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Human Trafficking: 'Hidden in Plain Sight'

By Matt Dummermuth, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General
Department of Justice
Office of Justice Programs

Blog Human Trafficking Matt Dummermuth

People may tend to think of my home state of Iowa as a place of endless cornfields, where honest and hardworking people live. Which it is. But like all of the U.S., Iowa faces human trafficking, an evil, brutal and pervasive crime that degrades and dehumanizes every person it touches...

Finding the Missing in Indian Country

Juanita Adams
Juanita Adams

It seems prescient that Juanita Adams' Lakota name, Omani Wi, means "woman on the longest walk." Because her last journey took 30 years—until she reached her final resting place with her family, in South Dakota's Badlands on the Pine Ridge Reservation.

A member of the Oglala Lakota Tribe, Juanita was 19 years old when she left Pine Ridge in 1978 to join the American Indian...

Law Enforcement Resources

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Human Trafficking

Training and Technical Assistance

Following are training and technical assistance resources that have been created by and are available from OJP bureaus and offices related to human trafficking:

Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Strategy and Operations e-Guide
This Office for Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance e-Guide provides direction and promising practices on anti-human trafficking Task Force creation, structure, and enhancement and includes links...

State Administering Agencies

Many OJP formula grants are awarded directly to state governments, which then set priorities and allocate funds within that state. For more information on how a state intends to distribute formula grant funds, contact the administering state agency. For each state, a list of formula grant points of contact is available by clicking on that state in the map below, or choosing from the drop menu at the bottom of the page. If you are using grant monies for information technology, you can comply with the special condition by contacting the State and Territory Technology Points of Contact in your state