Minnesota ranks 22nd in the United States* in 2018 for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases making their way through federal courts. The state had nine active criminal cases. The federal government initiated two of the active criminal cases in Minnesota in 2018, ranking Minnesota 22nd in the United States for the number of new criminal human trafficking cases. In 2018, federal courts convicted one defendant in a criminal human trafficking case, ranking Minnesota 36th in the nation for the number of defendants convicted. Federal courts ordered one defendant to pay restitution to their victim(s).
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2017 Minnesota State Summary Report
*Each State Summary’s findings derived from data the Human Trafficking Institute compiled for the 2018 Federal Human Trafficking Report. Findings are not a prevalence estimate of trafficking in the state but instead serve as an objective summary of federal efforts to address human trafficking in that state. The Report does not capture data from state prosecutions, state civil suits, or unreported human trafficking cases.