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Eight New Bills to Combat Human Trafficking
Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded House passage of eight bipartisan bills this week to combat international human...
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Protecting Minor Victims of Sex Trafficking in DC
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) clearly defines that any minor under the age of 18 years old does not have to prove “force, fraud, or coercion” in order to be considered a victim of sex...
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Arizona’s Human Trafficking Problem
This week, Arizona launched End Sex Trafficking AZ, a public awareness campaign and study aimed at combating sex trafficking. The campaign is likely an effort to combat the state’s poor rankings when...
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Subcontractor Scheming: Holding Agricultural Companies Liable for Human...
U.S. legislation on human trafficking is critically flawed. Throughout the field, practitioners are increasingly focusing on culling demand, frequently through legal means, as the most effective...
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Prosecuting Human Trafficking in the United States: State and Federal...
Since 2000, efforts to fight human trafficking have been actively pursued through legal means in the United States, especially through criminal prosecution. In 2000 the United States enacted the...
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Pending Human Trafficking Legislation
Within the last few weeks the United States Congress has considered a number of bills related to human trafficking. The bills range from increased victim protections, to increased criminal penalties...
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Improving State Trafficking Laws
The Trafficking and Victims Protection Act (“TVPA”) and its subsequent reauthorizations provide the United States government with the federal framework to regulate anti-trafficking policy and...
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Eliminating Trafficking & Forced Labor from Supply Chains: New Legislative...
The existence of forced labor and human trafficking in a company’s supply chain represents the newest frontier of the global effort to eliminate forced labor and human trafficking. Supply chains are...
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Minnesota’s Safe Harbor Laws- Effectively Assisting Commercial Exploited Youth?
Recently, Minnesota issued a report evaluating the effectiveness of the state’s safe harbor legislation and its ability to provide services to sexually exploited youth within the state. As recently...
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Unaccompanied Migrant Children’s Vulnerability to Human Trafficking in the...
Recent reports of unaccompanied migrant children arriving in the United States and being subjected to situations of human trafficking and exploitation have caught the attention of Congress and may spur...
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