Nevada ranks 28th in the United States* in 2018 for the number of active criminal human trafficking cases making their way through federal courts. The state had seven active cases. Nevada, like 19 other states and territories, initiated no new criminal human trafficking cases in 2018, ranking the state last in the nation for the number of new cases. In 2018, federal courts convicted four defendants in criminal human trafficking cases, ranking Nevada 22nd in the nation for number of defendants convicted. Federal courts ordered two defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s).
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2017 Nevada 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.