2016 Human Trafficking Report

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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety Office of Justice Programs (OJP) biannual report on human trafficking in Minnesota is now available.

Human trafficking is a major concern for law enforcement, service providers and the citizen of Minnesota.

In 2015, service providers indicated that they worked with:

• 21 adult males, 319 adult females, 36 boys and 943 girls who were victims of sex trafficking.
• 16 adult males, 39 adult females, three boys and five girls who were victims of labor trafficking.

In 2015, law enforcement indicated that they had:

• 336 sex trafficking investigations, 218 sex trafficking arrests, and filed 113 sex trafficking charges.
• Seven labor trafficking investigations.