BJS human trafficking data collection activities



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January 26, 2026






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BJS has released "Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025".
This report describes BJS’s activities during 2024 and 2025 to collect
data and report on human trafficking as required by the Combat
Human Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)).

It details ongoing and completed efforts to measure and analyze the nationwide incidence of human trafficking, to describe characteristics of human trafficking victims and offenders, and to describe criminal justice responses to human trafficking offenses. Additionally, the report provides information on human trafficking investigated and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys, human trafficking defendants convicted and sentenced to federal prison, and admissions to state prison for human trafficking.

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"Human Trafficking Data Collection Activities, 2025 "(NCJ 310661) was written by BJS Statistician Amy D. Lauger. Mark Motivans, PhD; Danielle Kaeble; Andrea M. Gardner; Rebecca Bielamowicz, PhD; and Derek Mueller, Former BJS Statistician, contributed to the report. The report, related documents, and additional information about BJS’s statistical publications and programs are available on the BJS website at bjs.ojp.gov [ [link removed] ].

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