Human Trafficking and Prosecution Seminar

Dr. Jarrod Sadulski Dr. Sadulski provides speaking and training events in the United States, Europe, and Central America on human trafficking and other criminal justice related topics. With a doctorate in criminal justice, he is a professor of criminal justice for American Military University and has over twenty years of experience in homeland security operations and law enforcement counter-trafficking operations. Jarrod has engaged in speaking events on human trafficking in both 2019 and 2020 at the International Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, which is a conference that includes attendees from forty different countries. He served as a consultant to the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime out of Geneva, Switzerland for their Global Organized Crime Index involving human trafficking. He provides human trafficking presentations internationally for government leaders, has research published in the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime World Drug Report, and serves as a consultant on human trafficking for non-government organizations globally. He has conducted human trafficking research in conjunction with INTERPOL, the National Police of Colombia, and has spent years conducting in-country research and humanitarian work in Latin America. This experience has led Jarrod to speaking with trafficking and smuggling victims along with actual human traffickers. This experience led Jarrod to testifying before Congress on November 14, 2023, through the Committee on Homeland Security regarding human trafficking at the Southwest Border. He subsequently testified before the U.S. Senate on July 9th, 2024 and was recognized in the Senate as an expert on human trafficking.

Alicia (Ali) Hopper Ali Hopper is a dedicated advocate in the fight against human trafficking, utilizing her expertise in research, paralegal work, and project management to uncover critical trends. She has contributed to testimony before the U.S. Senate and Congress, sharing insights from her work in data collection and thematic analysis to influence policy decisions. Ali has served as a consultant for U.S. Congressional and U.S. Senate committees six times in the past year regarding her work in counter human trafficking. Traveling across the country, Ali trains law enforcement, parents, and communities on how to combat trafficking, using data gathered from interviews with former traffickers and direct engagement with victims. Her strategies focus on effective prevention and intervention methods. Ali also played a pivotal role in the passage of Florida's anti-grooming legislation, which protects children from exploitation and serves as a model for similar laws nationwide. Her work continues to shape national policy and raise awareness on the urgent issue of human trafficking.

Training Topics The topics in this training include: ➢ Overview of the criminal enterprise of human trafficking. The business model of sex trafficking and how it can be disrupted. ➢ Implications and vulnerabilities for human trafficking and human smuggling for unaccompanied children with data specific for Virginia Beach. ➢ An examination of the psychology of traffickers to include a review of Jarrod and Ali’s interviews with former human traffickers, which reflects the psychology of a human trafficker. ➢ Gangs and organized crime groups involved in human trafficking ➢ The emerging trend of sextortion that the FBI labeled the fastest-growing crime targeting minors and what every parent must know. ➢ Characteristics of stash houses that are commonly used in sex trafficking. An account of a sex trafficker who worked directly in sex trafficking stash house will be discussed. ➢ Communication strategies with trafficking victims from a rehabilitation and trauma informed care perspective. ➢ Specific accounts of trafficking victims will be explained in different case studies. This will reflect the coercion and control traffickers commonly exert on their victims. ➢ Legislation needed to combat human trafficking. The challenges of prosecuting human trafficking cases and how those challenges can be overcome. An assessment of why a greater priority needs to be placed on gang-involved trafficking arrests and prosecutions. ➢ Landmark human trafficking cases from Virginia will be discussed. ➢ Strategies for law enforcement to investigate human trafficking from a skills-based perspective. ➢ Rescue operations to recover sex trafficking victims. Ten questions will be provided that opens a victim to discuss their trafficking situation. ➢ Prevention of trafficking within the community

Instructor

Philip G. Evans

Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, Retired

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Philip G. Evans, recently retired after 27 years service as Deputy Commonwealth's Attorney, Norfolk, Virginia, 1994-2021.  Supervised the Adult Violent Crime Prosecution Team for 24 years and personally prosecuted all types of violent crime cases to include approximately 150 murder cases which included twenty-five defendants charged with capital murder; Recipient, 2018 Warren B. Von Schuch Award,  Distinguished Prosecutor Award; Recognized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation Biometric Identification Award [Next Generation Identification System] in both 2019, Commonwealth v. Daniel Johnston: [Jury Trial, 1981 cold case homicide] and 2015, Commonwealth v. Amin Garcia, [Jury trial: cold case sexual assault]; Served as Faculty Instructor from 2004-2020 for the Virginia Commonwealth’s Attorneys’ Services Council (CASC) and/or Virginia Association of Commonwealth’s Attorneys (VACA) for multiple instruction courses to include Prosecuting Homicides, Prosecuting Capital Murder Cases, Virginia DNA Procedures; Virginia Post-Conviction DNA Petitions/Evidence Retention; Member, 2016 Association of Prosecuting Attorneys (APA) National Workgroup: “Police Officer Use of Force Project”; Instructor on Criminal Procedure, Norfolk Police Department, 1994-2021.  Served in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps, 1987-1994, as both prosecutor and defense counsel: 82d Airborne Division, Fort Bragg; United States Army Berlin, Germany; United States Army Trial Defense Service.  Juris Doctor [Law Degree], Loyola University of Chicago; Bachelor’s Degree: Journalism, The Pennsylvania State University.  Resident of Chesapeake, Virginia.