MICHIGAN STATE SUMMARY

Eastern District HOW DOES YOUR STATE STACK UP?

Western District
Sex Trafficking Forced Labor

NEW CRIMINAL CASES:

Federal prosecutors in Michigan

charged 4 new criminal human 9th
trafficking cases in 2019, ranking it
9th in the nation for number of new 100% 0%
cases.

National new criminal cases: 145

NEW CRIMINAL CASES CONVICTIONS

BY DISTRICT BY DISTRICT ACTIVE CRIMINAL CASES:

Federal courts in Michigan handled

4 11
19 active criminal human trafficking 7th
0 2 cases in 2019, ranking it 7th in the
nation for number of active cases. 100% 0%

National active criminal cases: 606

NEW CRIMINAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASE TREND

20 CONVICTIONS:
18
16 15
8th
14 Federal courts in Michigan convicted
12 13 defendants in human trafficking
10 cases in 2019, ranking it 8th in the
8 7 7 100% 0%
5 nation for number of defendants
6 4
4 convicted.
2
0 National convictions: 339
5 0 15 0 7 0 7 0 4 0

Sex Trafficking Forced Labor

RESTITUTION:
LAST
Federal judges in Michigan ordered
SEX TRAFFICKING CASES CHARGED OUTSIDE OF 0%
0 out of 13 convicted defendants
THE TRAFFICKING VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT to pay restitution in 2019, ranking
it last in the nation for percentage
According to available data, federal prosecutors in Michigan of defendants ordered to pay
charged 0 sex trafficking cases outside of the TVPA in restitution.
2019.
National restitution percentage: 33%

0 100
CASES IN MI CASES IN THE U.S.

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 NATIONAL SUMMARY

KEY FINDINGS 2019 FEDERAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATA

FROM FEDERAL
PROSECUTIONS NEW CRIMINAL CASES NEW CIVIL CASES
IN 2019
Sex Trafficking
Forced Labor

145 88
145
NEW CASES
Criminal Cases
93.8% 6.2%
Civil Cases
48.9% 51.1%
170 IN 2018

271
NEW DEFENDANTS
ACTIVE DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES

50-150 Defendants
287 IN 2018 25-49 Defendants
10-24 Defendants
5-9 Defendants
1-4 Defendants

606
0 Defendants

ACTIVE CASES
644 IN 2018

339
CONVICTIONS NEW CRIMINAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING CASES TREND
300 IN 2018
Sex Trafficking
250 Forced Labor
224 218
209
200

143
170
150 145

MONTHS PRISON SENTENCE, 100

ON AVERAGE
50
145 IN 2018
0
218 6 197 12 207 11 161 9 136 9

The Human Trafficking Institute exists to decimate modern
slavery at its source by empowering police and prosecutors to stop
traffickers. Working inside criminal justice systems, the Institute
provides the embedded experts, world-class training, investigative
resources, and evidence-based research necessary to free victims.
Limitations: The Report’s findings are not a prevalence estimate of human
trafficking in the United States but instead serve as an objective summary of
what the federal system has done to address trafficking. The Report does not
capture data from state prosecutions, state civil suits, or unreported human
trafficking cases.

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