Modern Slavery: Investigating Human Trafficking (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781481897860)

About the Author: Ryan Cantrell is a Sergeant working for a police department in the San Francisco Bay Area. He has been in law enforcement for over 15 years, and has worked a variety of special assignments in his career prior to his current assignment as a Homicide Unit Supervisor. As a Vice Detective, he conducted large scale human trafficking investigations and street-level prostitution and child recovery operations as a lead investigator and undercover operator. He is a court certified expert in Human Trafficking, Prostitution and Asian Brothel Investigations in the State of California. Ryan is the founder and coordinator of a regional Vice Enforcement Team that conducts multi-agency investigations and enforcement operations focusing on Human Trafficking Investigations and Victim Rescues. He also lectures at local community colleges and law enforcement organizations on the topics of: Human Trafficking, Brothel Investigations, Vice Investigations, Prescription Drug Diversion and Alcohol/Tobacco Enforcement. Ryan is a member of the Western States Vice Investigators Association, International Association of Undercover Officers, California Homicide Investigators Association and the California Narcotics Officers Association. He actively participates in several FBI and United States Attorney's Office sponsored task forces and intelligence sharing working groups that focus on child exploitation and human trafficking. Ryan has a bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice Administration from California State University, Hayward and has had formal training in Child Prostitution Investigations from the Department of Justice and the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children (CSEC) from the Department of Justice-Office of Juvenile Justice.