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Human Trafficking

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Secretary Noem Requests Death Penalty Against Alleged Human Smugglers Whose Actions Resulted in the Death of at Least Three Individuals

Secretary Kristi Noem announced that DHS will request the Department of Justice bring alien smuggling charges and seek the death penalty against two Mexican national smugglers who operated the overturned panga, which resulted in at least three deaths.

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Human Trafficking Quick Facts

Quick facts about human trafficking which is the crime of compelling a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts.

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Human Trafficking: Report Human Trafficking

Contact information to report human trafficking. Do not attempt to confront a suspected trafficker directly.

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DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking Webinars

The CCHT hosts webinars to advance DHS’s counter-trafficking mission, to raise awareness of efforts taking place across the Department, and to promote promising practices.

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ICYMI: ICE Targets Major Human and Drug Smuggling Property In Oklahoma City

Today, the Department of Homeland Security set the record straight regarding an April 24, 2025, execution of court-authorized search warrant at a home owned by a human smuggling suspect in Oklahoma City.

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DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking DHS in Action

DHS leverages every authority to prevent human trafficking, protect the victims, and conduct enforcement actions against the traffickers. Explore DHS’ counter-trafficking work which falls into four functional areas.

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StreamView: Fighting Human Trafficking in Real Time

S&T delivered a groundbreaking digital forensic tool to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement earlier this year.

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DHS Releases Bombshell Investigative Report on Kilmar Abrego Garcia Suspected Human Trafficking Incident

The Department of Homeland Security released a Homeland Security Investigations’ Combined Intelligence Unit (CIU) Investigative Referral report on Kilmar Abrego Garcia.  

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Continued Presence Resource Guide

Continued Presence (CP) is a temporary immigration designation provided to individuals identified by law enforcement as victims of a “severe form of trafficking in persons” who may be potential witnesses.

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Continued Presence Information Guide

This information sheet provides guidance for a temporary immigration designation provided to individuals identified by law enforcement as victims of a "severe form of trafficking persons" who may be potential witnesses in an investigation or who have filed civil actions against their traffickers.