This
report describes BJS’s activities during 2021 and 2022 to collect data
and report on human trafficking as required by the Combat Human
Trafficking Act of 2015 (34 U.S.C. § 20709(e)). It details ongoing and
completed efforts to measure and analyze the nationwide incidence of
human trafficking, to describe characteristics of human trafficking
victims and offenders, and to describe criminal justice responses to
human trafficking offenses. Additionally, it provides information on
human trafficking suspects referred to and prosecuted by U.S. attorneys,
human trafficking defendants convicted in U.S. district court, and
admissions to state prison for human trafficking.
