Anti-Human Trafficking Awareness Training

Instructor Tom Stack will open your eyes and give you a look at the dark and evil world of human trafficking from the inside out. Stack will give you the tools you will need to go after and take down these individuals and organizations. “Human Trafficking Awareness and Training” class will break down the difference between sex trafficking and prostitution, look at the different places where sex trafficking can be located, learn the terminology of the “Game”, and what fuels this multi-billion dollar a year illicit industry. Stack will show you the inner workings of Latino Brothels and Asian Massage Parlors, and he will teach you where brothels are located, what they look like, who they employ, and how they operate.

Stack will teach you how to use a “Victim Centered and Trauma Informed” approach when working with victims of human trafficking. You will learn the characteristics of trafficking victims, the vulnerabilities that lead to their victimization, how to assist victims of human trafficking by getting them to the services they need. You will learn the difference between a child prostitute and a child sex trafficking victim as well as the different types of child sex trafficking. Stack will also teach you a different way of dealing with missing (runaway) children who are vulnerable for exploitation.

Stack will share his experiences working on multiple human trafficking cases and the investigative techniques that were used to find victims and keep them available for trial. Tom will speak about his experience as one of the lead investigators in a large-scale human trafficking case involving a violent pimp and discuss in depth the investigation, indictment and trial of Defendant. You will leave this course with knowledge of the pimp recruiting grounds and methods of recruitment, how to use the internet as a tool to locate child sex trafficking victims, indicators observed in online prostitution advertisements and posting boards that will lead to possible child sex trafficking victims, and the use of investigative tools like search warrants, subpoenas, preservations letters and single party consent recording.

The student will learn why Labor Trafficking is the hidden crime. Stack will talk about where labor trafficking can be found and who it effects. The uptick in migrants coming to the United States will lead to more exploitation through human trafficking. You will learn about the different immigration relief for victims of both sex and labor trafficking.