Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts To Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2005

• NCJ Number: 219041
• Date Published: September 2006
• Length: 37 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: US Dept of Justice; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Format: Document (Online)
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Downloaded June 27, 2007.

Annotation

This assessment of U.S. Government efforts to combat trafficking in persons in fiscal year 2005 addresses services to trafficking victims, the investigation and prosecution of traffickers, international programs, and the work of the Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG).

Abstract

The report praises the U.S. Government and its domestic and international partners for their significant progress in combating trafficking in persons, which involves the illegal transport of persons, including teens and young children, for the purpose of using or marketing them in slave-like conditions, often in sexual work. The current report recommends actions that will improve the U.S. Government's efforts to combat human trafficking. It recommends that Federal, State, and local agencies, along with nongovernmental organizations, improve the coordination of services to trafficking victims. A second recommendation is that the Federal Government enhance its monitoring and combating of labor trafficking domestically and internationally. Another recommendation is that the Federal Government continue efforts to obtain accurate information on human trafficking, including estimates of trafficking victims in the United States. A final recommendation is that the Federal Government increase its efforts to identify trafficking victims. The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (TVPRA) was signed into law on December 19, 2003, reauthorizing the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and adding responsibilities to the U.S. Government's antitrafficking portfolio. The TVPRA mandates new information campaigns to combat sex tourism, adds refinements to the Federal criminal law, creates a new civil action that allows trafficking victims to sue their traffickers in Federal district court, establishes the SPOG on Trafficking in Persons, and requires a yearly report from the Attorney General to Congress on the U.S. Government's activities in combating trafficking in persons.