NCJ Number
310661
Date Published
January 2026
Publication Series
Description
The Combat Human Trafficking Act of 2015 requires the director of BJS to prepare an annual report on human trafficking. BJS obtains information on human trafficking through several data collections, including those on victim service providers, law enforcement, prosecution and adjudication, and corrections. This report describes the BJS data collections and activities across various jurisdictional levels that include various offenses that may be categorized as human trafficking, and it presents the most recent statistical findings.
Highlights
- A total of 2,329 persons were referred to U.S. attorneys for human trafficking offenses in fiscal year 2023, a 23% increase from 1,893 in 2013.
- The number of persons prosecuted for human trafficking in U.S. district court increased by 73% from 2013 to 2023 (from 1,030 to 1,782). The number of persons convicted of a human trafficking offense in U.S. district court increased from 616 in 2013 to 1,008 in 2023.
- Among the 48 states that reported data to the National Corrections Reporting Program in 2023, 916 state prison admissions were for a human trafficking offense.
- A total of 2,220 persons were in the custody of a state prison serving a sentence for a human trafficking offense at yearend.
Date Published: January 29, 2026