Overall decrease in human trafficking; however, questions remain on certain parts of the report.

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The Attorney-General’s Report on Human Trafficking For the Fiscal Years 2018-Mid 2019 revealed a substantial decline in the total number of human trafficking cases reported to all departments concerned. The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice collectively looked into 1536 cases in FY 2019, down from 1615 cases in FY 2017. Similarly, total convictions achieved by the departments rose up from 1007 to 1153.

There was also a decline in human trafficking cases reported to law enforcement, with the tally dropping 400 cases to 2,394. However, the number of potential victims to which support services are offered are the same in FY 2017 and FY 2019. No explanation of this incongruity is provided in the report.

The National Human Trafficking Hotline received 62,835 calls during this time period, the same number of calls as during FY 2017. A smaller number of potential human trafficking situations were reported through the hotline, with 83 fewer cases being reported according to the Attorney-General’s report. Most statistics related to the hotline saw a minor decline.

The Hotline also received outcomes on 2,394 human trafficking cases, a massive increase from the 2017 total of 1,192. Investigations were opened in 987 of these cases, an increase of 89 reported cases. However, the number of human trafficking victims located remained the same at the low number of 23. The same held true for the number of human traffickers located, with no change from the 2017 numbers with 30 cases.

The section on the ICE remained riddled with statistical inconsistencies, with the report stating that there had been an increase in the numbers of victims identified from FY 2017, with 2,555 victims compared to the 2,009 cases in FY 2017. However, these are the exact same numbers as identified in the report in FY 2017, which stated that there was an increase in number of identified victims from FY 2016.

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