Victor Boutros

Victor Boutros is a federal prosecutor who investigates and tries nationally significant cases of police misconduct, hate crimes, and international human trafficking around the country on behalf of the U.S. Department of Justice. He is also a member of the Justice Department's Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, which consolidates the expertise of some of nation's top human trafficking prosecutors and enhances the federal government's ability to identify and prosecute large human trafficking networks. Boutros trains federal and local law enforcement professionals on investigating and prosecuting federal civil rights crimes and has taught trial advocacy to indigenous lawyers working on similar issues in the developing world. Prior to his work with the Justice Department, Boutros worked on prison reform in Ecuador, documented bonded slaves in India, and helped strengthen anti-trafficking efforts as a visiting lawyer with the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa. Boutros is a graduate of Baylor University, Harvard University, Oxford University, and the University of Chicago Law School. Learn more about Victor's most recent book, The Locust Effect, at www.thelocusteffect.com.