Increasing Law Enforcement Effectiveness in Human Trafficking and Migrant Victimization from the Survivor's Perspective

Reports of suspected child sexual exploitation increased 35 percent from 2020 to 2021, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. The network estmates that there are over 13,000 illicit massage parlors. Due to cultural stigmas, ethnic communities often fail to report these crimes making it harder to identify victims. The purpose of this presentation is to address the impact of cultural competency in victim services through understanding different cultural needs and beliefs, and how to serve child and youth victims and their families from these communities more effectively, using case studies. Objective 1: Identifying migrant victimization. Objective 2: Understanding different cultural beliefs among different races and ethnicities. Objective 3: Enhancing effective culturally and linguistically sensitive and survivor-centered approaches. Presented by: Eileen Dong, Executive Director, Hope Pyx Global