justice starts now

Institute to Combat Trafficking (“ICT”) exists to seek justice for victims of human trafficking and ensure accountability for traffickers.  ICT provides on-location human trafficking training, investigation and prosecution assistance as well as community-specific, anti-trafficking assessment and solutions, and policy recommendations grounded in reality.

Human Trafficking Is Modern-Day Slavery

It is the exploitation of men, women and children for forced labor or forced sex for the benefit of a third-party. 

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Human Trafficking Truths

Trafficking exploits victim vulnerabilities

Traffickers target adults who are impoverished, homeless, abused, addicted, have criminal histories and immigration issues. Children who regularly run away are at high risk for trafficking.

Trafficking Is Global

The International Labor Organization estimates 25 million people are enslaved worldwide, with another 15 million people in forced marriages.

Trafficking Is Local

The National Human Trafficking Hotline has responded to 51,919 human trafficking cases across all 50 states in the past 11 years.

Trafficking Is A Demand-Driven Crime

Demand Abolition’s 2019 study on sex buying found that 20.6% of men have bought sex at least once in their lifetime, and 6.2% have purchased within the last 12 months.

Trafficking Is Devastating For Victims

Victims suffer severe trauma including: mental health issues, childhood pregnancy, addiction, STIs, forced abortions, infection, exposure to workplace hazards, overuse injuries, and broken bones.

Trafficking generates $150 billion a year in profits from forced labor and forced sex

The trafficking of people is used to fuel much of the illicit economy driven by transnational organized crime.

One Step Ahead

Why Traffickers Flourish

There is a gap, a missing piece, between the people receiving victim outcries and the law enforcement and prosecutors responsible for the investigation and prosecution of traffickers. 

A victim is identified, their story told, services offered and accepted, but those victims are not connected to experienced law enforcement trained to develop complex investigations with trauma-impacted victims.

No investigation means no arrest, no prosecution, no penalty, no change. Traffickers flourish. Victims languish. The justice system fails to consistently provide justice. Until now.

Trafficker Business Model

Predicated on system failure

ICT Business Model

Disruption Through System Success

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Build Lasting Impact with every interaction

ICT helps law enforcement and prosecution bring justice for victims and accountability for exploiters; challenges, equips, and celebrates communities determined to prevent, interdict, and eradicate human trafficking; and drives systemic change through targeted policy interventions.

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We Will Help You Every Step Of The Way

It is one thing to look at a mountain and be told how to climb it.  It is an entirely different thing to climb it with a partner and experienced guide accompanying you every step of the way.

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We are here to help with your investigation or prosecution.

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Obtain specific anti-trafficking assessment and solutions for your community.

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Explore which training option works best for your organization and community. 

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The Briefs

All Roads Lead to Dallas

In the old cowboy movies when all the shooting is done, and the dust clears, the hero rides off into the sunset alone. He came, stood for the town against the forces of greed, violence, and villainy and now he takes the lonely road to the next community in need of his brand of justice.

The Gift of Suffering

The world is hurting. 2020 has brought loss to each one of us, and while it has taken more than its fair share, it has left a gift of its own if we are wise enough to recognize it. It doesn’t come in glitzy paper, a sparkling bow, or designer bag. Think brown paper, corners coming untucked, a tear on the edge, and a smudged return address.

“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”

William Wilberforce