Jeff Blom

Mr. Blom has recently joined this effort, bringing 26 years of investigations, police training and security experience to the team. Jeff holds a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Park University and has worked for International Justice Mission since 2006 and had been the Vice President of Investigations since 2008. In his early law enforcement career, he began on patrol, but later specialized in the Tactical Response Unit, Drug Enforcement Unit and the Property Crimes Unit. He started an international nonprofit and conducted training in El Salvador in 2005, which was his first opportunity to train police, internationally. After a successful career in law enforcement, he resigned as Chief of Police to further pursue the international arena. Since then, Jeff has conducted 100's of undercover investigations into human trafficking in over 17 countries, working with local law enforcement on interventions and rescues in several countries, training the police and interviewing hundreds of victims of trafficking to learn more about ways to combat it. Mr. Blom has been recognized by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for his work in an American pedophile case. He has been awarded the Medal of Valor and Distinguished Service Medal, and is an internationally published author; his article on intelligence-led investigative model of human trafficking interventions was published by in the United Nations Siren report and in three other countries. This fall, Jeff will set up the first source-country investigations model in Nepal, while also training Tiny Hands investigators how to conduct intelligence-led interventions. He will be living in the Washington DC area but traveling frequently to Nepal throughout the year.