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human trafficking in washington state

Human Trafficking in Washington State

In Washington, two new criminal human trafficking cases were filed in federal courts in 2021. Four defendants were convicted. 100 percent (3) of new defendants were charged with sex trafficking, and zero percent (0) were charged with forced labor. Federal courts ordered zero of three convicted defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s) in 2021. This is a decrease from 2020 when three of four convicted Washington human trafficking defendants were ordered to pay restitution.

View the 2021 Washington State Report
View the 2020 Washington State Report
View the 2019 Washington State Report
View the 2018 Washington State Report

human trafficking in washington state
*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.