Stop the Traffick!

 
Open to law enforcement only.  

8:00-8:45am     |     Registration / Breakfast

8:45-9:00am     |     Welcome / Introductions

9:00-10:00am      |     Human Trafficking and Illicit Massage Businesses

Vincent Zagorin, Lead Investigator, Georgia Secretary of State’s Office

10:00-11:00am     |     Gangs: Trafficking More than Drugs

Jose Ramirez, President, Georgia Gang Investigators Association

 11:00am-11:30am     |     Introduction to GBI’s Georgia Criminal Street Gang Database

Lindsay Gardner, Senior Managing Attorney, GBI

11:30am-12:00pm     |     From Victim to Survivor

Tiffany Simpson, Human Trafficking Survivor

12:00pm-12:30pm     |     Adjourn
 

1:00pm-3:00pm     |     Public Safety and Public Service Job Fair

Speaker list subject to change

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Registration:

Attendees of the Law Enforcement session must contact Barry Paschal (barry.paschal@usdoj.gov) to register.

Location: 

Savannah State University (SSU)

Main Conference Room (A&B), SSU Student Union

3219 College Street

Savannah, GA 31404 

“You may choose to look the other way, but you can never say again that you did not know.”

William Wilberforce

8:55am-9:00am     |     Introduction

Dawn Baker (Master of Ceremonies), WTOC News Anchor

9:05am-9:10am     |     Welcome

Mayor Van Johnson, City of Savannah

9:15am-9:55am     |     Misinformation of Human Trafficking: The Rise of Q'Anon

Dr. Kate Perry, Professor, Georgia Southern Univ, SIDC

10:00am-10:40am     |     Gangs and Their Involvement in Human Trafficking (incl drug cartels)

Vincent Zagorin, Lead Investigator, Georgia Secretary of State’s Office

10:45am-10:55am     |     Break 

 
11:00am-11:40am     |     Georgia Gang Crisis

Jose Ramirez, President, Georgia Gangs Initiative Association (GGIA) 

 11:45pm-12:15pm     |     Lunch

12:20pm-1:00pm     |     Human Trafficking Survivor

Sponsors: Amy Hutsell, Barbara Brown, Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) 

1:05pm-2:05pm     |     Case Study: The Roles of Social Work and the Law in Combating Intrafamilial Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Ghana

Josephine Abigail Appiah, Judge

Kwame Adusei, Social Worker

2:10pm-2:15pm     |     Closing Remarks

William Gettis, Chairman, SIDC 

 Location: 

Savannah State University (SSU)

Main Conference Room (A&B), SSU Student Union

3219 College Street

Savannah, GA 31404 

Fight for Freedom:

United Against Human Trafficking

COVID-19: Protocols and precautions as set forth by the CDC and SSU will be in place for attendees. 

 If a (potential) participant has a concern about her/his experience with Traffick Jam 2024, she/he may email the SIDC at info.thesidc@gmail.com. We do not guarantee a given outcome, but the individual can expect us to consider the complaint, make any necessary decisions, and respond within two weeks.