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Summit on the Department of Justice’s Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking

Friday, February 2, 2018

Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand hosted a summit at the Department of Justice in the Great Hall to discuss Department of Justice efforts to combat human trafficking.

Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand delivers the opening remarks to her summit on human trafficking, discussing the Department of Justice’s dedication to helping victims and combating this “modern-day slavery”
Attorney General of Indiana Curtis Hill speaks on the effective law enforcement panel on how his state is working to raise awareness of the issue
Keynote speaker Attorney General Jeff Sessions echoes the sentiments of Associate Attorney General Brand, emphasizing the importance of the summit and the obscurity of human trafficking
Greg Brooker, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, discusses his state’s year-round commitment to investigating human trafficking violations
Deputy Associate Attorney General Patrick Hovakimian introduces CBS News Correspondent Paula Reid and the panel on “restoring freedom and empowering victims”
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein introduces Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen and praises her commitment to “the fight against human trafficking”
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen discusses her Department’s partnership with the Justice Department and other agencies in the fight against human trafficking
Updated January 20, 2021