UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE

UTAH ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE ICAC Task Force SECURE Strike Force

Partner Agencies Utah Attorney General’s Office partners with: • Adult Probation and Parole • Bountiful Police Department • Clearfield Police Department • Davis County Attorney Investigations • Davis County Sheriff’s Office • Department of Public Safety • Enforcement and Removal Operations • Homeland Security Investigations

Partner Agencies Utah Attorney General’s Office partners with: • Layton Police Department • Ogden Police Department • Park City Police Department • Park City Police Department • Pleasant Grove Police Department • Sevier County Sheriff’s Office • South Salt Lake City Police Department • Summit County Sheriff’s Office

Partner Agencies Utah Attorney General’s Office partners with: • Syracuse Police Department • Uintah County Sheriff’s Office • Unified Police Department • United States Marshal’s Office • Utah County Sheriff’s Office • Vernal Police Department • West Valley City Police Department • Woods Cross Police Department

ICAC Task Force (Internet Crimes Against Children) is a multi-jurisdictional task force that investigates and prosecutes individuals who use the internet to exploit children.

SECURE Strike Force Investigates and prosecutes major fraud, organized gun, drug and human trafficking, and the creation of fraudulent government identification and other documents.

UTIP Task Force is a multidisciplinary human trafficking task force that implements victim-centered, trauma-informed, collaborative, and sustainable approaches to identify victims, investigate and prosecute cases, and address individualized needs of victims through comprehensive quality services for victims of all types of trafficking in the state of Utah.

UTIP Grant from DOJ The Utah Attorney General’s Office and the Asian Association of Utah jointly received an anti-human trafficking grant from the Department of Justice (DOJ) in late 2015, allowing for the development, support, and enhancement of the Utah Trafficking in Persons (UTIP) Task Force. In its ongoing effort to protect and serve the citizens of Utah, the Attorney General’s Office is honored to convene this statewide task force to address human trafficking in our communities. The UTIP Task Forceis comprised of multiple law enforcement agencies, victim service providers, government organizations, and a dedicated team of experts from various sectors and geographic areas and collaborates to identify several human trafficking cases across the state. Early results of this collaboration have confirmed the need for and benefit of additional resources provided by DOJ, allowing a dedicated prosecutor and investigators the capacity to effectively combat labor and sex trafficking in Utah, as well as to provide comprehensive victim services for survivors of human trafficking.

Arrests • Over the last several months, multiple suspects have been arrested during multiple human trafficking and child sexual exploitation investigations • The human trafficking arrests are related to cases where victims of human trafficking were trafficked inside Utah. Some cases involved minors and some crossed state lines. • Several of the Utah child sexual exploitation arrests are related to a nationwide operation known as Operation Broken Heart III, which involved the 61 ICAC Task Forces across the nation.

Suspects

Charges • Human Trafficking of a Child (1st Degree Felony) • Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child (1st Degree Felony) • Aggravated Sodomy of a Child (1st Degree Felony) • Conspiracy to Commit Rape of a Child (1st Degree Felony) • Conspiracy to Commit Sodomy of a Child (1st Degree Felony) • Manufacturing Child Pornography (1st Degree Felony) • Human Trafficking (2nd Degree Felony)

Charges • Enticing a Minor over the Internet (2nd Degree Felony) • Aggravated Exploitation of Prostitution (2nd Degree Felony) • Sex Abuse (2nd Degree Felony) • Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (2nd Degree Felony) • Pattern of Unlawful Activity (2nd Degree Felony) • Dealing in Harmful Material to a Child (3rd Degree Felony) • Conspiracy to Commit Sexual Abuse of a Child (3rd Degree Felony)

Charges • Obstruction of Justice (3rd Degree Felony) • Tampering with Evidence (3rd Degree Felony) • Exploiting a Prostitute (3rd Degree Felony) • Multiple other A and B Misdemeanors Most cases had multiple counts of the same charge

Operation Broken Heart III • Operation Broken Heart III: Vital Stats • Utah Attorney General’s ICAC Task Force participated in April and May 2016 • 61 ICAC Task Forces nationwide • 1,368 arrests were made nationwide; 71 of those arrests came from Utah • 2300 community presentations were made nationwide; 194 were given in Utah

Utah ICAC Arrests Utah arrests included the following: • Manufacture of child pornography of victims as young as 5 years old. • Adults soliciting other adults to engage in sexual contact with children under their care/custody. • “Hands-on” offenders. • Some offenders contacted children online solely for sexual activity. • Possession of child pornography upon arrest. • One offender talked about fantasies of “killing” people when he got angry. • At least six children between the 5-12 years old rescued during operation. • Criminal charges filed in federal or state courts.

SECURE Strike Force: Actions • 11 separate human trafficking investigations • Including two rural Utah labor trafficking cases and nine sex trafficking cases involving both minor children and adults. • Two suspects have been criminally charged, one suspect is pending charges, and other cases remain ongoing investigations. • At least 10 victims have been identified; two victims are minor children. • All victims are currently being assisted by our Victim Advocate.

Case Briefs (SECURE) • A citizen notified Unified Police Department of concerns they had of potential human trafficking going on at a local hotel. • Surveillance and investigation by UPD and the Utah AG’s Office SECURE Strike Forceresulted in a search warrant for two hotel rooms. • Two female victims of sexual exploitation identified. • A female juvenile was also being actively recruited by the trafficker. • The trafficker arrested: • one 1st Degree Felony Human Trafficking of a Child, • four 3rd Degree Felony counts of Exploiting a Prostitute, and • one 2nd Degree Felony Pattern of Unlawful Activity.

Case Briefs (SECURE) • Utah AG’s Office received a complaint about a male subject trafficking women in multiple states. • AGO found that Bountiful PD was actively working the investigation and joined forces with them. • Utah AG’s Office SECURE Strike Force and Bountiful PDput together a two-month joint investigation • Trafficker was trafficking at least two females in multiple states, including Utah. • Two 2nd Degree Felony counts of Human Trafficking, • Two 2nd Degree Felony counts of Aggravated Exploitation of Prostitution, • One 2nd Degree Felony count of Pattern of Unlawful Activity, and • Two 3rd Degree Felony Counts of Obstruction of Justice and Tampering with a Witness respectively

Case Briefs (SECURE) • Utah AG’s Office Tip Line received complaint regarding the trafficking of women through multiple states, including at least one juvenile still attending high school. • The Utah AG’s Office SECURE Strike Force conducted a several-month investigation. • Multiple human trafficking related charges are currently pending. • The SECURE Strike Force is continuing its investigations into other human trafficking investigations and receives information on numerous cases, both sex and labor trafficking, on a weekly basis.

Tip Lines ICAC Tip Line: 801.281.1211 ICAC Email: utahicac@utah.gov SECURE Tip Line: 801-200-3443 UTIP Tip Line: 801-200-3443 Human Trafficking National Hotline: 1-888-373-7888

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