Human Trafficking: Understanding how traffickers operate

Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery. This crime occurs when a trafficker uses force, fraud, or coercion to control another person for the purpose of engaging in commercial sex acts or soliciting labor or services against his/her will. However the trafficker may use appealing methods towards the victim to initiate contact, leading them into life of human trafficking.

In this workshop we will cover smuggling vs human trafficking, international vs domestic human trafficking, labor trafficking, sex trafficking, victimology recruiting, grooming methodology, trafficking indicators, who the traffickers are, and how to report.

Workshop led by Nancy Aguirre.

Nancy Aguirre serves as the Public Eduction and Outreach Service Provider for Million Kids. Nancy is currently a professor for the Riverside Community College District teaching the Administration of Justice discipline. Nancy is a former Criminal Intelligence Analyst with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department assigned to the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force at the Special Investigations Bureau, assisting in investigating human trafficking, identifying suspects as well as locating victims. Her work history also includes Narcotics, Intelligence and Gangs within the Riverside Sheriff’s Department and previously the Riverside Superior Courts. Nancy received her Bachelor’s in Behavioral Science in Criminology and researched Women in Sex Trafficking as her graduating thesis with the University of La Verne. Nancy Aguirre has received additional certification by the California Department of Justice, as a Criminal Intelligence Analyst through the University of California, Riverside.