In North Carolina, zero new criminal human trafficking cases were filed in federal courts in 2021. Seven defendants were convicted. 94 percent (15) of active defendants were charged with sex trafficking, and 6 percent (1) were charged with forced labor. North Carolina federal courts ordered four out of seven convicted criminal human trafficking defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s) in 2021. This is a decrease from 2020, when three of three North Carolina human trafficking defendants were ordered to pay restitution.
North Carolina
*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.
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.