In Massachusetts, one new criminal human trafficking case was filed in federal court in 2021. Two defendants were convicted. 100 percent (1) of new defendants were charged with sex trafficking, and zero percent (0) were charged with forced labor. Massachusetts federal courts ordered zero of two convicted criminal human trafficking defendants to pay restitution to their victim(s) in 2021. This is a decline from 2020, in which federal courts ordered one of three convicted human trafficking defendants to pay restitution.
Massachusetts
*Each State Report’s findings are derived from data the Human Trafficking Institute compiled for the 2020 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, federal or state civil suits, or unreported human trafficking cases.
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, federal or state civil suits, or unreported human trafficking cases.