Suffolk County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force Supplemental Grant

Under this award, Suffolk County will further develop and operate a victim-centered human trafficking task force in conjunction with the U. S. Attorney's Office, federal law enforcement, and the Office for Victims of Crime Human Trafficking Services. The primary goal of this program is to identify and rescue victims of trafficking through a victim-centered, proactive investigation strategy. The secondary goal is the interdiction of trafficking and the successful prosecution of traffickers.

Suffolk County, through the Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force for Long Island, will use the grant funds to supplement existing anti-human trafficking activities, with a focus of increasing task force membership. The increased diversity of the task force will result in greater success in identifying victims through an expanded community outreach program. The task force will conduct trainings for task force member agencies and the community based on the results of successful investigations and prosecutions made within the state.

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