crimes and who's here presenting what jurisdictions and didn't surprise me there were no u.s. attorneys here because we know who prosecutes the cases. it's the local prosecutors and especially these kinds of cases, where you don't have somebody caught inside the bank, inside with a gun. you know the u.s. attorneys won't take those cases. we're the ones in the trenches, doing the work. welcome to strategies for justices. if any of you need to know how to make money or to raise money. i want you to see this guy right here. gene klein. he has raced almost ten million dollars since february of this year. to build a brand new children's advocacy center and it's just fantastic. he's my hero on raising money. i'm going to try to hit him up for some of the access he doesn't need before leaving

here. if you need to know what he does. some of the things he does and ideas are just incredible. you need to talk to him some time about that. [applause] there you go. you're the man. again, so many of you here on the limited budget west have and able to attend this type of conference. one of the ways we handled our budget crunch in ohio from the state level s when they were having budget cuts they said how are we going to cut and still have enough money to and until the department of corrections? .

>> we have a population of about 650,000 in montgomery county, ohio. i have about 80 prosecutors to work for me and we are down

about 10. we handle about 5000 felony cases per year. we do not do misdemeanor cases. we are a full-service law firm. we do everything from criminal cases, juvenile cases, but also we are the lawyers for all of the various elected officials in our county. how large is the problem of physical and child sexual abuse? we hear so many times and it makes my blood boil after i hear it so long. there was a thing in the paper, all over the country several months ago about how child abuse was going down. it was about how child abuse was last. we have not seen it in our jurisdiction. the violence against eds is rising alarmingly. -- bonds against kids is rising alarmingly. in 2008, we had over 4000 cases

of abuse and neglect including 400 victims of sexual abuse. we have a population of about 131,000 young people, people under the age of 18. that means about one in every five children is a victim of abuse. the research indicates that very young children, three years and younger, are the most frequent victims of child abuse. also child fatalities, children younger than 1 years old account for more than 40% of put fatalities per it -- of all fatalities. obviously, these children are the most of all hon. victims that we see for many reasons. they have -- they are dependent and have an inability to defend themselves. we see it not only in our child abuse but we see from our elder

abuse. i have an elder abuse division that handles those kind of cases. it is unbelievable the similarity between those victims. it is incredible and i don't think about until you actually see those cases and the dependency of the victims. sometimes it can tear your heart out. last year, we had 1,800,000 + cases of abuse. these are not just numbers. this was across the nation. we hear so many times about numbers. every number is a case. every member is a victim. we realize that when we hear press sports about the numbers of child abuse and the number of victims, they don't see that. when you are out somewhere or in a bar or having lunch with somebody who is not in our field

and you talk about what you do, you know everything stops. they want to hear what you have to say. they cannot believe the things that you see and work you do. how do we successfully investigate and prosecute these kind of cases? this is a tough nut to crack. the thing that i have found in doing this over 35 years is that we handle so many cases and i tell my lawyers that the vast majority of cases there will be no problem. you always have that one case. if you have not had yet you will have it. many of you have had one or two or three. that one or two cases, some people never forget. the challenge is how to prosecute those who abuse children. these are difficult cases.

i have found and there is no question about it, it is great team effort. on all kinds of cases, i have found that there is no question about it in child abuse efforts, a team effort rules the day. that is because there are so many agencies and disciplines and perspectives involved. you see it all the time. you have all the different people in bob and a multi- disciplinary team. they all have their different functions. when they come together and work as a team and if they don't do that, we will never be affected. we will never be able to effectively prosecute and help our children. i am president of the national children's alliance but by and the district attorney, you do it through child advocates centers, multi-disciplinary teams.

we have a group called care house. it is a child advocacy center located at the date and children's hospital. we have medical prosecution, police, medical, everything is right there, children services. in addition to being a founding member and chair of the executive committee, working in this field for so many years, you can see a difference. of how so many years ago we did not have this. we did not have a cac. these children were going from one place to another and being interviewed and asked different questions and there was no coordination at all. you can see the difference it makes. it is surprising how many places in our country do not have a children's advocacy centers. there are so many places in our country that i did not realize until i became so involved as a district attorney and through ndaa but for the national

children's alliance of children who did not have access to a cac. that is what the goals we have at the national children's alliance, to ensure that every child has access to a cac. in some parts of the country in order to get to a cac and get medical treatment, they have to spend hours on the road to get there. it is incredible. you have all of these different parts of the multi-disciplinary team, the police, the prosecutors, the detective agencies, the medical, the social workers. sometimes there is a challenge to prosecute these cases because of the different perspectives. even though we have these different perspectives, the one thing we have to do is keep the eye on the ball. the ultimate prize is to protect this child and also to hold be

abusers accountable. we have to set aside our differences. that is not always easy to do. when i talk to prosecutors around the country or talk to cac staff members, it is interesting to hear the challenges they face. we all have them. i don't care if it is dayton, ohio or joe hines in brooklyn, new york, they all have the same type of problems. it is only from learning what other people do and how they resolve these issues that makes a difference. team is the operative word. that is difficult sometimes. that is the only way you are going to effectively prosecute these kind of cases, a successful team approach. many times it gets off to a rocky start because of these different things. we all know that many times the

perspective is that the police investigate their case and i want to come in. they cannot charge and one with a felony crime unless they come to my office and review the case with an assistant prosecutor. i have prosecutors assigned to our intake division and they meet with every police officer on every felony case. they review the case in many times they will just review it. we try to help them from the beginning. what evidence is there? do we have enough to charge? they may have arrested somebody last night. that may have to release them the next day because there is not enough evidence in our opinion. as you can imagine, that is not always wonderful news to hear. they come to our office and ask whether there is sufficient evidence and whether we can

approve a felony filing. let me talk about a couple of cases. the first one is the lisa davis case, where the abuser would never have been prosecuted for this terrible, terrible crime and except for the team members eventually, not at the beginning, but eventually put aside their des princes which you will hear about in a moment, putting aside their egos and communicating. that is half of the problem is communication. i tell my lawyers in all kinds of cases whether it is homicide, child abuse, what ever it is, tried to talk. tell them what is going on. explained so that everyone understands what we are faced with. you have to understand what the police officer is faced with or what the medical provider is faced with. we had a case recently where there was a big argument between

the doctors at our children's medical center and the coroner's office. the doctors at a hospital said child abuse, the coroner's office said natural causes. this went on and on. they got a separate opinion which they did not share with each other. two years after that another sibling of the same first child who died, died again. now we have a second sibling, same family. when the parents took this child and have a third child also, when they took the child to the hospital and the child died, everyone in that hospital said they are child abusers and they should have been prosecuted and in jail. none of this would have happened. it went back to the coroner's office and the coroner's office ruled natural causes. we knew nothing about it in my office. finally, it comes to our attention when one of the grandparents calls me.

they ask me what is going on. they asked -- she asked if her child was a child abuser. there were problems in the relationship between the coroner's office and the children's doctors. we started investigating. we found out that another expert opinion that had received by the children's medical center two years before found out that there was no evidence of child abuse. this was a natural cause, a congenital problem that was never shared with anybody. it was never shared. i called the president of the hospital and told him that they have to relate this information. the doctors have relayed the information and told the coroner's office was going on. it did not support the doctors who first saw these children at the hospital.

they said they would not give that out. they said they would not share those reports. the family of these 12 children who have died who have a third child who is starting to get sick, they were not going to share that report with that family. i said this is wrong. the police thought it was wrong. it is surprising what a grand jury subpoena will do to get that report. that is what we had to do in order to get that report ensure it. this was so that everybody was on the same page i said we have to meet and get the corners and doctors together and we have to get over that. we have to care what the problems are so that everyone understands that there was no child abuse by their parents this is so it does not happen again. we have the police said davis

case. the date of death was 2004. this was a case that happened where there were multiple injuries. at one point, they said they did not know how this child had such an injury on the top of the child's head per they could not figure out what happened. the mother said it must have happened because the child fell off the bed. everyone said there was no way. it could not have happened that way. the police came and talked about the case and they want charges filed. they meet with our prosecutors and prosecutors say there is not sufficient evidence to charge. you see the mother and a young child. they say there is not enough. the headline says no charges in death of a child so mom is spree.

the prosecutor's office wants more information from the police. in april, 2005, the detectives come back and meet with our prosecutors again about looking further into the case. there has to be a way to charge this woman with the death of elizabeth. this goes on from 2005-2007. there are several meetings and meetings with the family, the paternal grandmother, and they are concerned. what happens is everything is put on the prosecutors. we have a police officer who is upset that there is no further investigation that is being done. he says the police and the family are very upset with the prosecutors and what does he do? he goes to the press. he goes to the press and he releases of various reports,

published reports to the press and the family to put pressure on us. these are the types of things we see. the person was released from jail and the girls unsolved death tortures and grandmother. with a picture of the grandmother printed on the front page of the paper at the grave of the child. you can imagine that people are not happy with my office. we are trying to work together. if we cannot convict someone after being charged, what good does it do? the investigating detective at that time said there was low left to uncover. they want it taken to the grand jury. the front page of the paper -- here's a picture of the grandmother. it shows the grandmother. is this a case where the system failed?

people love to weigh in on the best that there is a problem with the justice system people forget, even though we were taking a hit, i told my staff mum's the word. thee not criticizing investigation and we are making no criticisms about the case. we always take the high road, right? that is what you learn. if you are doing the right thing, you don't have to worry about that. the lead detective and investigators met with prosecutors five times. the investigation is pretty much done, according to the police. that was his opinion. we go on and they meet and lo and behold, i said this is getting nowhere. eventually in the spring of

2007, we regrouped and i talked to the police chief myself and said this is getting nowhere because in the meantime, this grandmother, i get a call from one of my investigators who says this woman has been admitted into one of our hospitals. she is having suicidal as well as homicidal thoughts. homicidal thoughts are about me. she is so upset. she is so upset that no charges were being fought. iled for over two years. she is having these homicidal thoughts about me and i have never met her. we ask what we would do now. i said one thing we would do is to call her in.

i said one of my investigators out to talk with her. they explain to her that we are working on the case. these are important cases. we want her to come in and explain was going on. we did not forget about this child. so then, they put a different group together. they meet multiple times. the detective who made some of these bizarre statements released these confidential reports to the press was fired from his department's. they substituted a new lead detective. they met with my staff again. the evidence is still available was a plea not enough. the direction the investigation turned. this is about being innovative. you have to be innovative. no matter what discipline you

are in, you have to think outside of the box sometimes. the police began investigating from the perspective of charging this defendant porch -- for failing to get medical attention because we could show that this child was visibly ill. my staff started dealing with the coroner, with the doctor at the children's hospital, the police found numerous witnesses to come out and say they saw the child and the child was built. we knew that there was not enough evidence to show that the mother, a boyfriend, other people who were with the child at the time, we could not show who actually dealt the final blow to this child. we were able to meet with them. we were able to reconstruct the case. in october of 2008, four years after the death of the child, we approved charges of homicide,

and injuring children, and also two counts of corruption and minor with drugs because they also found that this lisa davis was doing drugs in front of the child. in 2009, we were actually able to indict this person for the child's death. things started to change. much of it depends on how you handle, i believe, the relationships. while 90%, maybe higher, it is always that one case or two cases that everybody remembers. what we did in this case was i commended the police department. i told my staff that we have to commend them for their determination to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the young child. it's funny how things change. d. the chief of police comes out

and talks about how the case was handled with the highest priority. before, we were getting the tail and and now they are talking about how this was a team working in concert and collaboration with prosecutors. they want to get evidence that could be presented to the grand jury. then what happens is that, as you can see, in february of this year, the defendant because of the evidence we were able to amass pled guilty in the child's death. after that, you can see that the chief said it has been a long time coming. he attributed it to a good working relationship to the prosecutor's office. that is different than the headlines two years before that that said all you have to do is

take this case to the grand jury. you cannot put a time line on any investigation when it involves young children. march 11 of this year, she received a 10 years in prison for the death of her daughter. it is interesting because you can see how things turn around at times. this little case of elizabeth davis is a prime example of a team working together, prosecutors, children's hospital employees, a cac, the investigators, everybody working as a team together which is imported. i want to talk other two other cases from my jurisdiction that shows how working together at the very beginning of a case can make a difference. in this next case, it is the state of all vs teresa jolene

ritchie. the case involved are daughter is ritchie who went missing. this is surely after the susan smith case in south carolina. this is the woman that drowned her children in the car. this little girl comes missing. the mother has a press conference and says she is no susan smith. she says her daughter has been kidnapped. there begins an intensive manhunt for this child. it tore out of heart and soul out of our dayton, ohio community. there were men hunt and fire departments putting teams together. for weeks on and, it came to

light that there was something wrong there was collaboration between the investigators, between my staff, between the hospital staff, between the staff c ourac. in what was being said did not make sense. they found out that something else happened to that child. there is something wrong here. it does not add up. they finally found a neighbor, june bug, there's always someone like that. as soon as you see a june bug, you know everything has gone to hell out the [laughter] her real vernell. june bug comes forward after being pressured and tells us how this little girl's mother had

sex that evening because her other boyfriend was in jail and another crime and she did not want to be alone. she took june bug to have sex with him in this roach-infested basement of the house. the little girl was looking for money. she came down the steps. she asked her to put her to bed. her mother who had broken her arm and had a cast reacted violently because her daughter saw her naked with a june bug and was afraid that her daughter would tell the other guy when he got out of jail. she bluntly approached the girl and kidder repeatedly with the cast on her head -- and hit her repeatedly with the cast on her

head and fractured her skull and pick up a tire iron and peter and with the help of a june bug deposited her body and a local vacant industrial site where there was a pet that was a cesspool. they put her there. i have a picture of how she was found. if you don't like these pictures, turn your head but this is what to look like when she was found. this is not very good. we ended up charging the mother and she was found guilty of murder where she is still in the penitentiary today. she filed for parole which was denied and kicked over for another tenure so we are happy about that. in these cases, other things always happen. i call them defining moments in all of us have been cases and participants in cases and

players in cases. in this particular case, when this woman was arrested it was on the news and the front pages of paper, every single morning and night. when she was arrested, they took her into the jail and the press was there. they asked her why she killed her child. this woman turns around in typical fashion for this sort of this.n and gives them best followed by an expletive. i heard about this and i said i would love to have that picture. the newspaper said we're not giving out the picture. a reporter on that paper thought was interesting. he said i will get to that picture. we got the picture and i had

blown up. when the body was found by cadaver dogs and pulled by fire hook out of the cesspool, we have all these pictures. i like to do it the old- fashioned way. we had them blown up and we were able to hand every juror because i wanted every person on the jury to see those pictures. i'm sure everyone is proficient with power. . point. i like to do the old fashioned way where i had them blown up and i am able to take that picture and handed to each juror. they have to look at that picture. they cannot turn their head away. i had this picture blown up, too. i knew that even though it was

very prejudicial and everything we do in trial is prejudicial. it is very adversarial but we are in an adversarial situation. you have to fight for your client. you have to fight for those who cannot represent and defend themselves. they call people who represent people who represent defendants defenders. we are the public defenders. we represent those who cannot represent themselves every single day. i have this blown up because i knew that this was over the edge prejudicial and would probably never again. the defense counsel who were excellent lawyers from a big law firm, they were worried because

i sat the picture face down on the counsel table. any time i got up i would go to the picture and they would go berserk. they objected but what for? i never showed the picture. i did not show the picture. by the end of the trial, the jury is saying ", what the hell does he have a"there? their?" it was just as good having a because at the end of the trial after the jury rendered their verdict, they all passed, because i try to talk to the jury after the verdict, i like to do that outside of the defense lawyers.

am i still on time? i have to hurry up. we went in and talked to the jury. they asked about the picture. they got to see it. another case i want to talk to you about it china arnold case in august of 2005. the victim was a 28-day old child. it resulted in two different child -- trials. there was a mistrial and we tried it again. we went in with the death penalty and she was charged as guilty. she was paired the death penalty and was given a life without parole. that means life without parole. it does not mean they commute the sentence when you walk across the threshold.

this is a terrible case. the woman, some from partying all night and the child is crying and she is upset and she decides to put the child in a microwave. 28-days old. she puts the child in a microwave. turner had a goodell like the pictures. when we saw this case, we wondered what happened. they never had seen anything like this. we started batting it around. the team approach, what happened? we had never seen anything like this. one of our prosecutors said to go back to the scene and get whatever you can for evidence. they found the bucket of water that the mother took her child out of the microwave and porter and a bucket of water to cool off. they still found tissue in the water that was there and that is what led us to ask what happens to this child paren.

we have to work together to reach a common goal to protect our children. that may start off in a rock the way but there is no reason you cannot turn the ship around and get that on the right course. keep your eye on. bald the ball. there are persons that make things happen, there are persons that watch things happen, and there are other persons out there that simply wonder what happened. you are people who make things happen. we see it every day. we see people on the sidelines, on the stands, how many times do we go to the ball game and see people in the stands who are content to sit there, drink their beer, have their hot dogs, and watch the people and most of the time criticized the people who are on a. fi the field. i want to thank you for what you

do because you are in the trenches. you are fighting the good fight you're not sitting on the sidelines. you are not criticizing what other people do. you are in the field, in the trenches, in the courtroom protecting those who cannot fend for themselves, who cannot protect themselves and you are giving them a voice. you're holding those people who do such horrific, heinous crimes are responsible and accountable for what they do. believe me, i want to thank you for what you do, for your community, for what you do for the children in your community. if it wouldn't be for all of you doing what you do without any thanks whatsoever normally every day of your life, it would not be such a wonderful community that each of you have. thank you very much and i hope you enjoy the conference. [applause] >> we said we would keep you on

time. 15 minutes, we will see you back inside this room pari. >> to is my privilege to introduce our keynote speaker today. in may of 2009, ambassador luis was appointed by president obama to coordinate u.s. government activity in the global fight against contemporary forms. he serves as senior as i -- adviser to the secretary of

state and monitors and combats trafficking and persons which assesses global trends, provides training and technical assistance and advocates for an end to modern slavery. he served as counsel to the house committee on the judiciary. at the justice department, and i should say he began his career as a local prosecuting attorney in a small community in iowa. it is great to have one of us among us. in the justice department, the ambassador was one of the country's most decorated federal prosecutors. he led the investigation and prosecution of cases involving money-laundering, organized crime, alien smuggling, offical misconduct, hate crimes, and of course human trafficking. he was honored with the attorney general's distinguished service award for his services as lead trial counsel in the largest

slavery prosecution in the united states. this involved the enslavement of over 300 vietnamese and chinese workers in a garment factory in american samoa. he has received many, many of the rewards for his commitment and dedication to his work. the ambassador's family settled in new mexico in the 1500's. he was raised on a cattle ranch in huxley, iowa and attended iowa state university. the only unfortunate thing, with me coming from ohio, the only unfortunate thing i have to report is the ambassador received his law degree from the university of michigan where he was editor of the michigan law review. please give a resounding wellcome to the ambassador, our keynote speaker. [applause]

>> thank you for that wonderful introduction part . when my sisters and i were growing up and we were not elbowing each other in the back of the car and it was just us against the world in public, we were always together and that is certainly how michigan and ohio state, the big 10 vs. everybody else, once we get out into the world. i would now that thendaa has the right colors for their logo. i am delighted to be here at the national harbour for this child abuse professional conference. we thought of it early. i would have borrowed a both from somebody because it is so

beautiful driving along the river and seeing the beauty and the site. we hope you can get out and see a little bit of washington, d.c. while you are here. the national harbour complex as representative of d.c. and we hope you can spend time washington, d.c. is perhaps unique and unusual in that the local prosecutor's office here is the united states attorney's off. fice. i served in the prosecutor's office at the state, county, and federal law will ind.c. at the u.s. attorney's office where the feds prosecute street crimes. today's gathering is like visiting family for may. i am here to talk about new ways to tackle an old crime. we have had an hour days on this crime even as we have been

willing to confront once taboo issues about domestic violence and rape. no matter what we call it, we are dealing with modern slavery. the framers of the 13th amendment realize that one cannot end slavery by merely saying it should be illegal and then walking away. in 1865, they wrote the constitutional provision in a way that applies as much today as it did to those who suffered in the past. that is appropriate for us to think about because we are on land that was developed and formed by people who were enslaved. freeing those people, coming up with a legal regime that made it so that no one could be legally on in the united states took hundreds of years and millions of lives. it is a promise that was made by

the framers of the 13th amendment, a promise that was written the blood of those who lived in slavery that never again would people live an official source of slavery by the 13th amendment has two parts, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude should exist in the united states or any place subject to their jurisdiction. that is what we are talking about, involuntary servitude, people using force, threats, coercion to hold someone in service whether that is in labor. that is a promise made by the 13th leg of -- amendment and that is carried out now. in 2010, we call that human trafficking. the obama administration is keeping the promise of the 13th amendment just as our predecessors in other administrations have.

sadly, slavery in america has always prayed upon the most vulnerable people. historically, people kidnapped from africa and denied their legal identity. hispanics in the southwest, african-americans of the south were pressed in the 1800's. asian and european immigrants in the late 1800's traffic to through deception, false promises, women in hall -- a. volume -- in high volume. women were literally case. traffickers had an uncanny ability to find the most vulnerable and exploit them and servitude. here and abroad, that

vulnerability, the most vulnerable are the children, american children and for and children alike. they are offered for prostitution corporate upon by those who they trust. those who work with teenagers, some of these cases are very tough. they don't easily fit the stereotypes that would make the subject matter more comfortable for all of us. does not the stereotype of a movie "taken" where a girl is kidnapped abroad. we see american girls with parents who professed to give them a better life than the one that had at home. when we find them, they don't seem to want to be liberated. they may resist testifying against that person, the person we see as an of york -- abuser but they say with perhaps love or loyalty.

they might respond by running off, self medicating, or being incorrigible we cannot give up on them. in the last decade, we have develop new tools to help them and help you on the front lines. the commitment that was made by the clinton administration and the bus administration and now by president obama to fight this scourges of only intensify in paris since 2000 when we modernized our federal anti slavery statutes and achieve the adoption of an international anti-adoption protocol, we have prosecuted and killed thousands of traffickers and prevented this crime from occurring in the first place. almost all the states and territories have passed modern gloss. laws. while these legal policy tools help drive the successes, we have more work to do. each year, the state's

department releases the annual trafficking persons report to provide the local assessment of the anti-trafficking efforts around the world based on minimum standards that are outlined by the trafficking protections act. this year, the report for the first time diagnosed the united states efforts to meet the minimum standards and provide recommendations to strengthen our efforts at home. this is not meant to be a rebuke of the good work that people are doing in the field but rather as a road map to guide our efforts throughout the united states. this is the same tool we use for other countries. our people deserve to have that diagnosis, as well. secretary clinton is committed to implementing a lead by example form of diplomacy. we have seen the report drive progress worldwide. we are hoping it will drive more progress here at home. i would like to share a few recommendations from a. report the united states show "increase

government efforts to identify and assessed u.s. victims." our efforts have improved greatly but we must ask ourselves," can? we do more" are we utilizing every tool at our disposal to make sure we are identifying these victims and tritium and as such and providing the necessary rehabilitative services? are we responding effectively and providing a safety net for the most ball double? are u.s. citizens in prostitution being seen merely as criminals in need of a police response or are jurisdictions recognizing that they have needs for restorative care, housing, and the proper replacements and life options once they are out to? to our assistance programs recognize that trauma does not stop once the traffic person turns 18? are vulnerable populations being

screened for whether there is trafficking occurring? did people fall through the cracks? are there ways they can wipe the slate clean? do authorities understand what human trafficking is and see children as the, as opposed to delinquents? are we cutting off the demand that fuels this by teaching men and boys about the harm that prostituted women and girls experience in their daily lives? these are questions that would not have occurred to me or others in the county attorney's office. in the late 1980's. we thought this should be something which to deal with for the vice program. an innovative response was to find out how we could use civil remedies to seize the property where this was taking place and go after the pens that way rather than asking the next

question about who these women were and what did they need. experts in the field identify child trafficking victims whether they are foreign or american. that is one of the reasons why we are excited about this piece. we think this conference will help tear down some of the silence between the child protective services in the child abuse community and the anti- trafficking community. we know the juvenile justice system must be harnessed to assessed rather than merely detained. some jurisdictions have created a diversion programs. this is to provide shelter and services rather than convictions. safe-haven laws are beginning to be passed to decriminalized children found in prostitution3 .

there are solutions out there. another recommendation is to enhance the federal government's partnerships with state, local, and travel agencies. we saw the success of the anbar alert system. -- amber alert system. information sharing and coordinating communication is vital to bolstering our evers to ensure that children are safe from abuse and exploitation. we only have time today for a few recommendations from the report, i would encourage you to read it and all the recommendations on line at. stategov.

ward.are a step forwa for the united states and countries around the world, is a snapshot of what is being done and what needs to be done as we fight this crime. whether you're a local prosecutor, a victim service provider, or were otherwise to prevent these crimes, all of you here today represent one of prevention, p's, protection, and prosecution. the fourth one is a partnership started strengthening our partnership is vital to our overall coordinated victim's approach against track to pickitrafficking. i have set forth questions and policy efforts this morning. policy makers and stakeholders

become engrossed in the policies la or thew and lose sight of the people who suffer from this horrible crime. i am reminded of one girl from my time is a line prosecutor, 14 years of age, lured into prostitution and held in service by other women. she was forced to serve klein. client -- she was forced to serve clients after client. i remember the stuffed animal, the backpack with flowers on it, the notebooks with not only the list of how much money she had earned an anticlines she had seen, but hearts and flowers and other drawings. i also remember how she was once she came to realize that she

could trust us and got help. she was like any other 14-year- old child. she was alternating between the bravado and nervousness prefer traffickers are in prison and she is on a bright pat. that that will only be bright if she continues to get the services to get the help that we have promised her. i have been lucky to witness the transformation of victims to survivors but i am under no solution that that is the dominant story. there is success when there is a. support people can leave a life of their choosing and some choose well and some choose poorly but what we are fighting for is for their ability to choose freely. this is the promise that this country made almost 150 years

ago, the promise of liberty, and you continue this work today. child protection professionals, all of view have made this the international standard to which other companies aspire. we might be only one half step ahead but we are ahead of some in. the country's the best practices we can share with our partners and the best practices we can adopt if we only lesson are things that will take us forward in this fight. i challenge all of you to join us to study core messages and practices about this ongoing fight. we are here to assess all traffic victims that we encounter either domestic or foreign born. we will coordinate with the federal effort at the state and local level as well. what we will work to overcome barriers to identification and

services and focus our efforts on vulnerable populations, especially the children we must keep our doors open to continue this discussion among groups who choose to work done varying aspects of the fight. as we set forth to achieve these goals, let's not forget the children we have yet to encounter the young girl being turned out in a truck stop or brothel, the boy on the streets caught up in a prostitution ring, because working in the field, the child domestic servant and never gets to leave the house and lives in fear of the knock on the door in the night. it is for each of these children that we have to act with fierce urgency. it is for them that we dare to pledge that every child today in the united states and around the world can succeed. they will succeed in something that has not yet existed, a world without slavery.

thank you. [applause] >> that's a wonderful spot for us to take as we look at the rest of the week. we will be breaking right now for lunch. if you look at the agenda, you can return to either this room -- room for track one of the child advocacy center panels or the chesapeake room for track two. at 3: 30 this afternoon, we will reconvene in this room again for plenary sessions. i ask you to enjoy your lunch, get to know each other, and we will return to revisit how we can protect children and bring justice to these victims. thank you.

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