The LOS angeles (LA) county sheriff's department and saving innocence will CO-lead the enhancement of their ECM task force, in partnership with the US attorneys office (USAO) and homeland security…

The U.S. Department of Justice's Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) awarded a $695,898 Cooperative Agreement under the Services for Trafficking Victims program (CFDA 16.320) to the County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department (LASD) and Saving Innocence. The funding will be used to enhance the Los Angeles Regional Human Trafficking Task Force (LARHTTF), which will: 1) increase identification of victims of all forms of human trafficking; 2) provide effective investigation and prosecution of labor and sex trafficking cases in Los Angeles County; and 3) address the individualized needs of trafficking victims through comprehensive services. The award period runs from October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2027.

The LOS angeles (LA) county sheriff's department and saving innocence will CO-lead the enhancement of their ECM task force, in partnership with the US attorneys office (USAO) and homeland security investigations (HSI). The LOS angeles regional human trafficking task force (LARHTTF) expanded its labor trafficking collaboration with representatives from the department of labor, county DAS offices, department of public health, equal employment opportunity commission, labor commissioners office, and LA code enforcement. Since its founding, the LARHTTF: 1) increased identification of victims of all forms of human trafficking; 2) provided effective investigation and prosecution of labor trafficking and SEX trafficking cases in LA county; and 3) addressed individualized needs of trafficking victims through the provision of comprehensive services.