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08/12/03 FBI NH to FBI HQ
Last revised 12/09/05

Incidents proceeding this request
  FBI HQ request outline
 FBI NH response details

Substantiating evidence provided 08/12/03 by FBI NH to FBI HQ
Character investigation of complainant (C)
Investigation of a possible trafficking situation

Investigation backup detail

(C)'s Observations
Background: information (C) had initially provided to FBI
Observations relating to character investigation of complainant (C)
Observations relating to investigation of a possible trafficking situation
reference to specific points made by FBI

regarding "interviews" of possible trafficking victims

accompaniment

verification of identity and residence

interviewing and/or reporting authorities
regarding family of "alleged victim"
basis FBI NH uses for stating that what (C) filed with FBI is a false claim

observations relating to backup detail

failure to follow-up with all possibly relevant law enforcement entities

Failure to conduct investigation through police of the town 
in which the "alleged victim" was residing, at the time of his alleged abduction

discrepant police reports used to justify failure to investigate report of possible slavery activity
Backup detail omitted from what was sent to FBI NH

Key people involved, or who should be involved, in this investigation
Some of the later developments related to this filing

 


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This material was included in FBI FOIPA #0993702-000, received by me on 09/04/04.  Through that process, it has been approved for "publication," i.e., review by the public, in accordance with the United States Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA)

 


Incidents proceeding this request

 


FBI HQ Request outline

 

 

 

 


FBI NH Response details

 

 


Substantiating evidence provided 08/12/03 by FBI NH to FBI HQ

Note the following regarding these documents:

This material was included in FBI FOIPA #0993702-000, received by me on 09/04/04.  Through that process, it has been approved for "publication," i.e., review by the public, in accordance with the United States Freedom of Information/Privacy Acts (FOIPA)  Typed codes entered on these documents by FBI refer to relating exemption provisions of Title 5 of the United States Code, Section 552 and Section 552a

 

(C)' notations on the website copies of these pages were made sometime between the time the package was received by (C), on 09/04/04, and January 2005, and include abbreviations and shorthand


 

 

 


Complainant's Observations

 

 

 


  • missing person?

  • modern-day slavery victim?

  • other?

  • Was _______ alone when questioned?

    • if not

      • Why wasn't _______ questioned alone?

      • Who else was there when _______ was being questioned?

      • Was the identity of that person/those people verified?

      • Why was it that that person/those people were present during the interview?

      • Did that any of those people participate in the interview?

      • Did anyone else answer any questions that had been directed to the possible trafficking victim/"alleged victim"?

      • Is there any documentation of observed interaction between that person and any other person who was present?

      • Were any audio and/or visual recordings made of the interview?

      • Did the interviewing authority provide a checklist to FBI of points used by that authority for such observations?

    • if _______ was alone when questioned

      • Was proof of identification requested after _______ was alone for the interview or before he was secluded for questioning?

      • Who produced those identification documents of _______?

      • Was _______ adequately assured, before questioning, that he would be immediately and effectively protected from again falling into the hands of his traffickers if he were to reveal that he is a trafficking victim? 

        • Was this done after _______ was alone for the interview or before he was secluded for questioning?

      • Was the interviewing authority able to produce evidence to FBI that it is prepared to provide such protection to possible trafficking victims?

      • Is it reasonable to expect a member of that community to trust that that authority could and would provide adequate protection? 

accompaniment

  • If _______ arrived and left with other people, was the identification of those people requested and verified?

  • Was there any attempt made to determine if _______'s accompaniment by other people was being masked?   Was anything unusual noticed relating to a possible appearance of _______ arriving and leaving alone?

  • How much of a notice did any of these people have of the interview?

  • How much time did it take to arrange an interview with the "alleged victim" or how long did it take to locate him, in order to conduct the interview?

  • Was it difficult to learn where the "alleged victim" was working?

  • Was any attempt made to visit the "alleged victim" at his alleged residence or workplace without prior notice to him or to others?

verification of identity and residence

  • Was identity of any of these people verified through proof of identification?

  • What forms of identification and proof of residence were used?

  • Were the types and identification numbers of these proof documents recorded?

  • Were these proof documents photographed or otherwise copied?

  • Was the authenticity of these proof documents verified?

 

interviewing and/or reporting authorities

  • Did these authorities provide documentation that they had

    • received a report of a possible trafficking situation?

    • investigated a possible trafficking situation?

  • see 03/19/03 - Leads



 


FBI's failure to follow-up with all possibly relevant law enforcement entities 

 

 

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Key people involved, or who should be involved, in this investigation

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Significance of these incidents

 

  • open display of possible evidence:

 


Some of the later developments related to this filing or possibly relating:

 

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