1 00:00:01,000 --> 00:00:02,006 >> HIGH, EVERYBODY, AND WELCOME TO THE WEBINAR ON COMBATING 2 00:00:02,006 --> 00:00:06,005 HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. 3 00:00:06,005 --> 00:00:07,014 WE ARE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND BEGIN. 4 00:00:07,014 --> 00:00:11,031 IF FOR SOME REASON YOU ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY OR IT'S NOT 5 00:00:11,031 --> 00:00:14,032 CLEAR WHAT YOU ARE HEARING, LET US KNOW IN THAT CHAT BOX. 6 00:00:14,032 --> 00:00:20,032 WE ALSO WANT TO UTILIZE THE CHAT BOX FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU 7 00:00:20,032 --> 00:00:21,147 MAY HAVE DURING THIS PRESENTATION. 8 00:00:21,147 --> 00:00:25,079 WITHOUT FURTHER A DO, WE ARE GOING TO KICK THIS OFF. 9 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:31,074 GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I AM SCOTT SANTORO. 10 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:34,179 I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF YOUR PRESENTERS TODAY. 11 00:00:34,179 --> 00:00:40,157 JERRY WILL INTRODUCE HERSELF IN A FEW MINUTES, BUT I'M GOING TO 12 00:00:40,157 --> 00:00:45,155 KICK THIS OFF. I'M SCOTT. I WORK FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF 13 00:00:45,155 --> 00:00:48,156 HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING 14 00:00:48,156 --> 00:00:50,160 CENTER'S. I'VE BEEN WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF 15 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:53,157 HOMELAND SECURITY FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS. BEFORE 16 00:00:53,157 --> 00:00:58,155 THAT, I WAS A PROSECUTING ATTORNEY IN THE SEATTLE, 17 00:00:58,155 --> 00:01:03,200 WASHINGTON AREA. FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS, I'VE 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:09,203 WORKED WITH THE DEPARTMENT IN CREATING THEIR HUMAN TRAFFICKING 19 00:01:09,203 --> 00:01:10,199 PRODUCTS, AND WHAT YOU ARE SEEING IS PART OF THE FRUITS OF 20 00:01:10,199 --> 00:01:15,202 OUR LABOR IN THE DEPARTMENT. WHAT I WANT TO DO NOW IS SHOW 21 00:01:15,202 --> 00:01:17,202 YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BLUE CAMPAIGN. 22 00:01:17,202 --> 00:01:24,253 IT IS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY'S CAMPAIGN TO COMBAT 23 00:01:24,253 --> 00:01:26,253 HUMAN TRAFFICKING. THE CAMPAIGN WAS ORIGINALLY 24 00:01:26,253 --> 00:01:31,337 FORMED IN 2010, AND WE HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS SINCE THEN. 25 00:01:31,337 --> 00:01:36,257 I WILL JUST POINT OUT A FEW OF OUR HIGHLIGHTS. 26 00:01:36,257 --> 00:01:42,282 SOME OF THE BIGGEST THINGS WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED IS AN 27 00:01:42,282 --> 00:01:45,281 INITIATIVE WHERE WE ARE TRAINING THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY TO LOOK FOR 28 00:01:45,281 --> 00:01:49,287 INDICATORS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING SPECIFICALLY ON INCOMING FLIGHTS 29 00:01:49,287 --> 00:01:53,326 INTO THE UNITED STATES. ONE OF THE OTHER BIG 30 00:01:53,326 --> 00:01:56,370 ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE HAVE DONE IS THAT THE TRAINING FOR HUMAN 31 00:01:56,370 --> 00:02:01,370 TRAFFICKING IS MANDATORY FOR ALL DHS OPERATIONAL COMPONENTS, AND 32 00:02:01,370 --> 00:02:06,378 BY OPERATIONAL, I'M REFERRING TO EMPLOYEES WHO WORK FOR ICE, 33 00:02:06,378 --> 00:02:08,365 CUSTOMS AND BORDER'S PROTECTION, TSA. 34 00:02:08,365 --> 00:02:12,373 THEY WORK FOR THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION 35 00:02:12,373 --> 00:02:19,411 SERVICES, AND COAST GUARD. A COUPLE OTHER MAJOR 36 00:02:19,411 --> 00:02:20,414 HIGHLIGHTS, EVERY NEW RECRUIT THAT GOES 37 00:02:20,414 --> 00:02:25,455 THROUGH FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING, WHEN THEY ARE HIRED 38 00:02:25,455 --> 00:02:34,504 RIGHT OFF THE AGENCY, THEY ARE GETTING MANDATORY TRAINING, AND 39 00:02:34,504 --> 00:02:38,507 FINALLY, BACK IN 2017 AT THE END OF THE YEAR, CONGRESS AUTHORIZED 40 00:02:38,507 --> 00:02:42,506 THE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE A PERMANENT OFFICE TO COMBAT 41 00:02:42,506 --> 00:02:43,509 TRAFFICKING. THAT IS KNOWN AS THE OFFICE FOR 42 00:02:43,509 --> 00:02:48,503 THE BLUE CAMPAIGN. IF YOU EVER GO TO THE BLUE 43 00:02:48,503 --> 00:02:56,514 CAMPAIGN WEBPAGE, YOU WILL SEE THAT WE HAVE A LONG LIST OF 44 00:02:56,514 --> 00:02:59,504 MATERIALS AND ITEMS FOR YOU TO VIEW. YOU CAN DOWNLOAD. 45 00:02:59,504 --> 00:03:03,043 YOU CAN DOWNLOAD POSTERS. THE 46 00:03:03,043 --> 00:03:10,122 BEST WAY TO GET TO THAT SITE ARE TWO WAYS. 47 00:03:10,122 --> 00:03:18,617 ONE, THE WAY I ALWAYS GO, I GOOGLE TWO WORDS, BUE CAMPAIGN. 48 00:03:18,617 --> 00:03:25,618 THE SECOND TIME, YOU WANT TO TYPE IN THE URL DIRECTLY. 49 00:03:25,618 --> 00:03:27,619 THOSE ARE THE TWO EASY WAYS TO GET OUR WEBSITE, AND I ENCOURAGE 50 00:03:27,619 --> 00:03:31,620 YOU TO GO. WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR SO MANY 51 00:03:31,620 --> 00:03:36,624 AREAS, INCLUDING STUDENTS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON LABOR, 52 00:03:36,624 --> 00:03:40,664 AND SEX TRAFFICKING, AS WELL. MOVING ON, WE ARE HERE TO TALK 53 00:03:40,664 --> 00:03:43,662 ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO SPEND MOST OF OUR 54 00:03:43,662 --> 00:03:47,660 DAY TALKING ABOUT THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING OF NATIVE WOMEN IN 55 00:03:47,660 --> 00:03:50,663 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. BEFORE I KICK IT OVER TO JERRY 56 00:03:50,663 --> 00:03:54,666 TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION, I WANT TO JUST SET THE TONE FOR THIS 57 00:03:54,666 --> 00:03:57,848 WEBINAR. MOST OF YOU ON THIS CALL 58 00:03:57,848 --> 00:04:01,484 PROBABLY RECEIVED SOME SORT OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING AWARENESS 59 00:04:01,484 --> 00:04:04,667 TRAINING ALREADY. TO SIMPLIFY, WE ARE TALKING 60 00:04:04,667 --> 00:04:09,705 ABOUT THAT ACT WHERE SOMEONE, A TRAFFICKER, COMPELS ANOTHER TO 61 00:04:09,705 --> 00:04:13,706 WORK OR PROVIDE SERVICES OR TO ENGAGE IN AN ACT OF COMMERCIAL 62 00:04:13,706 --> 00:04:20,753 SEX. WE ARE GOING TO EXPLAIN HOW MINORS ARE ALSO EXPLOITED AND 63 00:04:20,753 --> 00:04:25,756 INDUCED INTO SEX TRAFFICKING, AS WELL. 64 00:04:25,756 --> 00:04:31,761 ONE OF THE THINGS THAT REALLY WAS COMPELLING FOR US TODAY IS 65 00:04:31,761 --> 00:04:36,758 REFERRING TO NATIVE WOMEN, WHAT WE KNOW BASED ON THE RESEARCH IS 66 00:04:36,758 --> 00:04:40,754 THAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING WILL BECOME ONE OF THE TOP THREE 67 00:04:40,754 --> 00:04:44,755 CRIMES TARGETING NATIVE AMERICAN WOMEN. 68 00:04:44,755 --> 00:04:46,754 WE ARE RIGHT NOW AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG. 69 00:04:46,754 --> 00:04:50,805 WE KNOW THEY ARE HIGHLY VICTIMIZED IN SEXUAL ASSAULT, 70 00:04:50,805 --> 00:04:55,136 HIGHLY VICTIMIZED IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND WE ARE SEEING 71 00:04:55,136 --> 00:04:58,024 HUMAN TRAFFICKING COMING RIGHT BEHIND IT. 72 00:04:58,024 --> 00:05:01,875 THAT IS WHY TODAY'S WEBINAR IS SO TIMELY. 73 00:05:01,875 --> 00:05:03,872 I WANT TO SET THE TONE BY JUST GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE BORING 74 00:05:03,872 --> 00:05:06,872 INFORMATION. THE ARK WHEN START WITH A FEW 75 00:05:06,872 --> 00:05:09,873 DEFINITIONS. WE START WITH LABOR TRAFFICKING. 76 00:05:09,873 --> 00:05:16,876 LABOR TRAFFICKING, I WANT TO TAKE A SECOND AND DIFFERENTIATE 77 00:05:16,876 --> 00:05:18,873 THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN LABOR EXPLOITATION AND LABOR 78 00:05:18,873 --> 00:05:23,880 TRAFFICKING. 79 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,872 ON THIS CALL, PROBABLY EVERYONE LISTENING TO MY VOICE HAS A JOB 80 00:05:26,872 --> 00:05:29,875 WHERE THEY FEEL THEY ARE NOT VALUED VERY WELL. 81 00:05:29,875 --> 00:05:32,874 THEY WORK LONG HOURS. THEY HAVE TERRIBLE CONDITIONS, 82 00:05:32,874 --> 00:05:35,881 AND AT TIMES, WE HAVE SAID, I FEEL LIKE I AM BEING TRAFFICKED. 83 00:05:35,881 --> 00:05:47,881 THE REALITY IS, PROBABLY NOT. 84 00:05:47,912 --> 00:05:51,915 FORCED LABOR IS A FORM OF LABOR EXPLOITATION. 85 00:05:51,915 --> 00:05:53,920 LABOR EXPLOITATION, LOOSELY DEFINED, IS WHERE ONE WORKS FOR 86 00:05:53,920 --> 00:06:00,920 ANOTHER FOR LITTLE OR NO WAGES AND IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS, BUT 87 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:01,919 THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT PERSON IS NOT COMPELLED TO STAY THERE. 88 00:06:01,919 --> 00:06:04,920 WHERE WE CROSS THE LINE INTO LABOR TRAFFICKING IS WHEN THAT 89 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:12,920 CONDUCT TO COMPEL SOMEONE IS FOLLOWED WITH SOME SORT OF 90 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,964 FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL 91 00:06:15,964 --> 00:06:21,050 DEFINITION. I WON'T SPEND TOO MUCH TIME. 92 00:06:21,050 --> 00:06:24,004 JUST KNOW IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOP LINE, WHEN WE WANT TO PROSECUTE 93 00:06:24,004 --> 00:06:29,006 A TRAFFICKER, WE ARE LOOKING TO KNOWINGLY FIND SOMEBODY WHO IS 94 00:06:29,006 --> 00:06:34,004 PROVIDING OR OBTAINING LABOR OR IS BENEFITING FROM A VENTURE. 95 00:06:34,004 --> 00:06:36,057 WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RECRUITER, THE OWNER, THE 96 00:06:36,057 --> 00:06:41,064 TRAFFICKER, OR THE BUSINESS THAT EMPLOYS THAT TRAFFICKER OR THE 97 00:06:41,064 --> 00:06:45,064 BUSINESS THAT BENEFITS, AND THEN WE HAVE TO PROVE ONE OF FOUR 98 00:06:45,064 --> 00:06:49,059 WAYS THAT A TRAFFICKING OCCURRED. 99 00:06:49,059 --> 00:06:51,060 THAT CAN BE THROUGH FORCE OR THROUGH THREATS OR SOME SORT OF 100 00:06:51,060 --> 00:06:55,154 COERCIVE SCHEME. YOU NOTICE THE THIRD BOX SAYS 101 00:06:55,154 --> 00:07:02,084 ABUSE. WHAT WE MEAN IS THAT IS TARGETING 102 00:07:02,084 --> 00:07:05,089 FOLKS WHO MAY NOT HAVE LEGAL STATUS IN THE COUNTRY, AND 103 00:07:05,089 --> 00:07:07,087 TRAFFICKER'S LOVE TO USE THAT AS A FORM OF COERCION, THREATENING 104 00:07:07,087 --> 00:07:13,166 TO CALL ICE, THREATENING TO DEPORT THEM. 105 00:07:13,166 --> 00:07:17,177 WHAT THESE TRAFFICKERS DON'T UNDERSTAND IS ICE HAS MANY 106 00:07:17,177 --> 00:07:22,167 TOOLS, ONE OF WHICH IS TO PROVIDE SHORT-TERM IMMIGRATION 107 00:07:22,167 --> 00:07:25,167 RELIEF TO VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING. 108 00:07:25,167 --> 00:07:28,208 THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD NOT BE DEPORTED. 109 00:07:28,208 --> 00:07:30,213 THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO STAY IN THE COUNTRY AND ASSIST IN THE 110 00:07:30,213 --> 00:07:35,219 INVESTIGATION. 111 00:07:35,219 --> 00:07:37,263 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I AM HAPPY TO TAKE THEM AT THE END OF 112 00:07:37,263 --> 00:07:44,259 THE WEBINAR. THE MAJORITY OF VICTIMS 113 00:07:44,259 --> 00:07:47,380 ARE FROM FOREIGN-BORN COUNTRIES. THE MAJORITY OF THE REASON WHY 114 00:07:47,380 --> 00:07:50,813 IS THEY ENTERED THE U.S. ILLEGALLY AND THEY THOUGHT WERE 115 00:07:50,813 --> 00:07:53,310 WORKING FOR LEGITIMATE EMPLOYERS, BUT THEY END UP 116 00:07:53,310 --> 00:07:55,309 WORKING FOR TRAFFICKERS. A LOT OF THE WORK THEY ARE DOING 117 00:07:55,309 --> 00:08:01,308 OUR JOBS THAT NOTORIOUSLY A LOT OF U.S. CITIZENS DON'T DO, SUCH 118 00:08:01,308 --> 00:08:05,345 AS WORKING IN AGRICULTURAL FIELDS, WORKING IN THE 119 00:08:05,345 --> 00:08:08,335 HOUSEKEEPING INDUSTRY, WORKING AS FACTORY WORKERS. 120 00:08:08,335 --> 00:08:12,335 THAT IS WHAT WE SEE A LOT. MOVING ON TO THE SECOND TYPE OF 121 00:08:12,335 --> 00:08:17,337 HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING, 122 00:08:17,337 --> 00:08:20,336 AND THAT IS THE MAJORITY OF THE WEBINAR TODAY. 123 00:08:20,336 --> 00:08:22,339 THE REASON WHY IS THAT IS THE MOST PREVALENT FORM WE ARE 124 00:08:22,339 --> 00:08:25,382 IDENTIFYING. THESE INVOLVE CHILDREN, MOST 125 00:08:25,382 --> 00:08:28,377 OFTEN. THESE ARE THE ONES THAT JERRY IS 126 00:08:28,377 --> 00:08:32,465 GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT, BUT TO PUT US ON THE SAME PAGE, WE 127 00:08:32,465 --> 00:08:37,616 HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THIS POINT. NOT ALL ACTS OF COMMERCIAL SEX 128 00:08:37,616 --> 00:08:42,464 EQUAL SEX TRAFFICKING. IN OTHER WORDS, ONE MAY CHOOSE 129 00:08:42,464 --> 00:08:50,463 ON THEIR OWN TO BE A PROSTITUTE, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, 130 00:08:50,463 --> 00:08:52,463 ENTREPRENEUR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, BUT IF THAT PERSON 131 00:08:52,463 --> 00:08:58,557 IS SOMEHOW COMPELLED TO DO THAT OR FORCED TO DO IT, THEN IT 132 00:08:58,557 --> 00:09:01,559 BECOMES SEX TRAFFICKING. WHEN A MINOR IS INVOLVED UNDER 133 00:09:01,559 --> 00:09:07,557 FEDERAL LAW, WE DON'T HAVE TO PROVE ANY OF THESE ELEMENTS OF 134 00:09:07,557 --> 00:09:10,558 FORCE OR FRAUD OR COERCION. ALL WE HAVE TO PROVE IS THAT IT 135 00:09:10,558 --> 00:09:13,163 WAS A MINOR WHO 136 00:09:13,163 --> 00:09:17,070 WAS UNDER 18 AND SOMEHOW INDUCED INTO 137 00:09:17,070 --> 00:09:21,630 TRAFFICKING. SIMPLY PUT, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 138 00:09:21,630 --> 00:09:29,632 NOT ALL ASK OF COMMERCIAL SEX EQUAL SEX TRAFFICKING, BUT ALL 139 00:09:29,632 --> 00:09:33,630 ASK OF SEX TRAFFICKING ARE COMMERCIAL SEX. 140 00:09:33,630 --> 00:09:36,628 LOOKING AT THE LEGAL DEFINITION IS SOMEWHAT MORE CUMBERSOME. 141 00:09:36,628 --> 00:09:37,637 I'VE TRIED TO SIMPLIFY IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN. 142 00:09:37,637 --> 00:09:42,672 WE HAVE THE LEGAL MEANS UNDER 143 00:09:42,672 --> 00:09:46,672 FEDERAL LAW, SIMILAR TO STATE LAWS, THAT WE CAN GO AFTER 144 00:09:46,672 --> 00:09:50,714 TRAFFICKERS WHO IN SOME WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM RECRUIT AN 145 00:09:50,714 --> 00:09:54,714 INDIVIDUAL, HOUSE AN INDIVIDUAL, TRANSPORT AN INDIVIDUAL, OR 146 00:09:54,714 --> 00:09:57,714 UNDER NEW FEDERAL LAWS, WE CAN GO AFTER THE BUYERS OF SEX. 147 00:09:57,714 --> 00:10:04,717 OR WE CAN GO AFTER A PERSON OR 148 00:10:04,717 --> 00:10:06,712 AN ENTITY THAT IS SOMEHOW BENEFITING FROM THAT VENTURE. 149 00:10:06,712 --> 00:10:07,718 HOW WOULD THAT MANIFEST ITSELF? EASY. 150 00:10:07,718 --> 00:10:13,713 IN ALABAMA WHERE THERE WAS A HOTEL, THE HANDYMAN OF THE 151 00:10:13,713 --> 00:10:15,715 HOTEL KEPT TELLING THE OWNER ROOMS 152 00:10:15,715 --> 00:10:25,835 THAT WERE CONSTANTLY UNDER REPAIR. 153 00:10:25,835 --> 00:10:26,810 THE QUESTION BECOMES, DID THE OWNERS KNOW THAT WAS GOING ON? 154 00:10:26,810 --> 00:10:30,822 THE BEST WAY TO PROVE IT WAS OWNERS WERE RECEIVING SOME SORT 155 00:10:30,822 --> 00:10:42,822 OF INCOME. 156 00:10:45,838 --> 00:10:49,840 THAT IS HOW WE START, AND THEN THE NEXT LINES ARE WHAT I JUST 157 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:54,839 SAID. THE LEFT SIDE, WE EITHER PROVE 158 00:10:54,839 --> 00:10:58,850 IT THROUGH MEANS OF FORCE, FRAUD, OR COERCION, OR WITH A 159 00:10:58,850 --> 00:11:02,915 MINOR. WE HAVE TO SOMEHOW SHOW THAT 160 00:11:02,915 --> 00:11:06,400 THE TRAFFICKING SOMEHOW AFFECTED INTERSTATE COMMERCE. 161 00:11:06,400 --> 00:11:09,886 THE EASIEST WAY TO DO THAT 162 00:11:09,886 --> 00:11:10,885 IS IF ANYONE USED THE INTERNET TO SET 163 00:11:10,885 --> 00:11:17,890 UP A TRANSACTION OR USED A PHONE OR OTHER SEX PARAPHERNALIA USED 164 00:11:17,890 --> 00:11:22,888 FROM ANOTHER STATE. EVEN IN THOSE PARTICULAR CASES 165 00:11:22,888 --> 00:11:26,884 WHERE THE INTERNET AND THE PHONE WAS ALL INTRASTATE, COURTS HAVE 166 00:11:26,884 --> 00:11:35,931 FOUND THAT INTRASTATE IS NOT A MEANS TO VIOLATE THE LAW. 167 00:11:35,931 --> 00:11:40,971 NOW THAT WE HAVE A GOOD FRAMEWORK OF WHAT TRAFFICKING 168 00:11:40,971 --> 00:11:45,970 IS, I'M GOING TO REFER OVER TO JERRY, OUR SUBJECT MATTER 169 00:11:45,970 --> 00:11:49,971 EXPERT, AND SHE IS GOING TO START EXPLAINING A LITTLE BIT 170 00:11:49,971 --> 00:11:51,967 ABOUT HERSELF, AND SHE IS GOING TO WALK US THROUGH SEX 171 00:11:51,967 --> 00:11:55,972 TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY. JERI: THANK YOU SO MUCH. 172 00:11:55,972 --> 00:12:04,010 MY NAME IS JERI MOOMAW, AND ON THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 173 00:12:04,010 --> 00:12:06,011 INNOVATIONS HUMAN TRAFFICKING COLLABORATIVE THAT IS BASED IN 174 00:12:06,011 --> 00:12:10,014 OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON. I AM AN INDIGENOUS WOMAN, AND I 175 00:12:10,014 --> 00:12:14,015 HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING FOR 176 00:12:14,015 --> 00:12:18,013 THE PAST 15 YEARS. I HAVE A BACKGROUND IN SOCIAL 177 00:12:18,013 --> 00:12:23,015 WORK AND WORKED DIRECTLY WITH VICTIMS FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 178 00:12:23,015 --> 00:12:30,059 IT'S VERY COMPLEX. WHEN WE ARE LOOKING AT SEX 179 00:12:30,059 --> 00:12:34,058 TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY, OFTEN, THERE IS A COMMON 180 00:12:34,058 --> 00:12:38,063 MISCONCEPTION THAT TRAFFICKING OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE ONLY 181 00:12:38,063 --> 00:12:43,118 HAPPENS ON RESERVATIONS, BUT 182 00:12:43,118 --> 00:12:47,176 ACCORDING TO A 2017 REPORT FROM THE OFFICE OF MINORITY HEALTH, 183 00:12:47,176 --> 00:12:51,121 ONLY 22% OF NATIVE AMERICANS AND ALASKAN NATIVES ACTUALLY LIVE ON 184 00:12:51,121 --> 00:12:57,110 RESERVATIONS OR TRUST LANDS. 185 00:12:57,110 --> 00:13:04,141 APPROXIMATELY 60% OF NATIVE PEOPLE LIVE OFF THE RESERVATION, 186 00:13:04,141 --> 00:13:07,135 WHETHER IT BE IN METROPOLITAN OR URBAN AREAS, BUT THEY ARE NOT 187 00:13:07,135 --> 00:13:10,137 ACTUALLY ON THE RESERVATION. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T 188 00:13:10,137 --> 00:13:16,143 GO BACK, BUT THAT IS THE STATISTIC. 189 00:13:16,143 --> 00:13:19,135 REALLY, WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SEX TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN 190 00:13:19,135 --> 00:13:25,269 COUNTRY, IT IS TWO SEPARATE IS SUES. IT REALLY IS, AND IT LOOKS 191 00:13:25,269 --> 00:13:31,177 REALLY DIFFERENT. ON RESERVATIONS, WHAT WE SEE 192 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:32,154 HIS TRAFFICKING IN THE CASINOS AND 193 00:13:32,154 --> 00:13:35,138 HOTELS. A LOT OF THE TIMES, THE PEOPLE 194 00:13:35,138 --> 00:13:46,224 BEING TRAFFICKED IN THE CASINOS AND HOTELS ARE NON-NATIVE. 195 00:13:46,224 --> 00:13:49,224 UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAUSES ISSUES AND PROBLEMS, AND THE 196 00:13:49,224 --> 00:13:51,223 TRIBES ARE WORKING ON THAT TO BE ABLE TO CONNECT TO THOSE 197 00:13:51,223 --> 00:13:53,223 NON-NATIVES WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS OUTSIDE OF THE 198 00:13:53,223 --> 00:14:01,306 RESERVATION. TIMES ARE CHANGING. ANYBODY WHO 199 00:14:01,306 --> 00:14:02,229 IS BEING TRAFFICKED, WHETHER THEY ARE NATIVE OR NOT, 200 00:14:02,229 --> 00:14:08,223 WILL BE CONNECTED WITH SERVICES. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 201 00:14:08,223 --> 00:14:14,262 TRAFFICKING ON RESERVATIONS, WE NEED TO ALSO LOOK AT TRUCK 202 00:14:14,262 --> 00:14:18,262 STOPS. ONE MODALITY IS RESIDENTIAL 203 00:14:18,262 --> 00:14:22,272 BROTHELS. THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS THE 204 00:14:22,272 --> 00:14:27,536 VAST MAJORITY OF TRAFFICKING ON THE RESERVATION IS FAMILIAL TRAF 205 00:14:27,536 --> 00:14:32,275 FICKING, INDIVIDUALS BEING TRADED OR SOLD FOR SOMETHING OF 206 00:14:32,275 --> 00:14:34,265 VALUE BY SOMEBODY THEY ARE RELATED TO. 207 00:14:34,265 --> 00:14:40,315 WHEN WE LOOK AT OFF RESERVATION 208 00:14:40,315 --> 00:14:43,313 EXPLOITATION OF NATIVE PEOPLE, IT LOOKS DIFFERENT. 209 00:14:43,313 --> 00:14:51,362 IT COULD BE ONLINE, THROUGH INTERNET ADS, STREET-BASED 210 00:14:51,362 --> 00:14:56,361 PROSTITUTION. IT COULD ALSO BE IN METROPOLITAN 211 00:14:56,361 --> 00:15:02,362 AREAS SUCH AS LAS VEGAS AND THROUGH THE CASINOS THERE. 212 00:15:02,362 --> 00:15:07,432 ONE THING I DO WANT TO POINT OUT IS OFF-RESERVATION TRAFFICKING 213 00:15:07,432 --> 00:15:14,433 IS VERY MOBILE. THEY MOVE FROM TOWN TO TOWN. 214 00:15:14,433 --> 00:15:16,432 THIS IS KNOWN AS A CIRCUIT. THERE ARE CIRCUITS ALL THE WAY 215 00:15:16,432 --> 00:15:20,434 UP AND DOWN THE WEST COAST, THE EAST COAST. 216 00:15:20,434 --> 00:15:27,433 I KNOW THAT THE POLARIS PROJECT 217 00:15:27,433 --> 00:15:31,436 HAS A HEATSINK MAP OF WHERE CALLS COME IN, AND WHEN YOU LOOK 218 00:15:31,436 --> 00:15:35,434 AT THAT, HIGH DENSITY AREAS ARE THE CIRCUITS THAT THESE PEOPLE 219 00:15:35,434 --> 00:15:41,440 RUN VICTIMS ON. 220 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,431 I REALLY WANT TO TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT, HOW DO I KNOW THIS? 221 00:15:45,431 --> 00:15:50,448 HOW AM I A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT? I CAN TELL YOU. 222 00:15:50,448 --> 00:15:56,378 I HAVE FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE. I AM A SURVIVOR OF TRAFFICKING, 223 00:15:56,378 --> 00:15:58,518 AND I KNOW THIS ALL TOO WELL. I WAS TRAFFICKED FROM THE TIME I 224 00:15:58,518 --> 00:16:02,518 WAS 13 UNTIL 19, AND UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT RECEIVE 225 00:16:02,518 --> 00:16:12,551 THE SUPPORT OF SERVICES AT THAT TIME. 226 00:16:12,551 --> 00:16:17,520 FROM THE TRAUMA THAT I RECEIVED , I FELL THROUGH THE CRACKS FOR 227 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:23,522 THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE. AFTER THE SUDDEN DEATH OF MY 228 00:16:23,522 --> 00:16:28,529 MOTHER, I FOUND MYSELF IN A TRUE POSITION OF VULNERABILITY, AND I 229 00:16:28,529 --> 00:16:33,954 WAS LURED AWAY FROM MY HOME BY THE PROMISE OF BEING LOVED AND 230 00:16:33,954 --> 00:16:35,624 HAVING A BETTER LIFE. 231 00:16:35,624 --> 00:16:36,613 UNFORTUNATELY, MY STORY IS A COMMON STORY FOR NATIVE WOMEN 232 00:16:36,613 --> 00:16:38,622 AND GIRLS. 233 00:16:38,622 --> 00:16:47,665 BUT THIS IS NOTHING NEW. THE EXPLOITATION OF NATIVE 234 00:16:47,665 --> 00:16:49,869 PEOPLE HAS BEEN DOCUMENTED 235 00:16:49,869 --> 00:16:53,726 SINCE THE FIRST POINT OF CONTACT FROM 236 00:16:53,726 --> 00:16:58,685 THE EUROPEAN SETTLERS. THIS HISTORY OF GENOCIDE HAS A 237 00:16:58,685 --> 00:17:01,775 LASTING EFFECT THAT IS DEEPLY CONNECTED TO THE CURRENT ISSUES 238 00:17:01,775 --> 00:17:11,685 WITHIN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. THIS IS KNOWN AS SOUL WOUNDS, 239 00:17:11,685 --> 00:17:14,685 GENERATIONAL TRAUMA. THERE HAVE BEEN STUDIES 240 00:17:14,685 --> 00:17:19,731 CONDUCTED ON HOLOCAUST VICTIMS 241 00:17:19,731 --> 00:17:22,730 AND ALSO ON NATIVE AMERICANS, AND THE GENOCIDE IS ACTUALLY 242 00:17:22,730 --> 00:17:30,728 DEEPLY INGRAINED IN OUR DNA. THIS VASTLY INCREASED 243 00:17:30,728 --> 00:17:35,962 VULNERABILITY. IT CAN CAUSE DEPRESSION, ANGER, 244 00:17:35,962 --> 00:17:41,787 ISOLATION, VIOLENCE, HIGH SUICIDE RATES, SUBSTANCE ABUSE 245 00:17:41,787 --> 00:17:47,818 AS A FORM OF SELF MEDICATION, 246 00:17:47,818 --> 00:17:56,813 ANXIETY, AND THIS INCREASES THE RISK 247 00:17:56,813 --> 00:18:00,862 OF BEING A VICTIM FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 248 00:18:00,862 --> 00:18:02,862 WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THESE STARTLING STATISTICS AND TAKE 249 00:18:02,862 --> 00:18:07,862 INTO MIND THAT NATIVE AMERICAN PEOPLE MAKE UP 2% OF THE 250 00:18:07,862 --> 00:18:11,863 POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE AND 251 00:18:11,863 --> 00:18:17,918 DISPROPORTIONATE STATISTICS OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THE 252 00:18:17,918 --> 00:18:19,894 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RATE IS 50 TIMES HIGHER THAN THE NATIONAL 253 00:18:19,894 --> 00:18:23,941 AVERAGE. THIS IS HEARTBREAKING TO ME, AND 254 00:18:23,941 --> 00:18:28,949 THIS IS A STUDY THAT WAS DONE 255 00:18:28,949 --> 00:18:32,890 FOR NATIVE WOMEN FROM MINNEAPOLIS, SEATTLE, AND 256 00:18:32,890 --> 00:18:34,940 PORTLAND. A 40% AVERAGE OF THE WOMEN 257 00:18:34,940 --> 00:18:39,982 INVOLVED IN THE COMMERCIAL SEX INDUSTRY, IDENTIFIED AS 258 00:18:39,982 --> 00:18:41,982 AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE OR 259 00:18:41,982 --> 00:18:44,982 FIRST NATION. WE MAKE UP 2% OF THE POPULATION. 260 00:18:44,982 --> 00:18:51,044 WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A 261 00:18:51,044 --> 00:18:53,421 SUBJECT THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT, 262 00:18:53,421 --> 00:18:57,701 THIS IS THE SUBJECT. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED, 263 00:18:57,701 --> 00:19:01,980 AND WE NEED TO PUT PROTECTIVE FACTORS AROUND PROTECTING 264 00:19:01,981 --> 00:19:08,029 INDIGENOUS PEOPLE. WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK BACK AT, 265 00:19:08,029 --> 00:19:19,022 HOW DID WE BECOME SO VULNERABLE? WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT POLY 266 00:19:19,022 --> 00:19:25,102 VICTIMIZATION. THERE IS A TREND BETWEEN EARLY 267 00:19:25,102 --> 00:19:26,068 ABUSE AND REPEATED TRAUMA THROUGHOUT LIFE. 268 00:19:26,068 --> 00:19:35,115 THIS INCREASES FOLDER ABILITY TO TRAFFICKING -- A VULNERABILITY 269 00:19:35,115 --> 00:19:38,115 TO TRAFFICKING. TRAUMATIC EVENTS INCLUDE SEXUAL 270 00:19:38,115 --> 00:19:42,116 VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, RAPE, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, AND MOST 271 00:19:42,116 --> 00:19:47,164 PEOPLE, CLIENTS I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER THE YEARS, HAVE A 272 00:19:47,164 --> 00:19:52,165 HISTORY OF POLYVICTIMIZATION. 273 00:19:52,165 --> 00:19:57,168 IT'S AN INHERENT LINK TO 274 00:19:57,168 --> 00:20:03,192 VULNERABILITIES IN TRAFFICKING. 275 00:20:03,192 --> 00:20:06,192 WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE RISK FACTORS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOT 276 00:20:06,192 --> 00:20:11,200 ONLY LOOK AT THE CHILDHOOD PHYSICAL AND SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT 277 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:14,192 WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE LINK BETWEEN THE INDIAN HEALTH 278 00:20:14,192 --> 00:20:21,192 WELFARE ACT, THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM, AND THE LINK AROUND 279 00:20:21,192 --> 00:20:29,274 POVERTY. SOME RESERVATIONS HAVE UP TO 90% UNEMPLOYMENT. 280 00:20:29,274 --> 00:20:32,275 OFTEN NO RUNNING WATER. WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THE 281 00:20:32,275 --> 00:20:35,200 POVERTY IN INDIAN COUNTRY, 282 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:42,515 IT IS EQUAL TO WHAT YOU MAY FIND IN A 283 00:20:42,515 --> 00:20:48,367 THIRD WORLD COUNTRY. REALLY, WITH MY SITUATION, WHEN 284 00:20:48,367 --> 00:20:51,368 MY MOM PASSED AWAY, I FOUND MYSELF WITH A LACK OF A STABLE 285 00:20:51,368 --> 00:20:56,414 SUPPORT SYSTEM, AND THIS IS 286 00:20:56,414 --> 00:21:08,414 PREDOMINANT IN TRAFFICKING VICTIMS. 287 00:21:14,451 --> 00:21:16,063 TRAFFICKERS ARE MASTER MANIPULATORS IN FINDING THESE 288 00:21:16,063 --> 00:21:17,446 INDIVIDUALS, AND IT'S A COMMON LINK. 289 00:21:17,446 --> 00:21:26,443 WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE POLYVICTIMIZATION AND SUBSTANCE 290 00:21:26,443 --> 00:21:32,449 ABUSE IN VULNERABLE PEOPLE. OFTENTIMES, USE IS 291 00:21:32,449 --> 00:21:35,445 SELF-MEDICATION. IT'S BECAUSE THE TRAUMA THEY 292 00:21:35,445 --> 00:21:41,486 HAVE RECEIVED IN THE PAST HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED, 293 00:21:41,486 --> 00:21:44,759 AND THEY ARE SELF-MEDICATING TO DISASSOCIATE. 294 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:48,033 ANOTHER FACTOR IS LIVING NEAR CASINOS. 295 00:21:48,033 --> 00:21:53,489 ALSO, LIVING NEAR TO RESUME, HUNTING, FISHING -- I KNOW 296 00:21:53,489 --> 00:21:56,486 SEVERAL RESERVATIONS THAT OPEN UP THEIR LAND AROUND HUNTING AND 297 00:21:56,486 --> 00:22:01,495 FISHING TIME, AND ANYTIME THAT 298 00:22:01,495 --> 00:22:03,497 IT WOULD BRING PEOPLE WHO DO NOT BELONG ON THE RESERVATION TO THE 299 00:22:03,497 --> 00:22:09,627 RESERVATION THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY SEX BUYERS, THIS 300 00:22:09,627 --> 00:22:21,627 INCREASES VULNERABILITY AND PUTS THE AREA AT RISK. 301 00:22:21,670 --> 00:22:26,670 WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN INDIAN COUNTRY IF 302 00:22:26,670 --> 00:22:27,671 WE DO NOT TALK ABOUT THE LINK BETWEEN SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE 303 00:22:27,671 --> 00:22:32,666 OIL BOOM. IN NORTH DAKOTA, TENS OF 304 00:22:32,666 --> 00:22:35,669 THOUSANDS OF MEN FROM OUTSIDE THE STATE HAVE MOVED TO THE 305 00:22:35,669 --> 00:22:39,696 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA TO LIVE IN CAMPS THAT THE OIL COMPANIES 306 00:22:39,696 --> 00:22:44,696 HAVE SET UP. THESE CAMPS ARE FILLED WITH 307 00:22:44,696 --> 00:22:48,696 WORKERS WHO HAVE BEEN SHIFTED FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. 308 00:22:48,696 --> 00:22:54,697 WHILE A MAJORITY OF THEM ARE JUST THERE TO WORK, THERE IS 309 00:22:54,697 --> 00:22:58,737 ALSO A VERY DANGEROUS CRIMINAL ELEMENT THAT GOES UNCHECKED IN 310 00:22:58,737 --> 00:23:04,754 AND AROUND THESE CAMPS. THEY HAVE FOUND ORGANIZED GANG 311 00:23:04,754 --> 00:23:10,737 CRIMES , RAPES, KIDNAPPINGS, 312 00:23:10,737 --> 00:23:13,744 SEX TRAFFICKING, AND IN NORTH DAKOTA, THE VIOLENCE AGAINST 313 00:23:13,744 --> 00:23:25,744 WOMEN RATE HAS RAISED OVER 400%. VERY ALARMING. 314 00:23:25,825 --> 00:23:26,870 BUT I DON'T WANT TO PAINT A PICTURE TO YOU OF STRANGER 315 00:23:26,870 --> 00:23:31,919 DANGER, THAT TRAFFICKERS ARE PEOPLE THAT INDIVIDUALS DON'T 316 00:23:31,919 --> 00:23:35,918 KNOW. SADLY, THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN 317 00:23:35,918 --> 00:23:40,915 A TRAFFICKER AND VICTIM CAN BE ANOTHER BARRIER TO 318 00:23:40,915 --> 00:23:43,927 IDENTIFICATION. THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE 319 00:23:43,927 --> 00:23:50,953 TRAFFICKER AND VICTIM CAN VARY. THERE WAS A STUDY 320 00:23:50,953 --> 00:23:52,952 IN 2013 OUT OF COVENANT HOUSE, AND THE FINDINGS 321 00:23:52,952 --> 00:23:59,032 WERE SHOCKING. 36% IS IMMEDIATE FAMILY. 322 00:23:59,032 --> 00:24:02,051 I KNOW EARLIER I TALKED ABOUT HOW THE MODALITY OF HUMAN 323 00:24:02,051 --> 00:24:06,032 TRAFFICKING ON INDIAN COUNTRY IS OFTEN FAMILIAL. 324 00:24:06,032 --> 00:24:08,035 IF THIS REPORT WAS OUT OF INDIAN COUNTRY, I BELIEVE THAT 325 00:24:08,035 --> 00:24:15,031 IMMEDIATE FAMILY WOULD BE EVEN HIGHER. 326 00:24:15,031 --> 00:24:22,076 IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHILE THE TERM "BOYFRIEND" CAN 327 00:24:22,076 --> 00:24:24,076 MEAN ROMANTIC PARTNER, IT IS ALSO A EUPHEMISM USED BY THE 328 00:24:24,076 --> 00:24:27,075 TRAFFICKER. DON'T DISCOUNT SOMEONE AS BEING 329 00:24:27,075 --> 00:24:32,073 A POTENTIAL VICTIM BECAUSE THEY APPEAR TO BE PRESENTING WITH A 330 00:24:32,073 --> 00:24:36,086 RELATIVE OR ROMANTIC PARTNER. THIS STUDY HAS HELPED TO DEBUNK 331 00:24:36,086 --> 00:24:48,086 THAT THE TRAFFICKERS ARE MOST OFTEN STRANGERS TO THE VICTIM. 332 00:24:48,121 --> 00:24:53,118 SCOTT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE CHALLENGES IN INDIAN 333 00:24:53,118 --> 00:24:59,166 COUNTRY THAT WE SEE. SCOTT: WHEN WE TALK ABOUT 334 00:24:59,166 --> 00:25:01,167 PROSECUTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ON TRIBAL LANDS, WE HAVE NOT BEEN 335 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:05,175 SUCCESSFUL AS A COUNTRY. I COULD ACCOUNT ON ONE HAND 336 00:25:05,175 --> 00:25:10,168 SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTIONS THAT OCCURRED FROM TRIBAL LAND. 337 00:25:10,168 --> 00:25:13,201 ONE THAT COMES TO MIND IS FROM NORTH DAKOTA, AND THE REASON WHY 338 00:25:13,201 --> 00:25:17,289 IS THE SAME ISSUES WE FACE IN ISSUES RELATED TO DOMESTIC 339 00:25:17,289 --> 00:25:20,203 VIOLENCE. MOST OF IT IS A JURISDICTIONAL 340 00:25:20,203 --> 00:25:24,207 ISSUE. SOME TRIBES AND SOME STATES 341 00:25:24,207 --> 00:25:30,205 BELONG TO PUBLIC LAW 280. 342 00:25:30,205 --> 00:25:31,206 SOME TRIBES CAN ONLY TRESPASS A TRAFFICKER OFF THEIR LAND. 343 00:25:31,206 --> 00:25:36,206 WE'VE HAD SITUATIONS WHERE OFFICERS FROM TRIBAL POLICE AND 344 00:25:36,206 --> 00:25:38,243 STATE AND LOCAL POLICE ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHO HAS 345 00:25:38,243 --> 00:25:43,262 JURISDICTION. WE KNOW IF IT GOES FORWARD AND 346 00:25:43,262 --> 00:25:46,244 IT OCCURRED ON TRIBAL LAND, THE U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WOULD 347 00:25:46,244 --> 00:25:49,247 TAKE IT, AND IT MEANS THE CASE WOULD HAVE TO GO FEDERALLY. 348 00:25:49,247 --> 00:25:56,287 IF WE CAN PROSECUTE IT ON STATE OR LOCAL AREAS, DO WE HAVE A 349 00:25:56,287 --> 00:26:01,285 ROBUST PROSECUTION? THE VICTIM'S FIRST INVESTIGATED 350 00:26:01,285 --> 00:26:03,914 THROUGH TRIBAL POLICE, AND THEY 351 00:26:03,914 --> 00:26:07,069 SEND THAT INVESTIGATION TO STATE POLICE. 352 00:26:07,069 --> 00:26:12,328 YOU CAN IMAGINE, OVER AND OVER, THIS VICTIM IS BEING 353 00:26:12,328 --> 00:26:16,328 RE-VICTIMIZED BY THE SYSTEM BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE 354 00:26:16,328 --> 00:26:21,326 OUT WHO TAKES THE CASE. WITHOUT A VICTIM ON BOARD, IT'S 355 00:26:21,326 --> 00:26:28,329 VERY DIFFICULT TO PROSECUTE. WE TRIED TO ILLUSTRATE THIS 356 00:26:28,329 --> 00:26:31,439 ISSUE, AND THE BLUE CAMPAIGN WILL SOON BE HOSTING A VIDEO 357 00:26:31,439 --> 00:26:35,369 THAT SHOWS THIS ON OUR WEBSITE. WE JUST FINISHED EDITING THIS 358 00:26:35,369 --> 00:26:39,379 VIDEO. IT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES ON HUMAN 359 00:26:39,379 --> 00:26:43,368 TRAFFICKING ON TRIBAL LANDS AND WHY TRAFFICKERS TARGET NATIVE 360 00:26:43,368 --> 00:26:50,371 WOMEN. MY UNDERSTANDING IS WITHIN THE 361 00:26:50,371 --> 00:26:54,370 NEXT 2-4 WEEKS, IT WILL BE POSTED ON THE BLUE CAMPAIGN 362 00:26:54,370 --> 00:26:57,421 WEBSITE IF ANY OF YOU WANT TO RETURN TO THE WEBSITE. 363 00:26:57,421 --> 00:27:04,472 IT'S ONLY ABOUT A FIVE-MINUTE CLIP. JERI: THANK YOU, SCOTT. 364 00:27:04,472 --> 00:27:10,473 I THINK IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT THE MINDSET 365 00:27:10,473 --> 00:27:20,498 AROUND CRIMES THAT HAPPEN ON RESERVATIONS, A LOT OF TIMES, 366 00:27:20,498 --> 00:27:24,539 THERE HAS BEEN A SENSE OF APATHY. WHY REPORT SOMETHING? 367 00:27:24,539 --> 00:27:31,536 NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN ANYWAY. 368 00:27:31,536 --> 00:27:34,547 WE NEED TO BREAK THAT CYCLE AND WORK COLLECTIVELY TO GET THESE 369 00:27:34,547 --> 00:27:38,540 CASES, TO GET THE U.S. ATTORNEY TO PICK THEM UP SO CASES CAN BE 370 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:43,548 PROSECUTED, SO PEOPLE WHO ARE ON RESERVATIONS CAN HAVE THAT SENSE 371 00:27:43,548 --> 00:27:49,547 OF SECURITY. IT'S COMMON. 372 00:27:49,547 --> 00:27:50,541 I HEAR IT OVER AND OVER. WHY REPORT? 373 00:27:50,541 --> 00:27:56,582 NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS 374 00:27:56,582 --> 00:28:00,582 TRAFFICKERS KNOW THIS, TOO. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU BRIEFLY 375 00:28:00,582 --> 00:28:04,581 ABOUT SOME OF THE TACTICS THAT TRAFFICKERS USE. 376 00:28:04,581 --> 00:28:05,583 NUMBER ONE IS PSYCHOLOGICAL MANIPULATION. 377 00:28:05,583 --> 00:28:12,582 THEY USED NUMEROUS TACTICS TO REALLY MANIPULATE THEIR 378 00:28:12,582 --> 00:28:18,674 VICTIMS. I CAN SPEAK FOR MYSELF. I WAS CONVINCED THAT HE LOVED ME 379 00:28:18,674 --> 00:28:22,682 AND THAT THIS WAS ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN FOR A LITTLE TIME PERIOD, 380 00:28:22,682 --> 00:28:25,670 AND THEN WE WERE GOING TO GO ON AND HAVE THIS HAPPY LIFE, UNTIL 381 00:28:25,670 --> 00:28:31,720 THE FIRST TIME THAT I TOLD HIM NO, AND THAT COMPLETELY CHANGED 382 00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,722 THINGS. THEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS 383 00:28:34,722 --> 00:28:36,844 TRAPPED. THAT PSYCHOLOGICAL 384 00:28:36,844 --> 00:28:41,089 MANIPULATION, THAT GROOMING, ALL THE TACTICS 385 00:28:41,089 --> 00:28:46,749 THEY USE, AND ANOTHER ONE IS REPUTATIONAL HARM 386 00:28:46,749 --> 00:28:52,752 -- WE SEE THAT A LOT WITH SEXTING. 387 00:28:52,752 --> 00:28:56,756 SOMEBODY CONVINCES SOMEBODY TO SEND THEM A NUDE PICTURE. 388 00:28:56,756 --> 00:29:01,751 THEY ARE "IN A RELATIONSHIP," AND THEN THEY HAVE THAT PICTURE 389 00:29:01,751 --> 00:29:04,751 AND THEY THREATENED TO TAKE IT AND SHOW IT TO THE SCHOOL, THE 390 00:29:04,751 --> 00:29:09,756 CHURCH, THEIR PARENTS. THEY CAN REALLY USE THAT AS A 391 00:29:09,756 --> 00:29:15,750 FORM OF COERCION. 392 00:29:15,750 --> 00:29:19,754 OR, I'M JUST GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY YOU ARE A PROSTITUTE. 393 00:29:19,754 --> 00:29:21,752 I'M GOING TO TELL EVERYBODY WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN DOING. 394 00:29:21,752 --> 00:29:27,750 THAT IS VERY COMMON. ANOTHER ONE IS ABUSIVE SYSTEMS. 395 00:29:27,750 --> 00:29:31,769 WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ABUSIVE SYSTEMS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT 396 00:29:31,769 --> 00:29:33,754 I HAVE HEARD FROM SURVIVORS AND CLIENTS I HAVE WORKED WITH OVER 397 00:29:33,754 --> 00:29:39,757 AND OVER. WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT 398 00:29:39,757 --> 00:29:43,756 FOREIGN NATIONALS, THE THREAT OF DEPORTATION -- YOU ARE A 399 00:29:43,756 --> 00:29:46,755 CRIMINAL, YOU WILL BE DEPORTED BECAUSE YOU ARE INVOLVED IN 400 00:29:46,755 --> 00:29:50,752 PROSTITUTION. EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE BEING 401 00:29:50,752 --> 00:29:53,751 TRAFFICKED, THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LAW, SO THAT 402 00:29:53,751 --> 00:29:58,756 COERCIVE TACTIC IS VERY STRONG. 403 00:29:58,756 --> 00:30:02,835 OFTENTIMES, ESPECIALLY HAVING THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, 404 00:30:02,835 --> 00:30:05,877 PEOPLE INVOLVED IN PROSTITUTION THAT WERE TRAFFICKED WERE 405 00:30:05,877 --> 00:30:09,880 CRIMINALIZED. OFTENTIMES, THEY WOULD BE ON 406 00:30:09,880 --> 00:30:10,884 PROBATION OR SOME TYPE OF SUPERVISION. 407 00:30:10,884 --> 00:30:15,876 TRAFFICKERS USE THAT. TRAFFICKERS, YOU ARE ON 408 00:30:15,876 --> 00:30:17,876 PROBATION. I AM GOING TO GO TO YOUR 409 00:30:17,876 --> 00:30:20,876 PROBATION OFFICER. I'M GOING TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT 410 00:30:20,876 --> 00:30:25,925 YOU ARE DOING, AND THEN YOU WILL GO BACK TO JAIL. 411 00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:30,970 THEN THEY WILL USE CHILDREN. 412 00:30:30,970 --> 00:30:36,970 THEY WILL USE WHAT THEY TURNED THE VICTIM INTO AGAINST THEM. 413 00:30:36,970 --> 00:30:39,974 I'LL MAKE SURE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU ARE DOING YOUR CHILD WILL GO 414 00:30:39,974 --> 00:30:45,974 TO CPS. 415 00:30:45,974 --> 00:30:49,013 YOU WON'T HAVE YOUR CHILD ANYMORE. 416 00:30:49,013 --> 00:30:52,005 THESE ARE STRONG, COERCIVE TACTICS THAT KEEP PEOPLE BONDED 417 00:30:52,005 --> 00:30:57,045 TO THEIR ABUSERS. 418 00:30:57,045 --> 00:31:05,046 IT COULD BE YELLING, SCREAMING, BEATING SOMEONE ELSE IN FRONT OF 419 00:31:05,046 --> 00:31:07,046 THEM, BECAUSE OFTEN TRAFFICKERS HAVE MULTIPLE VICTIMS, AND THAT 420 00:31:07,046 --> 00:31:14,045 SITUATION COULD BE ALL IT WOULD TAKE TO KEEP THE REST OF THEM 421 00:31:14,045 --> 00:31:16,045 IN LINE. THEN THEY CAN USE THAT STORY. 422 00:31:16,045 --> 00:31:21,135 HEY, YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED 423 00:31:21,135 --> 00:31:25,174 TO SO AND SO. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THE LAST 424 00:31:25,174 --> 00:31:31,174 PERSON WHO CROSSED ME. SOMETIMES, THAT IS ENOUGH, THAT 425 00:31:31,174 --> 00:31:41,226 SCARE TACTIC, AND THEN A THIRD ONE -- THIS IS A VERY COMMON 426 00:31:41,226 --> 00:31:49,236 MODALITY -- OFTEN, TRAFFICKERS TARGET INDIVIDUALS WHO MAY HAVE 427 00:31:49,236 --> 00:32:01,236 BEEN EXPERIENCING DRUGS AS A FORM OF SELF-MEDICATION. 428 00:32:01,256 --> 00:32:13,256 I KNOW WITH MY TRAFFICKER HE USED NARCOTIC PAIN PILLS. 429 00:32:14,302 --> 00:32:17,303 WHEN YOU HAVE THAT CHEMICAL RESTRAINT, IT IS A VERY, VERY 430 00:32:17,303 --> 00:32:22,297 CONDUCIVE BONDAGE TO THE TRAFFICKER. THIS IS VERY COMMON. 431 00:32:22,297 --> 00:32:33,301 IT'S COMMON IN INDIAN COUNTRY, AS WELL. 432 00:32:33,301 --> 00:32:34,301 TRUTHFULLY, I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THE 433 00:32:34,301 --> 00:32:39,379 IMPACT OF TRAUMA. SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS SUFFER 434 00:32:39,379 --> 00:32:45,386 FROM SOME OF THE MOST SEVERE AND COMPLEX PHYSICAL, 435 00:32:45,386 --> 00:32:47,382 EMOTIONAL, AND SPIRITUAL DAMAGE OF ANY WOUNDED 436 00:32:47,382 --> 00:32:53,384 POPULATION. UNDERSTANDING TRAUMA AND HOW IT 437 00:32:53,384 --> 00:33:04,425 CAN AFFECT ONE'S CAPACITY TO TRUST OTHERS, TRAFFICKERS 438 00:33:04,425 --> 00:33:06,426 INGRAIN INTO VICTIMS THAT YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO TRUST PEOPLE AND 439 00:33:06,426 --> 00:33:13,448 AUTHORITY. THEY ARE AGAINST YOU. YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. 440 00:33:13,448 --> 00:33:16,427 ALL OF THOSE SEEDS THAT ARE PLANTED MAKE IT VERY HARD FOR 441 00:33:16,427 --> 00:33:20,425 VICTIMS TO TRUST PEOPLE. THAT IS WHY YOU AREN'T GOING TO 442 00:33:20,425 --> 00:33:26,425 SEE VICTIMS RUNNING DOWN THE STREET, WAVING THEIR HANDS 443 00:33:26,425 --> 00:33:30,428 SAYING, HELP ME, HELP ME. THAT MAKES IT SO MUCH HARDER TO 444 00:33:30,428 --> 00:33:34,475 REACH OUT FOR HELP. ANOTHER THING IS TO TRUST 445 00:33:34,475 --> 00:33:40,478 OURSELVES, TO BE ABLE TO REALLY 446 00:33:40,478 --> 00:33:46,526 SEE THAT AS A PERSON, WE ARE 447 00:33:46,526 --> 00:33:51,526 DESERVING AND WORTHWHILE. BEING DAMAGED AND COMING FROM 448 00:33:51,526 --> 00:33:58,555 VULNERABLE POPULATIONS, YOUR SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-WORTH, 449 00:33:58,555 --> 00:34:00,556 THAT IS DEEPLY DAMAGED BY THE TRAFFICKING EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY 450 00:34:00,556 --> 00:34:05,104 FROM THE TRAFFICKER, BUT ALSO FROM THE BUYERS. 451 00:34:05,104 --> 00:34:09,653 IT MAKES IT VERY HARD TO TRUST OURSELVES. 452 00:34:09,653 --> 00:34:13,940 THAT AFFECTS HOW WE SOLVE PROBLEMS, EXERCISE 453 00:34:13,940 --> 00:34:16,390 JUDGMENT, AND PROCESS INFORMATION. 454 00:34:16,390 --> 00:34:20,676 ALSO, WHEN YOU ARE IN THE MIDST 455 00:34:20,677 --> 00:34:23,676 OF COMPLEX TRAUMA, THAT IS OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH POST-TRAUMATIC 456 00:34:23,676 --> 00:34:25,438 STRESS DISORDER. 457 00:34:25,438 --> 00:34:32,487 TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF POST-TRAUMATIC 458 00:34:32,487 --> 00:34:37,774 STRESS DISORDER THAN RETURNING COMBAT VICTIMS. 459 00:34:37,774 --> 00:34:40,775 REALLY, THAT IS HARD TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE AND TO THOUGHTFULLY 460 00:34:40,775 --> 00:34:44,204 PLAN. ALSO, TO MANAGE 461 00:34:44,204 --> 00:34:51,917 INTERNAL STATES, TO BE ABLE TO STAY PRESENT AND 462 00:34:51,917 --> 00:34:52,775 CONNECTED. 463 00:34:52,775 --> 00:34:58,804 ADVOCACY. WHY IS ADVOCACY IMPORTANT? 464 00:34:58,804 --> 00:35:01,807 AS LAW ENFORCEMENT, I AM NOT ASKING YOU TO PUT ON YOUR SOCIAL 465 00:35:01,807 --> 00:35:06,804 WORKER HAD. I'M ASKING YOU TO LOOK AT 466 00:35:06,804 --> 00:35:13,884 VICTIMS AS VICTIMS WITH A SENSE OF EMPATHY. 467 00:35:13,884 --> 00:35:17,893 THAT IS IMPORTANT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO BE ABLE TO 468 00:35:17,893 --> 00:35:23,030 REALLY TAKE THAT MIND SHIFT OF, 469 00:35:23,030 --> 00:35:24,027 THEY ARE CRIMINALS, AND CONSIDER THEY ARE VICTIMS. 470 00:35:24,027 --> 00:35:30,100 I KNOW THERE IS A MOVEMENT 471 00:35:30,100 --> 00:35:34,181 NATIONALLY TO NOT ARREST THE WOMEN, BUT TO CONNECTED THEM 472 00:35:34,181 --> 00:35:39,309 WITH SERVICES AND GO AFTER THE BUYERS AND THE TRAFFICKERS. 473 00:35:39,309 --> 00:35:46,434 IF YOU REMOVE A VICTIM FROM A 474 00:35:46,434 --> 00:35:49,529 TRAFFICKER AND PUT THEM IN JAIL, THEY DON'T RECEIVE THE 475 00:35:49,529 --> 00:35:53,596 SUPPORTIVE SERVICES. MORE THAN LIKELY, THEY ARE GOING 476 00:35:53,596 --> 00:35:56,637 TO RETURN TO THAT TRAFFICKER. IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONNECT THEM 477 00:35:56,637 --> 00:36:01,680 TO SERVICES. 478 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:04,683 THERE IS NO WRONG DOOR. THERE IS NOT. 479 00:36:04,683 --> 00:36:10,681 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING RESPECTFUL 480 00:36:10,681 --> 00:36:15,680 OF WHERE THE WOMEN ARE IN THEIR LIVES, AND TO USE A 481 00:36:15,680 --> 00:36:20,728 TRAUMA-INFORMED APPROACH WHEN 482 00:36:20,728 --> 00:36:23,776 YOU INTERACT WITH THEM. TRUTHFULLY, YOU MAY HAVE ONLY 483 00:36:23,776 --> 00:36:31,895 ONE CHANCE TO GAIN TRUST AND HAVE A COOPERATIVE VICTIM IN 484 00:36:31,895 --> 00:36:33,975 CASES TO BRING TRAFFICKERS TO JUSTICE. 485 00:36:33,975 --> 00:36:39,038 THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT. 486 00:36:39,038 --> 00:36:42,056 IT'S ABOUT A SUSTAINED VICTIMS AND GETTING HUMAN TRAFFICKERS 487 00:36:42,056 --> 00:36:46,096 OFF THE STREET. INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE BEEN 488 00:36:46,096 --> 00:36:51,097 TRAFFICKED EXPERIENCE AN EXTRA 489 00:36:51,097 --> 00:36:54,095 BURDEN OF SHAME AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION. 490 00:36:54,095 --> 00:36:56,096 YOU REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL THE WAY YOU INTERVIEW THEM AND 491 00:36:56,096 --> 00:37:01,187 THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU ASK. 492 00:37:01,187 --> 00:37:05,181 REALLY WORKING WITH LEGAL ADVOCATES AND OTHER ADVOCATES IS 493 00:37:05,181 --> 00:37:06,196 IMPORTANT THROUGHOUT ANTIHUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE. 494 00:37:06,196 --> 00:37:11,209 THERE IS REALLY NO WRONG DOOR FOR TRAFFICKING VICTIMS TO COME 495 00:37:11,209 --> 00:37:16,183 FORWARD. SCOTT: A LOT OF YOU ON THIS 496 00:37:16,183 --> 00:37:22,183 WEBINAR -- WE APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENTION -- AT THIS POINT, YOU 497 00:37:22,183 --> 00:37:25,183 MIGHT BE THINKING, WHAT CAN I DO? 498 00:37:25,183 --> 00:37:29,807 THE ONE THING IS, YOU ARE HERE NOW. 499 00:37:29,807 --> 00:37:33,276 YOU ARE LISTENING TO JERI ADND 500 00:37:33,276 --> 00:37:38,277 ME. IN JANUARY OF EVERY YEAR, ONE 501 00:37:38,277 --> 00:37:42,281 DAY IN JANUARY THAT STANDS FOR THE MONTH OF THAT SYMBOLIZES 502 00:37:42,281 --> 00:37:45,313 NATIONAL ANTI-SLAVERY AND ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING 503 00:37:45,313 --> 00:37:50,313 AWARENESS, ONE DAY IN JANUARY WE HAVE WEAR BLUE DAY TO SHOW THAT 504 00:37:50,313 --> 00:37:54,038 WE WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS LAST 505 00:37:54,038 --> 00:37:58,229 YEAR, ONE OF OUR LOCAL NEWS STATIONS AND THE 506 00:37:58,229 --> 00:38:03,352 WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA, ALL OF THEIR ANCHORS WORE BLUE THE 507 00:38:03,352 --> 00:38:06,078 ENTIRE DAY, NOT JUST ONE TELECAST. 508 00:38:06,078 --> 00:38:10,168 SEVERAL COUNTIES HAVE FORMED HUMAN TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE IS. 509 00:38:10,168 --> 00:38:13,350 WE PUT IN THE COOK COUNTY HUMAN 510 00:38:13,350 --> 00:38:17,351 TRAFFICKING TASK FORCE. IT'S NOT JUST AN INVESTIGATION 511 00:38:17,351 --> 00:38:22,435 TASK FORCE. 512 00:38:22,435 --> 00:38:26,435 THERE USED TO BRING TOGETHER NGOS, MEDICAL TEAMS, EVERYONE 513 00:38:26,435 --> 00:38:29,435 THAT A VICTIM MAY ENCOUNTER, AND THIS ALL BEGINS BY SIMPLY 514 00:38:29,435 --> 00:38:33,436 BEGINNING THE PROCESS OF, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? 515 00:38:33,436 --> 00:38:40,433 JERI, I KNOW YOU ARE A HUGE FAN OF THE VALUE OF COLLABORATION. 516 00:38:40,433 --> 00:38:48,477 DO YOU WANT TO TAKE US DOWN THAT PATH NEXT? 517 00:38:48,477 --> 00:38:54,529 JERI: OF COURSE. 518 00:38:54,529 --> 00:38:58,530 WHEN WE LOOK AT THE ENTIRE PICTURE, LAW-ENFORCEMENT ALONE 519 00:38:58,530 --> 00:39:04,529 WILL NOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. SOCIAL SERVICE AGENCIES ALONE 520 00:39:04,529 --> 00:39:09,531 CANNOT SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. WE NEED TO COME TOGETHER IN A 521 00:39:09,531 --> 00:39:13,539 COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL AND BRAINSTORM AND HAVE WORKGROUPS 522 00:39:13,539 --> 00:39:20,529 WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY ON HOW TO REALLY COMBAT THIS. 523 00:39:20,529 --> 00:39:26,529 WE ARE COLLABORATING. THE VICTIM IS AT THE CENTER OF 524 00:39:26,529 --> 00:39:30,563 IT, AND WE ARE TRYING TO COME UP WITH SYSTEMS TO SUPPORT AND TO 525 00:39:30,563 --> 00:39:35,563 STOP HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND PROTECT PEOPLE FROM FUTURE 526 00:39:35,563 --> 00:39:40,682 VICTIMIZATION. I AM ALL ABOUT COLLABORATING. 527 00:39:40,682 --> 00:39:44,688 IT IS SO IMPORTANT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US HOLDS A 528 00:39:44,688 --> 00:39:49,698 VALUABLE PIECE TO THE PUZZLE. 529 00:39:49,698 --> 00:39:55,689 YOU MIGHT ASK, OK, WHY COLLABORATE? 530 00:39:55,689 --> 00:39:58,690 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS, TRIBAL COALITIONS, TRIBAL SOCIAL 531 00:39:58,690 --> 00:40:04,697 SERVICES, ORGANIZATIONS, STATE, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE NEED TO 532 00:40:04,697 --> 00:40:08,731 BE WORKING EFFECTIVELY TOGETHER TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN 533 00:40:08,731 --> 00:40:15,729 INDIAN COUNTRY. YOU MIGHT ASK WHY. 534 00:40:15,729 --> 00:40:18,737 THIS IS JUST A SHORT LIST OF REASONS. 535 00:40:18,737 --> 00:40:24,781 ONE, LEVERAGE RESOURCES. WE HAVE COLLABORATION, AND WE 536 00:40:24,781 --> 00:40:30,782 ARE ABLE TO LEVERAGE RESOURCES TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN GRANT 537 00:40:30,782 --> 00:40:33,785 WRITING, GETTING FUNDING, AND GETTING IT TO WHERE IT NEEDS TO 538 00:40:33,785 --> 00:40:36,780 BE. ALSO, A MORE EFFECTIVE RESPONSE 539 00:40:36,780 --> 00:40:42,830 TO INCIDENTS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. 540 00:40:42,830 --> 00:40:44,829 YOU CAN HAVE LAW-ENFORCEMENT WITH AN ADVOCATE AND THEN THE 541 00:40:44,829 --> 00:40:51,831 RESOURCES SUCH AS HOUSING AND DETOX LINED UP TO BE ABLE TO 542 00:40:51,831 --> 00:40:56,852 SUPPORT THESE VICTIMS. GREATER AGENCY BUY-IN AND SU 543 00:40:56,852 --> 00:40:58,899 PPORT FOR ANTITRAFFICKING EFFORTS. 544 00:40:58,899 --> 00:41:03,945 IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE PEOPLE 545 00:41:03,945 --> 00:41:06,943 IN CHARGE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE AND HOW THIS IS 546 00:41:06,943 --> 00:41:11,943 RELEVANT TO THEIR COMMUNITY. I RECENTLY DID A THREE-DAY 547 00:41:11,943 --> 00:41:21,946 TRAINING IN WASHINGTON STATE WITH A TRIBE, AND I WAS OUT 548 00:41:21,946 --> 00:41:25,037 THERE YESTERDAY WORKING WITH SOME OF THE CASINO STAFF BECAUSE 549 00:41:25,037 --> 00:41:30,030 THEY ARE LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL TRAINING ON THIS INITIATIVE. 550 00:41:30,030 --> 00:41:33,078 THE DIRECTOR OF THE CASINO SECURITY SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS 551 00:41:33,078 --> 00:41:39,083 BRINGING HER MANAGEMENT OVER, THEY ALL WENT IN ONE VAN, AND 552 00:41:39,083 --> 00:41:40,084 THEY WERE GRUMBLING, WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH US? 553 00:41:40,084 --> 00:41:45,081 SHE SAID, AFTER THE FIRST DAY, EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS 554 00:41:45,081 --> 00:41:52,234 BLOWN AWAY AT HOW RELEVANT, HOW MUCH IT AFFECTS THEM, AND NOW 555 00:41:52,234 --> 00:41:55,233 THEY ARE CALLED TO ACTION. THEY ARE WRITING LAW AND ORDER 556 00:41:55,233 --> 00:41:58,233 CODES. THEY WANT TO PUT POLICIES IN THE 557 00:41:58,233 --> 00:42:01,287 CASINO. HONESTLY, YOU CAN BE A FIRESTARTER. 558 00:42:01,287 --> 00:42:06,336 SURE THE IMPORTANCE OF HOW IMPORTANT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS 559 00:42:06,336 --> 00:42:12,450 AND HOW RELEVANT IT IS, AND CHANGE THE PERCEPTION TO GET 560 00:42:12,450 --> 00:42:17,451 THAT AGENCY BUY-IN AND SUPPORT. 561 00:42:17,451 --> 00:42:19,443 ALSO, JOINT TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, TO BE ABLE TO 562 00:42:19,443 --> 00:42:24,447 COLLABORATE WITH SOCIAL SERVICES FROM SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES, 563 00:42:24,447 --> 00:42:30,482 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES, EVEN SEVERAL TRIBES COMING TOGETHER. 564 00:42:30,482 --> 00:42:38,490 ALSO, PROMOTE A UNIFIED MESSAGE 565 00:42:38,490 --> 00:42:42,482 ON WHAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING IS IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES. A LOT 566 00:42:42,482 --> 00:42:44,483 OF TIMES, PEOPLE GET HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND HUMAN SMUGGLING 567 00:42:44,483 --> 00:42:47,482 CONFUSED. THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. 568 00:42:47,482 --> 00:42:55,533 IT'S NOT THE STEREOTYPICAL 569 00:42:55,533 --> 00:43:00,533 CHAINED TO A WALL, AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THAT. 570 00:43:00,533 --> 00:43:04,192 IT IS IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE TO PROMOTE A UNIFIED MESSAGE. 571 00:43:04,192 --> 00:43:08,583 SCOTT: AFTER WE CONCLUDE TODAY, WE WANT TO GIVE YOU OUR CONTACT 572 00:43:08,583 --> 00:43:12,581 INFORMATION SHOULD YOU WISH TO REACH OUT DIRECTLY TO EITHER 573 00:43:12,581 --> 00:43:17,608 JERI OR MYSELF. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION 574 00:43:17,608 --> 00:43:23,688 FROM THE HOMELAND SECURITY BLUE CAMPAIGN, IF YOU WANT TO 575 00:43:23,688 --> 00:43:25,744 CONTACT JERI: DIRECTLY, YOU CAN SEE HER 576 00:43:25,744 --> 00:43:35,652 EMAIL. IF YOU WANT TO REACH ME, IST IS 577 00:43:35,652 --> 00:43:39,694 THAT EMAIL. IF YOU WANT TO SEND IN EMAIL 578 00:43:39,694 --> 00:43:45,781 DIRECTLY TO THE BLUE CAMPAIGN INBOX -- 579 00:43:45,781 --> 00:43:53,875 ALSO, WE HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE. 580 00:43:53,875 --> 00:43:59,864 AT THIS POINT, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU ALL IF YOU HAVE ANY 581 00:43:59,864 --> 00:44:01,861 QUESTIONS. PLEASE TYPE THEM IN THE CHAT 582 00:44:01,861 --> 00:44:07,861 BOX. 583 00:44:07,861 --> 00:44:08,863 THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT INCREASING THE AUTHORITY OF 584 00:44:08,863 --> 00:44:11,861 TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COURTS TO PROSECUTE CRIME. 585 00:44:11,861 --> 00:44:14,864 THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. I CAN TELL YOU FROM PERSONAL 586 00:44:14,864 --> 00:44:21,902 EXPERIENCE WE HAVE VERY AGGRESSIVE FEDERAL LAWS THAT 587 00:44:21,902 --> 00:44:23,907 COMBAT TRAFFICKING. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS THE LAW 588 00:44:23,907 --> 00:44:26,911 THAT IS THE ISSUE OR THE ENFORCEMENT. 589 00:44:26,911 --> 00:44:32,951 I BELIEVE THE NAVAJO NATION IS THE FIRST TRIBAL NATION TO HAVE 590 00:44:32,951 --> 00:44:36,390 ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING LAWS, BUT REMEMBER, TRIBES ARE SOVEREIGN 591 00:44:36,390 --> 00:44:39,400 NATIONS. IT IS UP TO THAT SOVEREIGN 592 00:44:39,400 --> 00:44:41,980 JURISDICTION TO PASS THEIR OWN LAWS. 593 00:44:41,980 --> 00:44:44,990 I KNOW YOU WORK WITH TRIBES DIRECTLY. 594 00:44:44,990 --> 00:44:50,587 DO YOU WORK WITH THEM ON LEGISLATION? 595 00:44:50,587 --> 00:44:52,987 >> YES, I DO. 596 00:44:52,987 --> 00:44:56,000 I HELPED TO DRAFT TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER CODES, AND ALSO TO CREATE 597 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:03,991 CUSTOM TRAINING FOR DIFFERENT TRIBES, AND IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 598 00:45:03,991 --> 00:45:09,991 WE HAVE FEDERAL LEGISLATION. WE HAVE STATE LEGISLATION. 599 00:45:09,991 --> 00:45:11,987 BUT HAVING TRIBAL LAW AND ORDER CODES IS VERY IMPORTANT, AND 600 00:45:11,987 --> 00:45:16,992 ALSO HAVING EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE 601 00:45:16,992 --> 00:45:20,992 SURROUNDING COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT. 602 00:45:20,992 --> 00:45:24,992 I KNOW WITH THE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT, THERE HAVE BEEN 603 00:45:24,992 --> 00:45:31,990 SEVERAL TEST SITES WITH TRIBES AROUND THE COUNTRY, AND IN A 604 00:45:31,990 --> 00:45:43,990 RECENT REPORT, IT CAME BACK ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF VAWA. 605 00:45:44,992 --> 00:45:51,017 THE OUTCOME IS GREAT. IT'S IMPORTANT TO COLLABORATE 606 00:45:51,017 --> 00:45:58,992 WITH STATE, FEDERAL, AND TRIBAL. AS TRIBES, WE AREN'T ABLE TO 607 00:45:58,992 --> 00:46:05,994 PROSECUTE MAJOR CRIMES, AND TRAFFICKING IS A MAJOR FELONY. 608 00:46:05,994 --> 00:46:12,218 IT REALLY TAKES THAT COLLABORATION WE ARE TALKING 609 00:46:12,218 --> 00:46:12,996 ABOUT. 610 00:46:12,997 --> 00:46:15,992 SCOTT: GREAT. ANOTHER MAIN QUESTION THAT I GET 611 00:46:15,992 --> 00:46:22,996 ASKED A LOT HAS TO DO WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING. 612 00:46:22,996 --> 00:46:27,001 WHAT TRAINING IS AVAILABLE? MANY STATES HAVE STATEWIDE HUMAN 613 00:46:27,001 --> 00:46:30,993 TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TRAINING. I CAN LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT THE 614 00:46:30,993 --> 00:46:36,990 BLUE CAMPAIGN HAS RESOURCES FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT, THAT WE WORK 615 00:46:36,990 --> 00:46:39,990 CLOSELY WITH OUR LEAD INVESTIGATORS AT ICE HOMELAND 616 00:46:39,990 --> 00:46:45,036 SECURITY INVESTIGATIONS, 617 00:46:45,036 --> 00:46:48,036 FOCUSING ON PROACTIVE INVESTIGATIONS, IMMIGRATION 618 00:46:48,036 --> 00:46:50,083 RELIEF THAT HOMELAND SECURITY CAN PROVIDE, INTERVIEWING 619 00:46:50,083 --> 00:46:54,116 VICTIMS. WE DO HAVE A WIDE ARRAY OF 620 00:46:54,116 --> 00:46:58,158 TRAINING. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE LAW-ENFORCEMENT TO REACH OUT TO 621 00:46:58,158 --> 00:47:03,186 THEIR LOCAL ICE HSI OFFICE TO 622 00:47:03,186 --> 00:47:06,157 REQUEST THAT TRAINING, AND WE TRY TO ACCOMMODATE THESE 623 00:47:06,157 --> 00:47:12,239 REQUESTS AS THEY COME IN. 624 00:47:12,239 --> 00:47:14,282 GREAT QUESTION -- HOW ARE YOU PROSECUTING TRIBAL MEMBERS 625 00:47:14,282 --> 00:47:18,283 TRAFFICKING ON NON-TRIBAL LANDS? THAT INDIVIDUAL WOULD FALL UNDER 626 00:47:18,283 --> 00:47:21,460 THE JURISDICTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HE OR SHE 627 00:47:21,460 --> 00:47:24,285 WOULD BE PROSECUTED AS A TRAFFICKER WHERE THE 628 00:47:24,285 --> 00:47:36,285 TRAFFICKING OCCURRED. 629 00:47:37,455 --> 00:47:41,495 I WAS SAYING EARLIER, THERE ARE A FEW CASES WHERE THE 630 00:47:41,495 --> 00:47:44,587 TRAFFICKING WAS ACTUALLY PROSECUTED AND OCCURRED ON 631 00:47:44,587 --> 00:47:48,582 TRIBAL LAND. THE ACTS OF THE TRAFFICKING 632 00:47:48,582 --> 00:47:50,583 CONDUCT OCCURRED OFF OF LAND, AND THAT DOES NOT STOP THE 633 00:47:50,583 --> 00:47:53,583 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FROM PROSECUTING THOSE OFFENDERS. 634 00:47:53,583 --> 00:47:57,589 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THE MAJORITY OF SURVIVORS YOU WORKED WITH 635 00:47:57,589 --> 00:48:04,588 HAVE BEEN TRAFFICKED BOTH ON AND OFF LAND, BUT THEIR TRAFFICKERS 636 00:48:04,588 --> 00:48:09,635 ARE PROBABLY PROSECUTED BY THE ACTS OFF OF TRIBAL LAND. 637 00:48:09,635 --> 00:48:14,660 JERI: THAT IS CORRECT. YESTERDAY, WHEN I WAS MEETING 638 00:48:14,660 --> 00:48:22,665 WITH THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF THE TRIBE, HE EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION 639 00:48:22,665 --> 00:48:26,673 THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD A SLAMDUNK CASE, TURNED IT OVER TO 640 00:48:26,673 --> 00:48:29,661 THE U.S. ATTORNEY, AND IT WASN'T PROSECUTED. 641 00:48:29,661 --> 00:48:35,660 THE THING ABOUT IT IS, NOW THAT 642 00:48:35,660 --> 00:48:40,701 THAT PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED, 643 00:48:40,701 --> 00:48:44,703 TRIBES AND STATE AND COUNTY AND FEDERAL JURISDICTIONS 644 00:48:44,703 --> 00:48:47,704 ARE REALLY WORKING TOGETHER TO PUT A MORE COHESIVE PACKAGE 645 00:48:47,704 --> 00:48:54,703 TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN DEBUNK THAT MYTH THAT TRAFFICKERS 646 00:48:54,703 --> 00:48:57,704 BELIEVE YOU CAN DO ALMOST ANYTHING ON TRIBAL LAND. 647 00:48:57,704 --> 00:49:05,703 WE HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER. HAVING A 648 00:49:05,703 --> 00:49:08,702 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, DOING THIS WORK FOR OVER 15 649 00:49:08,702 --> 00:49:10,703 YEARS, AND THEN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, WE ARE LIKE NIGHT 650 00:49:10,703 --> 00:49:20,701 AND DAY. WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. I FIND THAT VERY ENCOURAGING. 651 00:49:20,701 --> 00:49:26,712 I AM HONORED TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS TYPE OF WORK. 652 00:49:26,712 --> 00:49:29,707 I KNOW THAT SCOTT SHARED OUR EMAILS UP THERE. 653 00:49:29,707 --> 00:49:32,707 IF YOU CAN THINK OF ANYTHING LATER, PLEASE SHOOT OFF ONE OF 654 00:49:32,707 --> 00:49:34,749 US AND EMAIL. WE ARE HERE TO HELP AND ASSIST 655 00:49:34,749 --> 00:49:41,757 YOU. SCOTT: AT THIS POINT, I 656 00:49:41,757 --> 00:49:43,749 ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO CONTINUE ASKING US QUESTIONS. 657 00:49:43,749 --> 00:49:47,758 YOU HAVE OUR EMAIL ADDRESS. THERE IS A SHORT SURVEY WE WOULD 658 00:49:47,758 --> 00:49:56,750 LIKE YOU TO TAKE A FEW MOMENTS AND FILL OUT. 659 00:49:56,750 --> 00:49:59,788 ON BEHALF OF EVERYBODY AT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY, 660 00:49:59,788 --> 00:50:02,837 OUR COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WITH THE D.C. GROUP -- I WILL LET YOU 661 00:50:02,837 --> 00:50:06,839 SAY GOODBYE IN A MOMENT -- I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THEIR 662 00:50:06,839 --> 00:50:09,896 ATTENTION TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS 663 00:50:09,896 --> 00:50:17,888 TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS ISSUE. 664 00:50:17,888 --> 00:50:21,888 I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, AND I WILL KICK IT BACK TO YOU. 665 00:50:21,888 --> 00:50:26,945 JERI: THANK YOU. I'M JUST HONORED TO BE HERE. 666 00:50:26,945 --> 00:50:30,888 THANK YOU SO MUCH. I THINK THESE TYPES OF WEBINARS 667 00:50:30,888 --> 00:50:35,890 ARE VERY IMPORTANT. 668 00:50:35,890 --> 00:50:37,906 WE WILL KEEP YOU GUYS ON THE LIST, LET YOU KNOW WHEN OTHER 669 00:50:37,906 --> 00:50:42,916 ONES ARE. IF YOU FOUND VALUE IN THIS, 670 00:50:42,916 --> 00:50:43,917 PLEASE LET OTHER PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT OUR FUTURE WEBINARS. 671 00:50:43,917 --> 00:50:50,919 YOU ARE SUCH AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF THE PUZZLE, AND WE REALLY 672 00:50:50,919 --> 00:50:52,960 WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH YOU AND HELP IN ANY WAY WE CAN. 673 00:50:52,960 --> 00:50:58,956 THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING, AND WE 674 00:50:58,956 --> 00:50:59,959 WANT YOU GUYS TO HAVE A WONDERFUL REST OF THE DAY. 675 00:50:59,959 --> 00:51:11,959 SCOTT: THANK YOU ALL. HAVE A GOOD ONE.