar. In 2016 she received a Commendation from (former) New Hampshire Governor Maggie Hassan, and formal recognition by ICE/HSI and Senators Jean Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte for her work on behalf of survivors and with the NH Collaborative Task Force.

This presentation was produced under grants 2020-VM-BX-0003 and 2020-VT-BX-0080 awarded to AO: Advocating Opportunity by the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed are those of the grantee and do not necessarily represent the official position of the U.S. Department of Justice.