When I received the following e-mail, it was from someone calling themselves “Pissed Off”. I thought, Oh great, I got another e-mail from the cult of Craig. However, I was more than pleasantly surprised by the e-mail.

Pissed Off wrote:

Hey, seeing as you are somewhat knowledgeable in human trafficking, do you know of any law enforcement task forces specifically assigned to this problem? I’m a criminal justice major and a veteran and I used to want to become a narcotics officer, but I have lately become much more interested in doing my part to put a stop to this bullshit of selling women and children in to sex slavery.

I haven’t really done much research in to it myself, but I plan on it. I ended up on your site through a post by a counselor friend of mine who pegged Sparre as a potential killer long before it happened. It’s interesting that I have wanted to switch to human trafficking enforcement and I ended up on your site with no intent of seeing anything about that.

Anyway I appreciate what you are doing here and keep it up! Hook me up with any information you got and I’ll be greatly
appreciative.

The sad part is that I could not refer him to any one government law enforcement agency that deals specifically with human trafficking. What’s even worse is that when I was up in Richmond, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Virginia told the crowd that there are almost no human trafficking laws on the books in any state.

If I am incorrect about any trafficking agency, please let me know.

5 responses to “We get pissed-off letters”

  1. What I do know from a longtime lawyer friend of mine is that as we all know, lawyers de jour go in a pattern, meaning, ‘Personal Injury Law’ sprouted up in the mid-’70s, and so on and so forth. He told me that in the mid-’90s there was a huge need for ‘Internet Lawyers’ due to the liabilities obviously in dealing with privacy, private and public domain, which was a huge call for aspiring young attorneys. In summary, what I am saying is that the letter writer should consult one of the Internet Law Specialists to get his answers.

  2. Trench Reynolds — thank you for your post. And yes, there are approximately 40 task forces on human trafficking across the United States. Please, PLEASE call the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 for information and they can refer you to all appropriate resources. And please promote the hotline number to anyone who is looking for information on human trafficking in the U.S. Tens of thousands of lives are at stake, right now. http://nhtrc.polarisproject.org/

  3. Also, there are laws on human trafficking in most U.S. states. Many of these laws are imperfect, and the DC-based nonprofit Polaris Project is fighting to both strengthen existing laws and ensure that effective laws are passed in all 50 states. Here is a link to the current status report, including a map:http://www.trendtrack.com/texis/cq/viewrpt?even…Thank you for all you do to share this information with everyone who wants to help.

  4. Thank you ESN. I have added both websites to the links page.

  5. Awesome. Thanks guys!

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