Watch the video titled Human Trafficking Bar Scene
Review the relevant textbook materials on Search and Seizure, and Probable Cause for an Affidavit.
Research the United States Code to identify relevant crimes to cite in an Affidavit for Probable Cause to Search. (Hint: Review applicable crimes from the U.S. Code within Title 18. Look for Peonage, Slavery, and Trafficking in Persons.)
Assignment: For the purposes of this assignment, assume you were the undercover agent arriving at the bar, and making observations from inside the bar. Analyze the evidence from the video, and prepare a written affidavit which summarizes probable cause for a search warrant at the bar. The affidavit should include the following information:
Summarize your background, training and experience (for our purposes, state you are a DMACC graduate, an ILEA graduate, and a 5 year member of the DMACC Bureau of Investigation, and have previously conducted one human trafficking investigation, and have assisted on two others). Title: Special Agent.
Specifically describe the potential criminal violations of the U.S. Code related to human trafficking, and summarize how they apply to this bar scene scenario.
Summarize your activity portrayed in the video (e.g. while acting in an undercover capacity, I arrived at the bar….etc.)
Summarize the evidence you have obtained while at the bar location.
Conclude with a statement such as “…based on the evidence summarized in this affidavit, I believe there is probable cause for the court to issue a search warrant based on violation of Title 18 United States Code Section XXXX…”
