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Human Trafficking in Maine: A Hidden Crime

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8:30 Registration

9:00 Welcome
Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr., Associate Director, Maine Community Policing Institute

9:15 Setting the Context
Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney for the District of Maine

9:30 Law Enforcement Response, Victim Assistance & Prosecution in Human Trafficking Cases: Examples from New Hampshire
Moderator: Heather Putnam, Victim-Witness Coordinator for District of Maine
Sheila Roux, Victim/Witness Specialist for District of New Hampshire
Mark S. Zuckerman, Assistant United States Attorney for District of New Hampshire

10:30 Break

10:45 How Does Human Trafficking Differ from Human Smuggling, Illegal Immigration and Legitimate Migrant Labor?
Moderator: Sarah Walton, J.D., University of Maine at Augusta
Andrea Bertone, Academy of Educational Development, Washington, D.C., www.HumanTrafficking.org
Juan Perez-Febles, Migrant and Immigrant Services, Maine Department of Labor
Beth Stickney, Immigrant Legal Advocacy Project (ILAP), Portland, ME

11:45 Luncheon

12:45 Working with Victims of Human Trafficking: A Psychological Perspective
Elizabeth K. Hopper, Ph.D., Project REACH (Rapid Evaluation, Assessment, and Consultation for Human Trafficking Victims), Boston, MA

1:30 Social Service Provider Response to Human Trafficking in Maine
Moderator: Luc L. Nya, Maine Department of Health and Human Services
Lois Galgay Reckitt, Executive Director, Family Crisis Services, Portland, ME
Elizabeth K. Hopper, Ph.D., Associate Director, Project REACH
Major Robert Kountz, Salvation Army, New Hampshire
Heather Putnam, Victim-Witness Coordinator for District of Maine
Pierrot K. Rugaba, Program Director, Refugee & Immigration Services, Catholic Charities Maine
Elizabeth Ward Saxl, Executive Director, Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault

2:30 Break

2:45 Law Enforcement Response to Human Trafficking in Maine
Moderator: Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr., Maine Community Policing Institute
Todd DiFede, FBI, Supervisory Senior Resident Agent for Maine
John Foley, FBI, Supervisory Special Agent, Boston Field Office
Detective David Hemingway, Old Orchard Beach Police Department
Maria Hurley, Office of Investigations, Immigration and Custom (ICE), United States Department of Homeland Security, South Portland, ME
Detective William Tapley, Lisbon Police Department

4:00 Looking to the Future: A Maine Human Trafficking Multi-Disciplinary Task Force and Proposed Changes to Maine Criminal Statutes
Representative Lisa T. Marraché, M.D., Maine House of Representatives

4:20 Concluding Remarks
Laurent F. Gilbert, Sr., Maine Community Policing Institute

4:30 Adjourn

For more information, contact:

Sarah Walton, J.D.
Maine Community Policing Institute
University of Maine at Augusta
46 University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME 04330s
sarah.walton@maine.edu
Telephone: 207.621.3166

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