A special report released Tuesday by the FBI examined the number of drug offenses in connection with human trafficking incidents as compared to the number of human trafficking incidents that occur per year.
Since 2013, the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program has been collecting data on human trafficking through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS) and the Summary Reporting System (SRS).
Only data collected through NIBRS, however, was used in this report, as this system allows for additional offenses to be reported in connection to an incident, “creating more detail-rich data.”
It is explained by the FBI that the agency does not have a specific drug trafficking offense but does have offenses for drug abuse violations. Consequently, these were the numbers used for comparison in this report.
According to the press release published by Criminal Justice Information Services Division of the FBI Tuesday, the data could not establish a causal connection between human trafficking and drug trafficking, nor could it be determined if these two things often occur in conjunction with each other.
It was said, however, that as reports of human trafficking increased, so did “reported victims, offenders, and drug offenses.”
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The report, which was based on data from 2013 to 2022, found that the Northeast has seen the fewest human trafficking instances during this period, totaling 486 and accounting for just over 5.5 percent of overall reports.
The South, which the FBI notes in their report is the “largest region in both agency count and population,” saw the highest number of human trafficking incidents during this period, coming in at 4,517 or 51.46 percent.
Similarly, the rate of drug offenses related to human trafficking incidents was also lowest in the Northeast, coming in at 1.9 offenses per 100 incidents.
There were seven total drug offenses in the region during this time frame that were connected to human trafficking.
The South again was found to have the highest rate of related drug offenses, coming in at 57.4 per 100 human trafficking incidents, with a total of 209.
It is speculated in the report that human trafficking may correspond with drug trafficking because it is common for offenders to use “drugs/narcotics to coerce and subdue their victims.”
Of the more than 400 property items seized with respect to reported human trafficking incidents, more than 300 were accounted for by various types of drugs.
Marijuana was seized most frequently, followed by amphetamines/methamphetamines, cocaine, and heroin.
There were reportedly more than 8,700 total incidents involving human trafficking during this nine year period across the entire United States, with the number of incidents increasing linearly each year.
This increase was said to be expected, however, due to the steadily rising level of participation in NIBRS during this time frame.
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So basically study says red states have more crime and drugs than blue states? No wonder there are no comments here, your readers are afraid of the truth. Leave the propaganda to the Russians, loser
“More than 8,700 reported incidents involved human trafficking from 2013 to 2022.” According to the World Population Review, it is estimated that, “in the U.S., 199,000 humans are trafficked every year.” Seems to be a huge disconnect between the two reports, but, of course, we’re supposed to believe the FBI’s stats. Yeah, right!