WHAT: Panel discussion sponsored by the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law: “The Case Against Human Trafficking: What Everyone Should Know.” Join a panel of local, state and national experts to explore today’s growing, $32 billion worldwide criminal enterprise victimizing more than 100,000 U.S. children. Panelists will discuss victim identification techniques, survivor support services, and state laws governing human trafficking.

WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 14, 6-8pm.

WHERE: UM Carey School of Law, Ceremonial Court Room 500 W. Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. 21201 WHO:  Shruti Rana, JD, UM Carey School of Law  Samantha Healy Vardaman, Esq., Shared Hope International  Kate N. Reilly, Special Agent, Homeland Security Investigations  Michael J. Mizer, Supervisory Special Agent, FBI , Maryland Child Exploitation Task Force  Lisa Marie Freitas, Special Assistant US Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section  Margaret Mande, Special Agent, FBI , Maryland Child Exploitation  Rakesh Patel, Deputy Director, Criminal Division, Office of the Maryland Attorney General  Amanda K. Rodriguez, Esq., Assistant State’s Attorney, Baltimore County  Jessica Emerson, LMSW, JD, Equal Justice Works Fellow, The Women's Law Center of Maryland, Inc.

Panelists will be available for interviews at the event and during a reception immediately following the event.

For more information visit www.law.umaryland.edu.

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