bit.ly/25JzCij Human Trafficking: A Guide to Detecting – ST. LOUIS PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 314-737-3166 Human Trafficking: A Guide to Detecting ST. LOUIS PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR 314-737-3166 Advanced Search March 2016 Back to Archives | Back to December 2003 Contents Human Trafficking: A Guide to Detecting, Investigating, and Punishing Modern-Day Slavery Bharathi A. Venkatraman, Federal Prosecutor and Special Counsel for Trafficking in Persons, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC In April 1997, Joseph [not his real name], a homeless, drug-addicted African American man stumbled through the woods in Fort Pierce, Florida. He was dazed and bloody, having just been repeatedly kicked and beaten about the head and face. Deputy Lee, of the Saint Lucie County Sheriff s Department, who was investigating a report of a missing child, observed Joseph. Noticing Joseph s injuries, Lee summoned medical assistance and interviewed the injured man. Thus began an investigation initiated by the Sain