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Committees
Law Enforcement Committee: strategize ongoing or future investigations and prosecutions, identify potential targets, develop risk assessments, and establish a clear referral process between law enforcement and victim service providers.
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Victim Services Committee: Creates a resource, asset map or referral list to identify organizations that provide services to survivors. Any existing gaps in services should also be addressed to the task force.
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Training Committee: Strengthen both the task force and the community's knowledge when identifying and addressing Human Trafficking. The task force is described, the geographic risks exposed, the scope of trafficking identified, and the process of reporting tips is explained.
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Public Outreach Committee: Integrates the mission of the task force into all advertising, print materials, event promotions, and Web presence. Also works to collaborate with local organizations to promote community engagement.
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What is Human Trafficking?
Human trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit. In some cases, traffickers trick, defraud or physically force victims into selling sex. In others, victims are lied to, assaulted, threatened or manipulated into working under inhumane, illegal or otherwise unacceptable conditions. It is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people around the world. South Carolina is no exception.
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South Carolina Human Trafficking Task Force's 2023 Annual Report provides a comprehensive overview. This report collects information from each of the state's regional task forces, to include the Lowcountry Human Trafficking Task Force.
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