LAURA PAJÓN

PhD researcher

POLICING RESPONSE TO HUMAN

TRAFFIKING CRIMES
• Prosecuting • Identification of victims
• Disrupting • Enhance victim support

PURSUE PREPARE

PREVENT PROTECT

• Preventing people from • Protect vulnerable people

engaging in HT offences • Increase awareness of and
reliance against the crime

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 PURSUE

WHAT ARE THE PROBLEMS?

 CHALLENGES HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGATIONS

Lack of Resource
Victims’ training
engagement intensive
Public
awareness

Number
of victims Complexity
and of the crime Intelligence
offender

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 SOLUTION FOCUS

UNDERSTANDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS
UNDERSTANDING HUMAN TRAFFICKING INVESTIGAITONS

Interview 21 senior officers from police forces and law enforcement agencies

Exploration stages HT investigations

Examination of investigative strategies

Thematic analysis

51 first-order categories 22 themes (investigative actions)

All actions were mentioned by more than 60% of the participants

Route of actions

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 RESULTS

Assess initial information

Establish the nature and the seriousness of the

crime Establish investigation team

Allocation of resources/tasking allocation

Hypothesis generation and identification of
routes available to test the hypothesis

Set Investigative strategies and planning the Discussion among members of the team about
criminal investigation potential investigative schemas

Determine the purpose and direction of the

investigation

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 Set Investigative strategies and planning the
criminal investigation

Debriefing and communicating among

Establish roles within an investigation team
members of the team

Establish criteria, reasons and justification for

Choosing investigative strategy
decision making

Planning post-investigative strategy

implementation
Planning investigative strategy
Plan alternative strategy
Debriefing organisations, agencies and
members involved in the investigation team

Evaluation and monitoring

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Intelligence gathering and intelligence sharing Multi-agency collaboration

Consideration of risk and resources Tactical and operational advice and support

Evaluation and monitoring

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All participants mentioned the necessity to cooperate

Multi-agency cooperation as an opportunity for resources and intelligence sharing

Lack of agreement as who to include in an investigation and how to work together

Tactical
Tactical and operational support
Strategic

Intelligence sharing – risk assessment

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• Prosecuting • Identification of victims
• Disrupting • Enhance victim support

PURSUE PREPARE
LACK OF INTELLIGENCE SHARING
REACTIVE
LACK OF COOPEARTION

PREVENT PROTECT

• Preventing people from • Protect vulnerable people

engaging in HT offences • Increase awareness of and
reliance against the crime

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STRATEGIC

TACTICAL

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 FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Partnership model

STRATEGIC How do we secure agencies share intelligence?

How do we secure joint actions?
Piloting the theoretical model in two different counties

Mapping partner agencies

What support do we need from other agencies during a HT investigation?

Which agencies my be able to provide this support?
Are professionals aware of other agencies capabilities?
TACTICAL

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