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International Trafficking: The Expendables

December 15, 2010 BROWARD HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION Hosted by: American Intercontinental University. International Trafficking: The Expendables. Broward Human Trafficking Mission Statement.

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International Trafficking: The Expendables

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  1. December 15, 2010 BROWARD HUMAN TRAFFICKING COALITION Hosted by: American Intercontinental University International Trafficking: The Expendables

  2. Broward Human Trafficking Mission Statement The mission of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition (BHTC) is to raise awareness about Human Trafficking. The Coalition serves as an information, education, and networking resource for organizations as well as the community.

  3. Our Hosts Today Many thanks to American Intercontinental University for graciously hosting this Webinar today and providing the technical experts to assist us. Juan Rodriguez, IT Department AIU

  4. BHTC Executive Board Officers • Adriane Reesey - Chair, Broward Sheriffs Office Community Involvement • Hope L. Gary – Vice Chair , Ft Lauderdale Community Center • Amanda Reiss, Rec. Secretary, Student, Broward College • Mindy Jones, Cor. Secretary, Coast to Coast Legal Aid • Aggie Pappas, PACE Center for Girls, AT LARGE • Sylvia Acevedo, Women in Distress, AT LARGE

  5. INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING • “The United States is known as a destination country for transnational trafficking networks that bring foreign nationals into the U.S. for purposes of both sexual and labor exploitation.  Foreign national trafficking victims in the U.S. are primarily from Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, and Africa.  Sex trafficking cases of foreign national women and children brought into the U.S. are known to occur in a wide variety of locations in the commercial sex industry, such as massage parlors, hostess clubs, commercially-fronted brothels, residential brothels, escort services, and strip clubs.  Labor trafficking cases of foreign nationals brought into the U.S. occur in domestic work environments in private homes; small independently-owned family businesses such as restaurants or nail salons; peddling and begging rings; and larger-scale labor environments such as agricultural farms or large sweatshop-like factories.  These cases involve both documented and undocumented migrant workers, and they can occur in both legitimate and underground industries.” Polaris Project

  6. Joining us in today's program • Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government. Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees in more than 400 offices in the United States and 46 foreign countries. ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration. The agency has an annual budget of more than $5.7 billion dollars, primarily devoted to its two principal operating components - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). • Florida Office of the Attorney General is responsible for protecting Florida consumers from various types of fraud and enforcing the state’s antitrust laws. Additionally, the Office of the Attorney General protects his constituents in cases of Medicaid fraud, defends the state in civil litigation cases and represents the people of Florida when criminals appeal their convictions in state and federal courts. Within the Attorney General’s Office is the Office of Statewide Prosecution which targets widespread criminal activities throughout Florida including identity theft, drug trafficking and gang activity. The Office of the Attorney General also conducts various programs to assist victims of crime.

  7. Joining us in today's program • Department of Children and Families Refugee Services : Refugee Services is a state program that coordinates and oversees many of the services provided to refugees in Florida. Refugee Services is a program within Florida’s Department of Children and Families. The mission of Refugee Services is to help refugees resettle effectively and achieve economic self-sufficiency as quickly as possible. Initial services focus on employment, short-term cash and medical assistance, and adult education, including both English language training and vocational programs. Additional support services include: Child care, Youth and Family Services, Employment Related Immigration Services, and Interpretation and Integration Assistance • Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC) is a not-for-profit legal assistance organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities. • Legal Aid Service of Broward County mission is to provide high quality free civil legal advice, representation and education to the disadvantaged of Broward County, so as to improve the lifestyle and living conditions of the low income community and encourage self-sufficiency. • Broward Human Trafficking Coalition is charged with raising awareness about Human Trafficking. The Coalition serves as an information, education, and networking resource for organizations as well as the community.

  8. Welcome Guest Presenters • Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement –Miguel Figueroa, Supervisory Special Agent - Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the second largest investigative agency in the federal government. Agent Figueroa has over 22 years working with ICE/DHS, and an extensive background, and expertise in a number of areas related to his Federal service.Legal Aid Services of Broward County- MsG. Yasmin Jacob – Coast to Coast Legal Aids mission is to provide high quality free civil legal advice, representation and education to the disadvantaged, so as to improve the lifestyle and living conditions of the low income community and encourage self-sufficiency. Ms. Jacob is a Supervising Immigration Attorney at Legal Aid Service of Broward County. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from George Washington University, and her Juris Doctorate from Nova Southeastern University School of Law. She has practiced immigration law in the non-profit sector for 11 years. She is also an Adjunct Professor at Nova Southeastern University School of Law, where she teaches Immigration Law and Domestic Violence Law courses. • Office of the Mexican Consulate - Ms. Martha Mino – Born in Mexico City, Ms Mino received an Associate’s degree from the University of Minnesota, and her Bachelor’s degree in Social Work with a minor in Psychology from the University of North Dakota. She has worked with the Mental Health Center in  NW Minnesota, serving people who have faced domestic abuse, homelessness, chemical-dependency, and various cognitive issues. She then worked for several years with the Florida Coalition Against Human Trafficking on an awareness campaign, and as a Victims Specialist. Presently she workis as the coordinator of Jurimex, a program created by the Mexican Consulate in Miami, under the supervision of the Consul of Protection, and is a member of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition.

  9. Welcome Guest Presenters • Office of the Florida Attorney General- Mr. Roland Montas- Mr. Montas graduated from the John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City with a Bachelors Degree Education. Since Graduating in 1980, he has worked with Florida government offices such as Child Protective Investigations, and now as a Victim Specialist with the Attorney Generals Office. He is an active member of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition, and has been active in Human Trafficking issues since 2005. • Miriam Rosario – Department of Children and Families Refugee Services – Ms. Rosario is the Southeast Region Community Liaison in the Refugee Services Program of the Florida Department of Children and Families. She has been in this role since 2008, and is responsible for community awareness, facilitating local Refugee Task Forces, Refugee Advisory Panels and improving refugee services. Prior to joining the Refugee Services Program, Ms. Rosario worked as a senior Human Services Program specialist and analyst with the state Agency for Persons with Disabilities. She also worked as a grant specialist in contract administration for the Department of Children in Families from 1994 to 1997. Miriam’s 30+-year career in Florida, the city of New York and the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico, has included responsibilities in a variety of government social service programs, including family rehabilitation, child welfare and substance abuse rehabilitation. She received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Puerto Rico and continued her education in marketing and sales at Inter-American University in Ponce. She has also earned Core Train-the-Trainer certification, and a Certificate in Sign Language.

  10. Welcome Guest Presenters • Maria Jose Fletcher– FIAC, is an attorney with the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC) which is a not-for-profit legal assistance organization dedicated to protecting and promoting the basic human rights of immigrants of all nationalities • Adriane P. Reesey – Broward Sheriffs Office Community Involvement Specialist, and Chair of the Broward Human Trafficking Coalition will Moderate the panel discussion today.

  11. Broward - Human Trafficking • Human trafficking is a form of modern day slavery and is in our county • Victims of trafficking are exploited for commercial sex or labor purposes • Traffickers use force, fraudor coercion to achieve exploitation

  12. What is it? • Sex Trafficking - a commercial sex act that is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such an act has not attained 18 years of age; or • Labor Trafficking - The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for laboror services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery.

  13. If you suspect trafficking Call the Federal Human Trafficking Hotline 1.888.3737.888 or Florida DCF 1(800) 962-2873 1(800) 96Abuse

  14. Broward HT Coalition Meetings WHEN: Second Tuesday of every month TIME : 10am to 12pm WHERE: Central Broward Regional Park 3700 NW 11th Pl Lauderhill, FL 33311-4265 (954) 321-1170

  15. FOR MORE INFORMATION Contact: WWW.BHTC.US info@bhtc.us 954.594.3439 1007 N Federal Highway, #15 Ft Lauderdale, Fl 33304

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