While human trafficking is everywhere among us, sometimes unseen in plain sight, it is thriving on community ignorance which has allowed it to become the fastest growing criminal industry in the world. New Mexico ranks 23rd in the United States in 2019 for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases making their way through federal courts. Grants; Resources; These technologies can rapidly connect buyers of commercial sex with trafficking victims while simultaneously distancing the perpetrator from criminal transactions. Get the Latest Updates from ACF ACF Main - Bottom Navigation. new_mexico_profile_efforts_to_combat_human_trafficking.pdf. Federal prosecutors charged two new criminal cases, ranking New Mexico 22nd in the United States for the number of new criminal human trafficking cases. If you're in need of help, spot something suspicious or want more information on how to combat sex trafficking, you can call or text either number 24 hours a day. With two convictions, New Mexico is ranked 35th in the nation. Trafficking of humans is the second largest criminal industry in the world, after drug dealing, and is the fastest growing. New Mexico Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Class Course For Human Trafficking provides access to the Human Trafficking Awareness and Prevention Class, an educational program that may be required in the state of New Mexico by the court, a legal order, a legal representative, a parole or probation officer, an employer, or other entity. New Mexico Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking; PRINT. Human Trafficking 101 Human Trafficking is modern day slavery in which the victim, through force, fraud, and/or coercion is induced to perform some type of labor. Nationwide, there were 339. New Mexico Profile: Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking. The state had eight active criminal cases. New Mexico Human Trafficking Hotline (505-438-3733) Life Links Anti-Human Trafficking Initiative : humantraffickinghotline.org National Human Trafficking Human trafficking has become a trade so lucrative and prevalent, that it knows no borders and links towns in central Mexico with cities like Atlanta and New York. Publication Date: January 9, 2018. One-fifth of homeless youth are victims of human trafficking, according to new studies. It is estimated that 5,000 Homeless Youth exist in the Albuquerque Metro Area. Bondage, slavery, human trafficking in New Mexico, U.S. In New Mexico, The Life Link operates a human trafficking hotline at 505-GET-FREE. US attorney in New Mexico focuses on human trafficking March 15, 2019 GMT ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) Organized criminal groups are using the crush of asylum seekers from Central America and elsewhere as cover for smuggling immigrants across the states remote border with Mexico, according to federal authorities in New Mexico. A 16-month investigation by Searchlight New Mexico has found that when it comes to human trafficking, indigenous women and girls are the least-recognized and least-protected population in