State and federal laws now allow survivors of human trafficking to recover from businesses benefiting financially from horrendous acts of sexual and human abuse. A 2008 amendment to the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (“TVPRA”) allows survivors to bring civil claims against business...
Human trafficking is a multi-billion dollar criminal industry that harms millions of people. While many believe trafficking always involves force or violence, the very opposite is true—many traffickers trick, manipulate, defraud, and groom victims they know. Both state and federal laws make human ...
This publication, Anti-Human Trafficking Laws, provides an overview of relevant laws, executive orders, treaties, and conventions, in the international human rights context. The first section of this publication, Federal Laws, highlights human traffickin
New Rules to Combat Human Trafficking in Federal ContractsSamuel M. Witten
Efforts by the federal government to combat human trafficking can be traced back to the early 1900s and continue to this day. Here’s a brief look at the historical legal framework. In 1910 one of the first human trafficking laws, theMANN Act, was passed. It criminalized the transportation...
This page includes the following topics and synonyms: Human Trafficking, Human Sex Trafficking, Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Sexual Slavery, Slavery, Organ Trafficking.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A second federal lawsuit accusing a pair of Oklahoma business owners of luring immigrants to the U.S. on work visas then paying substandard wages highlights what some attorneys say is a prevalent human trafficking issue in the United States that seldom calls violat...
This publication, Anti-Human Trafficking Laws, provides an overview of relevant laws, executive orders, treaties, and conventions, in the international human rights context. The first section of this publication, Federal Laws, highlights human traffickin
human traffickingfarm workersstate attorneys generalSexual abuse of undocumented female farmworkers is a disturbing and widespread occurrence. Federal and state antidiscrimination laws and federal and local crimiGuzman, JosephSocial Science Electronic Publishing...
Federal Prosecutions of Human Trafficking Cases: Striking a Blow Against Modern Day SlaveryTrafficking in humans stands among the most offensive and degrading scourges in America. In homes, farm fields, sweatshops, and brothels throughout the United States, human traffickers prey upon and exploit ...