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HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009,
U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009 (Chapter on Austria (pdf))

Remarks at Release of the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report Alongside Leaders in Congress,
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, June 16, 2009 (

video)

Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress and Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons Fiscal Year 2008 (pdf),
U.S. Department of Justice, June 2009

Trafficking in Persons: Coercion in a Time of Economic Crisis,
Fact Sheet, U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009

LATEST NEWS

(From: America.gov)

Fighting Human Trafficking a Critical Part of U.S. Foreign Policy

U.S. hopes to cultivate more public-private partnerships to fight slavery
16 June 2009
By Jane Morse, Staff Writer
Washington - The Obama administration views the fight against human trafficking, both at home and abroad, as a critical part of the U.S. foreign policy agenda, says Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Complete text

Innovative Activists Save Trafficking Victims in Jordan and India

Government-public partnerships, mobile technology raise public awareness
16 June 2009
By Jane Morse, Staff Writer
Washington - Dr. Sunitha Krishanan knows what it is to be a survivor. Well-traveled and the daughter of a government official, Krishanan was brutally attacked by a higher-caste youth when she was 19 and living in the Dalit community outside of Bangalore in her native India. Complete text

Public Awareness a Major Weapon in Fighting Human Trafficking

Canadian and Costa Rican activists fight modern-day slavery
16 June 2009
By Yasmine Alotaibi, Staff Writer
Washington - Around the world, people desperate for employment often find themselves tricked by human traffickers. An estimated 800,000 men, women and children are trafficked across international borders each year. Millions more are trafficked within their own countries. Complete text

FACT SHEETS

Trafficking in Persons: Coercion in a Time of Economic Crisis, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons FY 2008 Project Obligations: Questions and Answers (Q & A), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 3, 2009
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons Obligated Project Funding (Fiscal Year 2008), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 3, 2009
Overview of U.S. Government Agencies' Principal Roles to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 1, 2009
Report a Trafficking Victim, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 26, 2009
The President's Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons and the Senior Policy Operating Group, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 9, 2009

REPORTS, DOCUMENTS and SPEECHES

Trafficking in Persons Report 2009, U.S. Department of State, June 16, 2009 (Chapter on Austria (pdf))
Remarks at Release of the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report Alongside Leaders in Congress, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State, June 16, 2009 ( video)
... The Obama Administration views the fight against human trafficking, both at home and abroad, as a critical part of our foreign policy agenda. The United States currently funds 140 anti-trafficking programs in nearly 70 countries, as well as 42 domestic task forces to address the challenge here. We are proud of the work we do, but we know we have much more ahead of us. ..."
Attorney General's Annual Report to Congress and Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons Fiscal Year 2008 (pdf), U.S. Department of Justice, June 2009
U.S. Government Funds Obligated in Fiscal Year 2008 for Anti-Trafficking in Persons Projects, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 3, 2009
An Abbreviated Sketch of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (P.L. 110-457): Criminal Law Provisions (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, February 4, 2009
Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment (May - November 2008), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, January 27, 2009
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 (H.R. 3887 as Passed by the House): Criminal Law Provisions (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, January 14, 2009
Characteristics of Suspected Human Trafficking Incidents, 2007-08 (pdf), Special Report Bureau of Justice Statistics/U.S. Department of Justice, January 2009
Trafficking in Persons in Latin America and the Caribbean (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated November 21, 2008
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, updated August 14, 2008
Report to Congress on the Uses of Funding to Combat Human Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, June 2008

U.S. Laws on Trafficking in Persons, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State

U.S. GOVERNMENT

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons - U.S. Department of State
Human Trafficking - U.S. Department of Justice
The Campaign to Rescue & Restore Victims of Human Trafficking - U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS

Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Anti-Trafficking - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights/Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Protection Project - Johns Hopkins University
Counter-Trafficking - International Organization for Migration (IOM)

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