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In the World - Stopping Human Trafficking

"We must show new energy in fighting back an old evil. Nearly two centuries after the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade, and more than a century after slavery was officially ended in its last strongholds, the trade in human beings for any purpose must not be allowed to thrive in our time."
Pres. George W. Bush, Address to the U.N. General  Assembly, September 2003 

What US law exists to end Human Trafficking?

In 2000, the United States Congress passed the Traffick ing and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA). The law covers the most severe forms of trafficking: sexual exploitation for commercial purposes and forced labor.

It covers anyone forced, tricked, or coerced into perform ing a commercial sex act and anyone less than 18 years of age induced to perform such an act.

Forced labor means the person is used for labor or services through the use of force, fraud, or coercion and is sub jected to involuntary servitude, debt bondage, or slavery.

TVPA protects the basic human rights of each victim, grants temporary residence with a T-visa, which allows legal temporary residence in the US, and also grants
eligibility for benefits. The purpose of the law is prevention, protection and prosecution.

 

 

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