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human trafficking in missouri

Human Trafficking in Missouri

In Missouri, one new criminal human trafficking case was filed in federal courts in 2021. Seven defendants were convicted. 100 percent (1) of new defendants were charged with sex trafficking, and zero percent (0) were charged with forced labor. Missouri federal courts ordered two of seven convicted criminal human trafficking defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s) in 2021. This is a decline from 2020, when federal courts ordered one of two, or fifty percent, of convicted Missouri human trafficking defendants to pay restitution.

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human trafficking in missouri
*Each State Report’s findings are derived from data the Human Trafficking Institute compiled for the 2020 Federal Human Trafficking Report. Findings are not a prevalence
estimate of trafficking in the state but instead serve as an objective summary of federal efforts to address human trafficking in that state. The Report does not capture
data from state prosecutions, federal or state civil suits, or unreported human trafficking cases.