Mon, 06/17/2024 - 3:00pm-3:55pm

Few crimes are as heinous as human trafficking, where vulnerable individuals are often forced into labor or sex work while their traffickers profit. And the profits are big. Human trafficking generates billions of dollars a year. It’s no wonder the perpetrators are using cryptocurrencies, the dark web and other insidious means to hide the origin of their dirty money and secretly pay their associates. In this session, our experts will explain how human traffickers are laundering their ill-gotten gains and how to stop them.

Presenters: 
Sherri Arp, Deputy Director, Cyber and Forensic Services, Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI)

Joseph Clements, National Program Manager, DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT), U.S. Department of Homeland Security (HSI)