ECM Task Force Webinars

IACP and OVC, in collaboration with ICF, hosted a webinar called Untangling Survivor Engagement: Promoting Comprehensive Collaboration. Effective collaboration with experts who have lived experience contributes to a sustainable community-wide response to human trafficking. The discussion will focus on how survivors can help in navigating tough conversations, as well as creating space for shared learning across multidisciplinary teams.

This webinar was held on March 16, 2022

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with NW3C, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss an overview of the training, resources, and technical assistance provided by the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Understanding the training and resources available for Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Human Trafficking Task Forces is a critical component for success. NW3C provides a unique offering of training options, tools, and templates that can be utilized by law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and other criminal justice professionals investigating and responding to human trafficking. NW3C’s trainings and resources can assist law enforcement in human trafficking investigations where there are intersections with cybercrime and financial crimes. Since many human trafficking cases involve these components, developing this knowledge will help law enforcement build successful cases using digital evidence.

This webinar was held on April 14, 2021.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with AEquitas, hosted a webinar called Maximizing Justice: Building a Prosecution Review Process. Justice can be measured and achieved in a variety of ways. In human trafficking cases, there are a number of avenues to justice—and it is paramount to consider both a victim’s perception of justice and law enforcement’s objective to maximize offender accountability. Determining the most effective route to justice requires knowledge of each avenue and the unique statutes, policies, and procedures that shape them.     

This webinar was held on July 8, 2021.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with ICF, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the Development and Operations Roadmap for Multidisciplinary Anti-human Trafficking Task Forces (“the Roadmap”). Published in May of 2020, The Roadmap combines principles on the stages of group development with assessment metrics that are designed to assist interdisciplinary groups with achieving and assessing collaborative impact as teams. Attendees will gain better knowledge on how to classify four distinct areas of work in which task force efforts are grounded; describe the process of task force development through five stages; communicate two practical ways in which they can use the Roadmap in their jurisdiction; and  identify two ways that conducting a task force self-assessment using the Roadmap can identify gaps and/or develop strategies for improving the collaborative functioning of a task force.     

This webinar was held on May 20, 2021.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with AEquitas, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the dynamics and issues that commonly arise in human trafficking cases about which expert testimony can assist the fact finder. This webinar provided attendees with key insights to combat common defenses by educating judges and jurors about the realities of human trafficking; identify, build capacity, and collaborate with experts in your jurisdiction; and consult with experts to enhance investigations and prosecutions, even if experts aren't utilized at trial.

This webinar was held on December 21, 2020.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with AEquitas, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss interview techniques as well as approaches to effectively address fears and barriers that impact a victim’s ability to participate in the criminal justice process. The webinar also addresses how introducing evidence of trauma at trial can help maximize offender accountability. 

This webinar was held on January 7, 2021.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with AEquitas, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces providing strategies for minimizing opportunities for intimidation and maximizing offender accountability when victims of human trafficking are intimidated or missing. Specifically, the webinar discusses protective orders, courthouse safety measures, and strategies for bringing the voice of survivors into the courtroom through the doctrine of forfeiture by wrongdoing and other rules of evidence. 

This webinar was held on January 21, 2021.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Justice and the Ventura County Sheriff's Office, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the intersection of human trafficking and financial investigations. This webinar provided attendees with key insights to conducting financial investigations, including how to get started, an introduction to relevant tools, selecting the right cases, and building buy-in from leadership and other stakeholders.  

This webinar was held on September 23, 2020.

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IACP and OVC, in collaboration with the Jensen Project, The Why, and McLennan County (TX) Sheriff's Office, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss defining justice beyond arrests and prosecution. This webinar looks at the diverse lenses that may aid human trafficking task forces seek justice holistically.

This webinar was held on August 5, 2020.

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IACP and BJA, in collaboration with AEquitas, and the Rebecca Bender Association, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss crimes that commonly accompany human trafficking activity and provide a framework to aid in decision-making when charging those offenses. The presenters will suggest strategies for analyzing the culpability of victims who have engaged in criminal activity and appropriate considerations for making decisions regarding charging and sentencing.

This webinar was held on June 24, 2020.

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IACP and BJA, in collaboration with the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, the Palm Beach County Human Trafficking Task Force, and the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss multidisciplinary information-sharing in anti-human trafficking task forces. This webinar guides ECM task forces through the process of establishing formal information-sharing procedures between task force partners and identify action steps to develop or revise information sharing agreements and procedures.

This webinar was held on April 22, 2020.

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IACP and BJA, in collaboration with the AEquitas and the Ark of Freedom Alliance, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the sex trafficking of men and boys. This webinar provides human trafficking task forces with strategies to better identify male victims of sex trafficking, implement specific trauma-informed responses, and effectively collect evidence and interview victims leading to successful prosecutions. 

This webinar was held on February 26, 2020.

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IACP and the BJA, in collaboration with the City of Mountain View Police Department, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the vital role of Social Media in Human Trafficking investigations. Through the use of social media, ECM task forces can increase the number of case referrals by improving community response and raising public awareness of sex and labor trafficking for relevant stakeholders. 

This webinar was held on December 11, 2019.

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IACP and BJA, in collaboration with Michigan State University and the University of Arizona, hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the vital role of data and analysis. Ongoing assessment of task force effectiveness is a critical activity for all Enhanced Collaborative Model human trafficking task forces. 

This webinar was held on October, 16, 2019.

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IACP and BJA hosted a webinar for ECM human trafficking task forces to discuss the vital role of task force coordinators.

This webinar was held on March 13, 2019.

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OVC and the Justice Clearinghouse, in collaboration with IACP, hosted a webinar to discuss developing a labor trafficking threat assessment. This Webinar proposes an approach that aims to understand labor trafficking across different industries by using readily available data to come up with an assessment of potential labor trafficking threats within a community.

This webinar was held on March 12, 2019. 

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IACP and BJA hosted a webinar for the ECM Human Trafficking Task Forces to discuss successful collaborative partnerships that have enhanced efforts to identify human trafficking victims and traffickers. A panel of presenters discussed possible types of partnerships, including Department of State, Internal Revenue Service, and Community Corrections.

This webinar was held on December 12, 2018.

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IACP, in collaboration Urban Institute and Northeastern University and Freedom Network USA, hosted a webinar for Law Enforcement. 

This webinar was held on August 15, 2018.

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IACP, in collaboration with Upper Midwest Community Policing Institute (UMCPI), hosted a webinar for law enforcement. This course explained the role of a criminal intelligence analyst, the benefits of a working relationship with an investigator and why including an analyst as a part of your team is critical to your case development. The course discussed mock scenarios to demonstrate various situations in which an analytical partnership can enhance the outcome of an investigation.

This webinar was held on August 1, 2018

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AEquitas and IACP hosted a webinar for law enforcement. The presentation identified common dynamics in sex and labor trafficking and described how drugs and alcohol are used to assert and maintain control over their victims and perpetrate trafficking and trafficking related crimes. The presenter discussed the importance of and strategies for collaborating with service providers and medical professionals to identify drug-facilitated human trafficking, provide much needed care, and educate other allied professionals about the effects of drug use in the context of trafficking dynamics.

This webinar was held on July 24, 2018

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OVC TTAC, in collaboration with IACP, hosted a webinar to highlight strategies for improving outreach to hard-to-reach populations vulnerable to labor trafficking and addressed strategies for building long-term, collaborative relationships with community based organizations and non-traditional investigative partners.

This webinar was held on November 14, 2017.

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OVC TTAC, in collaboration with IACP, hosted a webinar to highlight immigration relief options that may be available to foreign national victims of human trafficking. Attendees were introduced to basic eligibility requirements and law enforcement certifications for T and U Visas. Concerns that law enforcement may have in providing certification were also covered.

This webinar was held on October 17, 2017.

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IACP, in collaboration with BJA and the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, hosted a webinar where panelists highlighted key findings from the Urban Institute/Northeastern University study, Understanding the Organization, Operation and Victimization Process of Labor Trafficking in the US. Challenges prosecuting labor trafficking cases were discussed and strategies used to prosecute labor trafficking cases under civil rights laws were shared.

This webinar was held on August 8, 2017.

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AEquitas and IACP, in collaboration with BJA and DOJ, hosted a webinar that provided an overview of the IMB organizational model, discussed how victims are recruited, harbored, and exploited within those networks, and explored strategies to build evidence-based cases that can ensure that offenders are held accountable for their wide-ranging criminal activity.

This webinar was held on September 15, 2016.

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OVC and BJA conducted this optional pre-application webinar to review solicitation requirements and answer questions about this solicitation. View the OJP FY 2020 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking solicitation here. 

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BJA, DOJ, and IACP hosted an online task force welcome and project orientation call for the six BJA grantees from the category 1 FY2019 ECM BJA/OVC-funded human trafficking task forces. This online meeting was held on January 16, 2020.
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IACP, BJA, and OVC, DOJ hosted a webinar on grant management for all current FY 2015 and 2016 ECM human trafficking task force grantees. This webinar offered BJA and OVC grantees additional information on the BJA Performance Measurement Tool (PMT) and Grant Management system (GMS) reporting requirements, fiscal reporting requirements, and project and grant expectations.

This webinar was held on March 31, 2017.

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IACP, in collaboration with BJA and OVC, DOJ hosted a webinar to offer task force members additional information on the BJA Performance Measurement Tool (PMT), data collection, and progress reporting.

This webinar was held on December 15, 2016.

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