BENJAMIN THOMAS GREER CURRICULUM VITAE
As a Specializing California Deputy Attorney General, I built a unique legal expertise in human trafficking. My team members and I have successfully conducted and executed the comprehensive report for the California Attorney General entitled, “The State of Human Trafficking in California 2012.” Along with the report, we delivered a comprehensive analysis of California’s anti-trafficking response from the investigation and prosecution phase to its restorative justice network to the Attorney General. I have published numerous American Law Review and International Journal articles (listed below) and have presented these articles in numerous counties. I am a federally recognized training expert by the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC - TTAC) Training & Technical Assistance Center and Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA - NTAC) Training and Technical Assistance Center. I have helped California draft and negotiate Memorandum of Understandings (MOU) with the Mexican Government, draft and lobby anti-trafficking legislation (both domestically and internationally) and play a prominent role as Contributing/Advisory Board member on two International Peer Reviewed anti-trafficking Journals.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Emergency Management Coordinator / Instructor II – CalOES CSTI Criminal Justice / Homeland Security/Human Trafficking Division (August 2017 – Current)
CSTI is a statewide enterprise with responsibility for supporting training, exercises and education in wide variety of areas including but not limited to; emergency management, public safety, homeland security, hazardous materials, disaster recovery and crisis communications. CSTI’s focus is on facilitating and or providing the best possible solutions in training, exercise, and education with an eye on building capabilities, utilizing all- hazards, total resource approach. I sever as a subject matter expert for the State Threat Assessment Center (STAC) in the fields of domestic and international human trafficking as well as California’s cannabis legal and regulatory framework. Represent OES/CSTI on the California Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Human Trafficking course curriculum development working group. Assist CalOES Human Trafficking Grant Division grade, score and evaluate OES human trafficking grant programs. I also serve as the department Terrorism Liaison Officer (TLO).
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Practitioner Associate for the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking (CCARHT) (April 2019 – Current)
As a Practitioner Associate for CCARHT, I conduct and publish applied research in the advancement of combatting the trafficking in persons. I also assist in the planning and execute of the annual symposium held at University of Cambridge.
Director – Policy & Legislation, Global Resource Epicenter Against human Trafficking (GREAT) (January 2016 – Current)
GREAT is an international multisector resource and coordination center, established to combat human trafficking. While public awareness of human trafficking grows, groups move to rescue and support survivors, and law enforcement seeks to disrupt human trafficking activities and networks; the emerging question is “who is coordinating all this?” Without the benefit of international coordination, people, agencies, groups and countries continue to work in a vacuum, devoid of the benefits derived from collaboration, or the ability to draw upon the 'lessons learned' and successes of other like-minded groups from around the world - groups that may be potential partners.
GREAT seeks to help coordinate these efforts around the globe, and as such, to be a “force multiplier” through the provisioning of access to information, resources and collaboration for those combatting human trafficking “on the front line”.
Human Trafficking Investigations & Training Institute (April 2015 – December 2019)
HTITI offers instructor-led courses oriented to law enforcement. Our courses are reviewed and certified by the National Emergency Communications Institute (NECI). NECI meet all known public safety training standards including NHTSA and CALEA. HTITI will provide an assessment-based certificate for those students who successfully completed the performance standards for each course.
Instructor – Univ. of Calif. Davis Extension – Center for Human Services (April 2018 – June 2019)
As an Instructor for UC Davis’s Extension program, I designed and deliver the “Human Trafficking, CSEC and Beyond” course. Course number 174FAM261.
Senior Staff Counsel (III), California Department of Consumer Affairs (June 2016 – August 2017) Bureau of Marijuana Control
Staff Counsel, California Department of State Hospitals (October 2012 – June 2016)
Involuntary Medication& Treatment Hearings Team Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Departmental Review Panel
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Special Deputy Attorney General, California Department of Justice (August 2011 - November 2012)
Executive Office of the Attorney General Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Workgroup Co-Chair
Legal and Legislative Consultant, Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (March 2011 - August 2011)
Research Attorney, California District Attorneys Association (January 2010 - November 2010)
SPECIAL QUALIFICATIONS
Security Clearance – [federal government – SECRET level]
SELECT ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING NETWORKS
HEAL Trafficking/Network – (Health Professional Education Advocacy Linkage) (November - Current)
Anti-trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Expert/Consultant in the field of physical and mental health injuries victims derive from trafficking.
Office for Victims of Crime (OVC - TTAC) Training & Technical Assistance Center (Oct. 2014 - Current)
Anti-trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Expert Consultant.
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA - NTAC) Training and Technical Assist. Center (Dec. 2014 – Current)
Anti-trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Expert Consultant.
INVITED LEGAL SYMPOSIA PRESENTATIONS Page | 3
International
The Growing Nexus of Terrorism to Human Trafficking
2020 Fusion Center 5th Annual Human Trafficking Analyst Training, Alabama Fusion Center [2020].
Advancing the Human Trafficking Restorative Justice Approach: A Nuanced Approach to Trafficking Criminal Restitution Calculations; and Changing the Paradigm: Designing Asset Forfeiture Laws to Target Traffickers; and Department of Homeland In-Security? Will President Trump’s EO Inhibit Prosecution of International Human Trafficking?
The Cambridge Center for Applied Research in Human Trafficking, CCARHT 2019 Summer Symposium, The Several Rs of Trafficking: its Risks and Rewards (Research, Risks and Rewards, Refugees, Returns, Removals, Rights, Remedy, Reparation, Reporting, Response, Religion); Judge Business School University of Cambridge, United Kingdom [2019].
California’s Restorative Justice Approach: From Criminal Restitution Calculations to Government Victim Service Grants
The University of Ontario Institute of Technology’s 2018 Human Trafficking and Social Justice Conference, Toronto Canada [2018].
Tracking the Traffickers: how mapping technology can create intelligence lead operational data and Human Trafficking Corporate Supply Chain Transparency: lessons learned and what the future holds
The Cambridge Center for Applied Research in Human Trafficking, CCARHT 2018 Summer Symposium, The 5 Ts of Trafficking, Trauma, Transport, Terror, Tech and Transparency (in Supply Chains); Jesus College University of Cambridge, United Kingdom [2018].
The Paragon Team, Lessons Learned: Advanced Law Enforcement Training in Trinidad and Tobago
The International Police Training Institute and the International Human Trafficking Coordination and Resource Center, “Breaking the Chains,” [The 3rd Annual collaborative International Summit on combatting Human Trafficking in Los Angles California, 2015.]
The Routes of Human Suffering: How point-source and destination-source mapping can help victim services providers and law enforcement agencies effectively combat human trafficking
The World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology’s (WASET) for "ICHT 2015: [International Conference on Human Trafficking" held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2015.]
California’s Anti-Trafficking Supply Chain Transparency Act: What It Is and How It Works
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The International Law Association (ILA) British Branch Spring Conference: "Foundations & Futures of International Law" [Kings College London, Dickson Poon School of Law - 2014.]
The International Police Training Institute and the International Human Trafficking Coordination and Resource Center, “Breaking the Chains,” [The 3rd Annual collaborative International Summit on combatting Human Trafficking in Los Angles California, November 2015.]
Human Trafficking Corporate Supply Chain Transparency: How best to legislatively approach disclosure
Human Trafficking Challenges in the 21st Century, [University of West England-Bristol to be held at Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law, Spain - June 2014]
HEC Paris’ 3rd Global Conference on Transparency Research, [HEC Paris, 2013]
Crime Shouldn’t Pay: How California Should Restructure Their Asset Forfeiture Laws to Discourage All Forms of Human Trafficking and Hold the Traffickers More Financially Accountable. 2012 Conference - Policing and European Studies [University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) funded Collaborative Research Network) at the University of Abertay-Dundee Scotland, 2012]
What is the Value of Slave Labor?: Why Fair Market Value Should Not be the Benchmark for Criminal Restitution for Victims of Human Trafficking.
The Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights at University College Cork, Ireland. [2011 “Human Rights Protection and Criminal Justice in the Age of Crisis,” 2011.]
Mapping the Routes: How to Track the Traffickers and Human Trafficking and Mental Health Trauma: What We Know and What We Do
The International Police Training Institute and the International Human Trafficking Coordination and Resource Center, “Widening the Net,” [The 2nd Annual Summit at the American Military University in Charles Town, WV, November 2014].
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Mental Health Challenges & the Neurophysiology of Post Traumatic Anxiety in Human Trafficking Victims and Calculating Human Trafficking Restitution & Applying Asset Forfeiture to Human Trafficking, [University of St. Thomas School of Law, Human Trafficking Academy, Miami Gardens, Florida, 2016]
Balancing the Equity of Mental Health Injuries: Examining the “Trauma Exception” for Sex trafficking T-Visa Applicants, [ The Royal Circle Foundation/The Office of Minority & National Affairs of American Psychiatric Association, The Health and Mental Health Aspects of Human Trafficking 2014, Baltimore, MD, 2014]
How We Monetarily Restore the Trafficked Victim and Accurately Calculate their Stolen Wages, [The Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Washington D.C., 2013]
Determining the Reasonableness of Non-Compliance: Examining the “Trauma Exception” for T-Visa Applicants, [2013 Immigration Symposium, St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, Texas, 2013]
Human Trafficking Corporate Supply Chain Transparency: How best to legislatively approach disclosure, [The 2012 Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2012]
Have Tribal Lands Become a Perceived Haven for Human Trafficking?: Why Tribal Sovereignty Does Not Shield a Trafficker From Criminal Culpability at the Oregon State University’s 2012 Interdisciplinary Conference on Sex Trafficking in the United States: Researching Vulnerable Populations, [LaSells Stewart Center, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, 2012]
Is Mom’s Basement the Newsroom of the 21st Century and should it receive the same constitutional protections as their traditional counterparts: an analysis of Constitutional protections for online news blogger’s work stations [Presented at the University of Santa Clara Law Modern Media in Trial Practice Conference.]
Judges Going Rogue: Constitutional Implications When Mandatory Firearm Restrictions Are Removed From Domestic Violence Restraining Orders [Presented at University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School for The Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society’s 2011 Symposium titled “Gender, Justice, & Victim’s Rights: A Gendered Perspective of Victims in the Criminal Justice System.”]
What is the Value of Slave Labor?: Why Fair Market Value Should Not be the Benchmark for Criminal Restitution for Victims of Human Trafficking. [Presented at The Northern Illinois University College of Law for The Northern Illinois University Journal of Law 2011 Symposium entitled “Human Trafficking.”]
Symposium: Which Way Home. Symposium on Human Trafficking. Articles by Karen E. Bravo, Shelley Cavalieri, Salvador A. Cicero-Dominguez and Benjamin Thomas Greer. 31 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 467-576 (2011).
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LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Law Review Comments & Articles
Protection for victims of human trafficking? Why obtaining “continued presence” certification is more challenging and important than ever. [Accepted - The Cambridge Center for Applied Research in Human Trafficking - forthcoming 2019].
The Routes of Human Suffering: How point-source and destination-source mapping can help victim services providers and law enforcement agencies effectively combat human trafficking (with Grace Cotulla and Amanda Johnson) [Accepted - The Cambridge Center for Applied Research in Human Trafficking - forthcoming 2019].
Opaque Transparency: Why California’s Supply Chain Transparency Act is Unenforceable [Oñati Socio-legal Series, v. 8, n. 1 – Human Trafficking: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century(2018)].
Reprinted Chapter: Human trafficking: Opportunities and Challenges in the 21st Century. Lambert Academic Publishing. Co-editor: Prof. Jackie Jones (UWE). To view/order see: https://www.lap- publishing.com/catalog/search. (2018)
Crime Shouldn’t Pay: How California Should Expand and Restructure Its Human Trafficking Asset Forfeiture Laws. [12 Intercultural Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 267 (2017)].
How We Monetarily Restore the Trafficked Victim and Accurately Calculate their Stolen Wages. [7 The Protection Project J. of Hum. Rts. and Civ. Soc’y (2015)].
Department of Homeland In-Security? Will President Trump’s EO Inhibit Prosecution of International Human Trafficking? [The Refuge: ABA International Refugee Law Committee Newsletter Vol. 1, Iss..3 (2017)].
Should Sex Traffickers be Subject to Sexually Violent Predator Laws? (with Grace Cotulla and Halleh Seddighzadeh) [Journal of Criminal Psychology, Vol. 6 Iss: 3 (2016)].
Corporate Supply Chain Transparency – California’s Seminal Attempt to Discourage Forced Labor, (with Jeffrey G. Purvis) [The International Journal of Human Rights, Vol 20 Iss: 1 (2016)].
Balancing the Equity of Mental Health Injuries: Examining the “Trauma Exception” for Sex trafficking T-Visa Applicants. (with Scott Davidson Dyle) [International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care, Vol. 10 Iss. 3 (2014)].
Who’s Watching the Watchdog: Are the Names of Corporations Mandated to Disclose Under the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act subject to a Public Records Request? [Slavery Today: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Human Trafficking Solutions, vol. 1, no. 1 (2014)]. Page | 7
Hiding Behind Tribal Sovereignty: Rooting Out Human Trafficking In Indian Country. [University of Iowa Journal of Gender, Race and Justice – vol. 16 no. 2 J. Gender Race & Just. 453 (2013)].
Cited In: The State of Human Trafficking in California 2012, The California Department of Justice – Office of the Attorney General (2012).
Determining the Reasonableness of Non-Compliance: Examining the “Trauma Exception” for T-Visa Applicants (with Scott Davidson Dyle) [The Scholar: St. Mary’s Law Review on Race and Social Justice - 15 Scholar: St. Mary's L. Rev. & Soc. Just. 385(2013)] .
Is Mom’s Basement the Newsroom of the 21st Century and should it receive the same constitutional protections as their traditional counterparts: an analysis of Constitutional protections for online news blogger’s work stations (with Jeffrey G. Purvis) [Reynolds Courts & Media law Journal - 2 Reynolds Cts. & Media L. J. Issue 1, 107 (2012)].
Judges Going Rogue: Constitutional Implications When Mandatory Firearm Restrictions Are Removed From Domestic Violence Restraining Orders (with Jeffrey G. Purvis) [Wisconsin Journal of Law, Gender & Society - 26 Wis. J.L. Gender & Soc'y 275(2011)].
Legal Textbook: Lemon, Nancy K.D., Domestic Violence Law 4th Ed., Thompson/West - forthcoming 2013)[ Judges Going Rogue: Constitutional Implications When Mandatory Firearm Restrictions Are Removed From Domestic Violence Restraining Orders, substantially summarized and included in the protective order development section of the textbook.]
Legal Texts: Government Discrimination: Equal Protection Law and Litigation, 2012-2013 ed (Thompson Reuters).
When a Threat is Not a Threat: Why Persons Who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing are Left Unprotected by California Penal Code Section 422 and How the Courts Could Rectify It, (with Scott J. Modell) [Valparaiso Law Review - 45 Val. U. L. Rev. 1297 (2011)- special edition on Law and the Deaf / Hard-of-Hearing Communities].
Cited In: People v. Gonzalez, 2014 WL 6900122 (Cal. App. 4 Dist.)[official publication pending]
What is the Monetary Value of Slave Labor?: Restitution Based on a Traditional Fair Market Valuation Basis May Not Fully Compensate Human Labor Trafficking Victims. [The Northern Illinois University Law Review - 31 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 553 (2011) - 2011 Symposium Edition on Human Trafficking].
Market Share Liability Shouldn’t Die: Proposed Application to Agricultural Pesticides and the Need to Refine the Apportionment of Liability, [San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review - 17 San Joaquin Agric. L. Rev. 85 (2008)].
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Legal Encyclopedia Entry: Greer, B. T., “Market Share Liability Shouldn't Die: Proposed Application to Agricultural Pesticides and the Need to Refine the Apportionment of Liability”, 17 S.J. Agric. L. Rev. 85, 2007/2008. Lawyers' Medical Cyclopedia (Bender, 2010) 3A-24 Lawyers' Medical Cyclopedia § 24.97 (to cite, please use original journal address).
Toxic Torts Litigation Guides 3:3, DES and asbestos cases-Diethylstilbestrol (DES) (2011)
Working Papers
Trafficking Terror: How human trafficking and U.S.C. §2339b serve as the problem and possible solution in fighting international terrorism and human trafficking [work in progress]
#BailFail: How Non-Uniform Bail Schedules May Influence Human Trafficking Prosecutions [work in progress]
The Sinful Art of Human Branding: Why human traffickers brand their victims and how law enforcement and victim services should respond. [work in progress]
How to Deal with Sexual Predators: How to Apply Civil Commitment under California’s Sexually Violent Predator Statutes? [work in progress]
Positive motivation is still Bias: Hate Crime - Bias Motivated Crime Enhancements Should Be Extended to the Sexual Exploitation of Native American women. [work in progress]
Not Welcomed Here: Native American tribes ought to protect natives, utilizing concurrent and sovereign criminal jurisdictions to prosecute crimes of human trafficking. [work in progress]
Wait! I’m Not the Bad Guy: Why California Should Extend Expungement Proceedings to Victims of Human Trafficking. [work in progress]
One Free Slave: Why Criminal Racketeering Statutes May Not Be the Most Effect Avenue for Human Trafficking Forfeiture. [work in progress]
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Miscellaneous Scholarly Positions
Invited Subject Matter Expert Peer Reviewer:
University of Nebraska- Lincoln - Journal of Human Trafficking (JHT)
Invited Subject Matter Expert Peer Reviewer/Editorial Board Member
Journal of Modern Slavery: a multidisciplinary exploration of human trafficking solutions
United Against Slavery
Survey Leader for Criminal Restitution, Native Americans & Government Officials Questions – [available at www.unitedagainstslavery.org]
Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars – (GAHTS) Application pending [available at https://www.gahts.com/]
Official Reports/Governmental Action
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) – California/Mexico an accord to expand prosecutions and secure convictions of criminals who engage in the trafficking of human beings [California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris and Mexico Attorney General Marisela Morales Ibáñez]
- Contributing Editor, Providing Substantive input MOU language and forthcoming joint projects
California Attorney General’s Final Report: The State of Human Trafficking in California 2012 [Principal Author and Work Group Chair] – available at: https://oag.ca.gov/human-trafficking
California Attorney General’s Toolkit - Human Trafficking Restitution [Principal Author] [2012]
- Contributing document to the National Association of Attorneys General 2012 Presidential Initiative Pillars of Hope
California Attorney General’s Toolkit – How to Build an Effective Human Trafficking Task Force [Principal Author] [forthcoming]
- Contributing document to the National Association of Attorneys General 2012 Presidential Initiative Pillars of Hope
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Legal Articles & Papers
Combatting Human Trafficking Takes Everyone, American Gas Association, Burner Tips, June 2018 (available at http://read.nxtbook.com/aga/american_gas_magazine/american_gas_june_2018/index.html#combatting_hu man_trafficking_).
Department of Homeland In-Security? Will President Trump’s EO Inhibit Prosecution of International Human Trafficking, The Refuge (ABA International Refuge Law Committee Newsletter), May 2017, Volume 1, Issue 3 at pages 2-5 (available at https://irlc.blog/2017/05/30/department-of-homeland-in-security-will-president-trumps- eo-inhibit-prosecution-of-international-human-trafficking/).
Major Sporting Events Are Not All Fun and Games, [article discussing the link between major sporting events and the increased human trafficking it attracts] Volume 8, Issue 2 & 3, Spring 2010, The California District Attorneys Association’s Quarterly Newsletter Unsilenced.
It’s just a blog! - Ethical Legal Issues Implicated in Attorneys Maintaining Social Networking Sites and Blogging, The California District Attorneys Association’s Quarterly Newsletter FireWall [Accepted for Future Publication].
A Quick Guide to California Restraining Orders, Volume 13, Issue 4, Summer 2010, The California District Attorneys Association Quarterly Newsletter HomeFront.
Journal of Modern Slavery: a multidisciplinary exploration of human trafficking solutions – online article series: HT Bulletin Series: Thoughts and Impression from the Front Lines.
California State Threat Assessment Center Products – Subject Matter Expert
2018 California Threat Assessment Center Production Plan Key intelligence Questions (KIQs) (U//FOUO) [2018]
2018 California Threat Assessment: Top Threat Actors, key Threat Issues (U//FOUO)[2018]
California: Suspected Illegal Marijuana Grow Locations and Anticipated Conveyance Type (U//LES) [2018]
Legal Book Reviews & Case Summaries
Journal of Human Trafficking (JHT)(2015)(reviewing Global Human Trafficking: critical issues and contexts (2015)).
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Texas Law Review –Dicta (2011) (reviewing The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today (2009)).
Enslaved: True Stories of Modern Slavery, by Jesse Sage and Liora Kasten [Slavery Today: A Multidisciplinary Journal of Human Trafficking Solutions, vol. 1, no. 2 (2014)]
People v. Nakai, 183 Cal.App.4th 499, YAHOO! CHAT DIALOGUE WITH A FICTITIOUS MINOR IS NOT A CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION UNDER PENAL CODE § 632 AND THE LESSER INCLUDED OFFENSE INSTRUCTION IS UNNECESSARY WHEN THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THE DEFENDANT HAD INTENT OTHER THAN TO SEDUCE A MINOR, Volume 8 , Issue 1, Fall 2010, The California District Attorneys Association’s Quarterly Newsletter FireWall.
Sex Trafficking: Inside the business of Modern Slavery, by Siddharth Kara (work in progress)
Chapters in Edited Volumes
Greer, B, Cates, K (2019). Chapter 15: Help to keep those serving honorably honorable: Trafficking in persons and the United States Uniform Code of Military Justice. [Accepted -Palgrave Contextualizing human trafficking in conflict and the role of the military – forthcoming 2019]
Greer B.T. (2019) How to Effectively Approach and Calculate Restitution for a Victim of Human Trafficking. In: Winterdyk J., Jones J. (eds) The Palgrave International Handbook of Human Trafficking. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham]
Greer, B (2010). Assessing Lethality in Batterers, The California District Attorneys Associations Investigation & Prosecution of Domestic Violence Manual. (Available for law enforcement at www.cdaa.org - password protected)
Greer, B (2015). Chapter 8: How do global supply chains, human trafficking, and consumer awareness connect?, Self- Published book – crowd source funded via Kickstarter campaign and authored by John Vanek. The Essential Abolitionist: What You Need to Know About Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery
Jordan, J, and Greer, B (2010).Child Testimony, The California District Attorneys Associations Investigation & Prosecution of Domestic Violence Manual. (Available for law enforcement at www.cdaa.org - password protected)
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Legislation United States, California legislative Session 2011-2012
Drafted the Attorney General’s legislative concept and proposal for: SB 1133 [Leno] and AB 2466 [Blumenfield]. The concept and proposal was foundationally based upon Crime Shouldn’t Pay: How California Should Restructure Their Asset Forfeiture Laws to Discourage All Forms of Human Trafficking and Hold the Traffickers More Financially Accountable. [work in progress].
55th Parliament of the United Kingdom 3rd legislative Session 2014
Special consultant to Unseen.org for proposed legislation addressing Trafficking in Supply Chains (TISC). The legislation is largely modeled from California’s SB 657 as explained in Corporate Supply Chain Transparency – California’s Seminal Attempt to Discourage Forced Labor, [Forthcoming; International Journal of Human Rights Special Issue: Corporate Power & Human Rights (2014)].
White Paper (forthcoming 2018/2019)
Greer, Benjamin, Tracking the Traffickers: how mapping technology can create intelligence lead operational data and Human Trafficking Corporate Supply Chain Transparency: lessons learned and what the future holds. The Cambridge Center for Applied Research in Human Trafficking, CCARHT 2018 Summer Symposium, The 5 Ts of Trafficking, Trauma, Transport, Terror, Tech and Transparency (in Supply Chains); Jesus College University of Cambridge [forthcoming 2018].
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Well Trained 9-1-1 Operators Are Crucial to fighting Human Trafficking, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, The Need For Advanced Human Trafficking Training Programs, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Crime Scene Investigators (CSI): Why their skills are so important to a Human Trafficking Case, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Why a Successful Human Trafficking Case May Require an Expert Witness, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, The Role Health Care Practitioners Can Play in the Fight Against Human Trafficking, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
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Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Human Trafficking and Ports of Entry, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Restorative Justice includes properly calculated Bail, Asset Forfeiture and Restitution, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, An Effective Human Trafficking Response Includes School Personnel, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Corporate Responsibility, Supply Chain Transparency; and Human Trafficking, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, How to Harness Technology in the Fight Against Human Trafficking, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018).
Greer, Benjamin/HTITI, Well Trained Airport and Airline Personnel Are Necessary To Stop International Human Trafficking, Available at: http://www.humantraffickingtraining.info/course-materials/ (2017/2018). Legislative Testimony
Testimony on S.B. 861, Public contracts: state and local contract eligibility: conflict minerals in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: Hearing Before the California Sen. Governmental Organization Comm., 2011-2012 Sess., April, 2011 [Representing the Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST)].
Training Courses Created
Law Enforcement/Military How to Effectively Implement a Victim Centered and Trauma Informed Approach When Investigating/Prosecuting a Human Trafficking Case How Human Traffickers Utilize Technology/Social Media to Exploit Their Victims and How Law Enforcement Can Leverage Technology to Fight Back. The Convergence of Human Trafficking, Terrorism and the Signs of Radicalization Human Trafficking and the Nexus of International Terrorism Human Trafficking and California Gangs Advanced Investigatory Tactics and Strategies – Human Trafficking Cases Human Trafficking Crime Scene Investigation – Challenges in Processing a Specialty Crime Scene
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Human Trafficking, CSEC and Beyond The Military CTIP Trinity: Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA), and the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ)
Legal Human Trafficking and the Law How to Present a Human Trafficking Case Before a Jury – Legal Advocacy Training
Non-law Enforcement/Executive Human Trafficking Awareness (domestic/international trafficking) Human Trafficking Awareness for Health Care Professionals Human Trafficking Awareness for Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) Human Trafficking Awareness for the Hospitality Sector Human Trafficking Awareness for Emergency Management and Disaster Responders The State of Human Trafficking in California (2018/2019) Corporate Responsibility, Identifying Forced Labor in the Supply Chain and Supply Chain Transparency Laws (California, United Kingdom, and Australia) First Nations People and Human Trafficking
Legal Reference Guides (credited research attorney and editor)
Adult Sexual Assault Reference Guide 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
California Elder &Dependent Adult Abuse Reference Guide 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
Crimes Against Children Reference Guide 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
Domestic Violence Prosecution Compendium 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
Domestic Violence Prosecution Reference Guide 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
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Human Trafficking Orientation Guide 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
Stalking and Criminal Threat Compendium 2010, California District Attorneys Association Available at
Guest Lecture/Faculty Instructional Series
University of Cambridge - Cambridge Centre for Applied Research in Human Trafficking - 2018 to Current
University California at Davis - Center for Human Services, California - 2017 to Current
University of St. Thomas School of Law, Human Trafficking Academy, Miami Gardens, Florida, 2016
Consultation & Special Projects
Capstone Project Manager, University of Chicago Master of Science in Threat and Response Management Program – Project, “Human Trafficking Awareness for Disaster Responders.”
Special Consultant, University of Arizona’s Indigenous People Law & Policy Programs Ph.D. project [April Petillo] titled By Force or By Choice: Exploring Contemporary Targeted Trafficking of Native Peoples.
Special Consultant, International Human Rights Clinic at Willamette University College of Law, Human Trafficking & Native Peoples in Oregon: A Human Rights Report.
Special Consultant, Human Trafficking International Resource and Coordination Centre.
Presentation, Panelist & Official Attorney General Representation Events
The State of Human Trafficking in California 2020
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services, Victim Services Branch presenting The State of Human Trafficking in California 2020 representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) [2020].
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Human Trafficking in California: Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSEC) 2020
California Department of Social Services presentation Human Trafficking in California: Commercial Sexual Exploitation (CSEC) 2020 representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) [2020].
Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Human Trafficking Awareness 2019
California For All CERT and Listos Conference, San Diego California presentation representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI) [2019].
The State of Human Trafficking in California 2019
San Mateo County Human Trafficking Initiative presentation representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI). [2019]. Human Trafficking Roundtable for the Kings County District Attorney’s Office presentation representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI). [2019].
Human Trafficking in California foreign delegation presentation representing California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized Training Institute (CSTI).
Mexican Consulate Human Trafficking Brief [Sacramento, San Jose, San Francisco consulates] Ukrainian Military delegation [2018] South African US Dept. of State Mandela Fellow (Kirsten Hornby) [2018]
Human Trafficking in California presented at the 2018 California Safe Schools Conference representing the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized training institute (CSTI) [July, 2018].
The State of Human Trafficking in California 2018 presented at the Sixth Annual Northern District of California Human Trafficking Task Forces Executives' Session representing the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services – California Specialized training institute (CSTI) [March, 2018].
Human Trafficking in the United States (Panelist), presented by Golden Gate University School of Law’s International Law Society [February 2013].
Human Trafficking in California Release Symposium, University of Southern California Gould School of Law [November 2012].
Sacramento Rescue &Restore Victims of Human Trafficking Coalition’s Legal Forum, representing the California Attorney General’s 2012 Human Trafficking Workgroup [May 2012].
2012 National Human Exploitation & Trafficking (H.E.A.T.) Watch Conference, representing the California Attorney General’s Human Trafficking Special Projects Team [June 2012]. Page | 17
The California Supply Chain Transparency Act 2010 (Panelist): The 2012 Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, [October 2012].
The State of Human Trafficking in California, Rotary Club of East Sacramento [June 2014].
MEDIA
2019 – Podcast #209 - Vanguard University’s Global Center for Women & Justice, Who’s Watching the Watchdog? Is Supply Chain Transparency Working? October 20, 2019.
2018 - California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Subject Matter Expert panel participant, What is Human Trafficking? Long form training video.
2018 - California Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) Subject Matter Expert panel participant, Did You Know? Human Trafficking training video.
EDUCATION
M.A. Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) CA2001/2002 cohort of the Master's of Homeland Security program – est date of matriculation 2021
J.D. San Joaquin College of Law - class of 2008 Clovis, California - Member - San Joaquin Agricultural Law Review - Dean - Delta Theta Phi Law Fraternity
B.A. Evergreen State College - class of 2002 Olympia, Washington - Focus on legislative/legal affairs, Native American legal studies
A.A. Olympic College – class of 2000 Bremerton, Washington
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SPECIALIZED CERTIFICATES
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Management Specialist
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management - Terrorism & Homeland Security Specialist
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Operations Center Operations Chief Type II
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Operations Center Operations Center Planning & Intelligence/Resource Status – tracking unit Leader Type III
California Governor’s Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Operations Center Operations/Debris Management Group Supervisor Type III Chief/Coordinator Type II
McAfee Institute Certified Human Trafficking Investigator (CHTI)
SELECT SKILLS
Briefing & Presenting: Able to provide succinct, professional briefings/presentations to range of audiences utilizing effective visual aids.
Training: Experience in building training programs for law enforcement, government analysts, and executing/teaching courses on human trafficking tradecraft, writing, briefing, and critical thinking.
Human Trafficking Subject Matter Expert: Have provided classified & unclassified threat briefs on international & domestic trafficking threats to the California State Threat Assessment Center. Specialize in Human Trafficking & related case studies.
Writing for Executives: Skilled in succinct, effective writing for executives using precision language.
Strategic & Visual Analysis: Strong ability to convey complex issues down to their core elements for both experts as well as novice audiences; excellent ability to apply context to complex data, and distil and present information effectively.
LEGAL AND CIVIC MEMBERSHIP
Global Association of Human Trafficking Scholars
American Bar Association since 2010 - #01764552
California State Bar Association since 2009 - #268453
Sacramento County Bar Association since 2010
Legal Writing Institute since 2010 (inactive)
Scribes – The American Society of Legal Writers since 2010 (inactive)
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