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HUMAN TRAFFICKING

The Profits of Pimping: Abolishing Sex Trafficking in the United States,
Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Remarks at the Hudson Institute, July 10, 2008

Trafficking in Persons Report 2008,
U.S. Department of State, June 4, 2008 (Chapter on Austria (pdf))

Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report,
Remarks by Secretary Condoleezza Rice, June 4, 2008

Briefing on the Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report,
with Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, June 4, 2008

The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report,
Foreign Press Center Briefing with Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, June 4, 2008

LATEST NEWS

(From: America.gov)

U.S. Foreign Aid Agency Joins with MTV to Fight Human Trafficking

Anti-trafficking documentaries reaching worldwide audience of millions
By Jane Morse, Staff Writer
20 August 2008

Washington -- In a move at odds with bureaucracy’s reputation for stodginess, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is partnering with MTV (Music Television) on a campaign to warn young people about the dangers of human trafficking. Complete text

Human Smuggling a National Security Threat, Scholar Says

Terrorists, crime groups have different agendas, according to Sheldon Zhang
By Jane Morse, Staff Writer
9 July 2008

Washington -- Human smuggling is a national security threat, and it is only a matter of time before terrorists use the services of smugglers to enter the United States, says Sheldon Zhang, an author and an expert on human smuggling and transnational crime. Complete text

Reporter Goes Undercover To Expose Human Traffickers

Ghanaian journalist helped disrupt prostitution rings
6 June 2008

Washington -- A reporter with an independent Ghanaian newspaper, Anas Aremeyaw Anas was responsible for breaking two major trafficking rings in Accra in a year’s time.
He worked undercover for eight months, exposing the ring’s methods of transportation and the identities of immigration officials who were accepting bribes in return for overlooking fake visas and passports. Complete text

FACT SHEETS

Report a Trafficking Victim, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, June 24, 2008
Chart: Human Trafficking Defined, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, January 15, 2008
U.S. Government Efforts to Fight Demand Fueling Human Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, January 7, 2008
Overview of U.S. Government Agencies' Principal Roles to Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, December 20, 2007
Health Consequences of Trafficking in Persons, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, August 8, 2007
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons FY 2006 Project Obligations: Questions and Answers (Q & A), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 23, 2007
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons Obligated Project Funding (Fiscal Year 2006), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 23, 2007
Combating Trafficking in Persons: Protecting the Victims, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration/U.S. Department of State, April 11, 2007
Trafficking in Persons and International Military Organizations, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, February 22, 2007
Civil Rights Division Efforts to Combat Modern-Day Slavery, U.S. Department of Justice, Januar 31, 2007
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, July 27, 2006
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking In Persons FY 2005 Project Obligations: Questions and Answers, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 24, 2006
The President's $50 Million Initiative To Combat Trafficking In Persons: Country Funding, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 12, 2006
The President's $50 Million Initiative To Combat Trafficking In Persons, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 12, 2006
Distinctions Between Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking, The Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center at the U.S. Department of State, April 1, 2006
U.S. Government Anti-Trafficking in Persons Obligated Project Funding (Fiscal Year 2005), Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 29, 2006
United States Government Funded Research Projects on Trafficking in Persons (FY '02-'05) - By Fiscal Year, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 13, 2006
United States Government Funded Research Projects on Trafficking in Persons (FY '02-'05) - By Agency, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 13, 2006
Facts About Human Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, December 7, 2005
Rescuing Victims of Modern-Day Slavery, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, September 22, 2005
The Facts About Child Sex Tourism, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, August 19, 2005
The Facts About Child Soldiers, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, August 8, 2005
The Facts About Children Trafficked For Use As Camel Jockeys, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, August 8, 2005
The Facts About Human Trafficking for Forced Labor, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, July 25, 2005
UN Commission on the Status of Women Adopts U.S. Human Trafficking Resolution, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 18, 2005
U.S. Commitment to Women in Europe and Eurasia, Office of the Senior Coordinator for International Women's Issues/U.S. Department of State, February 14, 2005
Distinctions Between Human Smuggling and Human Trafficking (pdf), The Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center/U.S. Department of Justice, January 2005
Sex Trafficking, the United States, and Europe, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, January 10, 2005
The Link Between Prostitution and Sex Trafficking, Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, November 24, 2004
To End Child Sex Tourism: Fighting Trafficking in Persons (pdf), Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, September 2, 2004
Characteristics of Chinese Human Smugglers (pdf), U.S. National Institute of Justice/Department of Justice, August 2004
Citizen Action: How Can I Help End Modern-Day Slavery?, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, August 9, 2004
How Can I Recognize Trafficking Victims?, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, July 28, 2004

Human Trafficking: A New Form of Slavery

Human Trafficking: A New Form of Slavery, The White House, July 16, 2004
Trafficking in Persons, The White House, June 28, 2004
Facts About Human Trafficking, Bureau of Public Affairs/U.S. Department of State, May 24, 2004
Fighting Human Trafficking Inside the United States, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, May 12, 2004
Human Trafficking, The White House, March 18, 2004
Recent Developments in U.S. Government Efforts to End Human Trafficking, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, February 18, 2004
Trafficking in Persons National Security Presidential Directive, The White House, February 25, 2003
U.S. Justice Targets Human Traffickers, Aids Victims, U.S. Department of Justice, February 25, 2003

REPORTS, DOCUMENTS and SPEECHES

The Profits of Pimping: Abolishing Sex Trafficking in the United States, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Remarks at the Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., July 10, 2008
Trafficking in Persons Report 2008, U.S. Department of State, June 4, 2008 (Chapter on Austria (pdf))
Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, Remarks by Secretary Condoleezza Rice, June 4, 2008
Briefing on the Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report, with Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, June 4, 2008
The 2008 Trafficking in Persons Report, Foreign Press Center Briefing with Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., June 4, 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
Slavery and Supply Chains: What Businesses Can Do To Fight Human Trafficking, Remarks by Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, D.C., May 14, 2008
Attorney General’s Annual Report to Congress and Assessment of the U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons Fiscal Year 2007 (pdf), U.S. Department of Justice, May 2008
Closing the Window of Vulnerability: Preventing Human Trafficking of Migrant Laborers, Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Remarks to the American Society of International Law, Washington, D.C., May 7, 2008
Eradicating Modern-Day Trafficking, Ask America webchat with Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, April 10, 2008
Promising Practices and Public Private Partnerships: The Path Forward To Combat Human Trafficking, Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Remarks at the Promising Practices and Public Private Partnerships Symposium, Washington, D.C., March 25, 2008
A Struggle for Survival: Trafficking of North Korean Women, Remarks by Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, D.C., March 3, 2008
Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, February 28, 2008
UN Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking, Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, National Statement for UN GIFT, Austria Center, Vienna, February 13, 2008
Fighting Demand for Sex Trafficking, Remarks by Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C., February 5, 2008
Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress (pdf), Congressional Research Service/Library of Congress, January 10, 2008
The Impact of 21st Century Slavery and Human Trafficking on Development, Remarks by Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, World Bank, Preston Auditorium, Washington, D.C., December 10, 2007
Combating Human Trafficking, Mark P. Lagon, Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, Remarks before the New York County Lawyer's Association, November 14, 2007
Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, Summer/Fall 2007
In Modern Bondage: An International Perspective on Human Trafficking in the 21st Century, Laura J. Lederer, Senior Advisor on Trafficking in Persons, Office for Democracy and Global Affairs/U.S. Department of State, Remarks at the Federal Acquisition Regulation Compliance Training for Government Contractors, Washington, D.C., July 17, 2007
To Protect: Campaign Against Trafficking in Children, Remarks by Ambassador Gregory L. Schulte, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office in Vienna, Vienna, April 25, 2007
Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, Winter 2006-2007
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales Announces Creation of Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit within the Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, January 31, 2007
Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, January 19, 2007
Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005, Bureau of Justice Statistics/U.S. Department of Justice, October 2006
Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2005 (pdf), various U.S. Departments, September 2006
Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, August 2006
Report on Activities to Combat Human Trafficking, Fiscal Years 2001-2005 (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, March 15, 2006
President Signs H.R. 972, Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, January 10, 2006
Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, January 10, 2006
Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, August 2005
Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2004 (pdf), various U.S. Departments, September 2005
Report to Congress from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2004 (pdf), and Appendix 1 (pdf) and Appendix 2 (pdf) to the Report, U.S. Department of Justice, July 2005
2005 Trafficking in Persons Report, Op-ed, Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, U.S. Department of State, June 14, 2005
Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin (pdf), Civil Rights Division/U.S. Department of Justice, April 2005
Trafficking in Persons Interim Assessment, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, January 3, 2005
Assessment of U.S. Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons (pdf), Report, U.S. Department of Justice, June 2004
Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2003 (pdf) and Appendices to the Report (pdf), U.S. Department of Justice, May 1, 2004
Ending Modern Day Slavery: U.S. Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons, Remarks to The Northern California World Affairs Council by Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, San Francisco, California, March 30, 2004
Presidential Determination with Respect to Foreign Governments' Efforts Regarding Trafficking in Persons, The White House, Washington, D.C., September 9, 2003
Progress Against Trafficking in Persons in Southeastern Europe, Opening Remarks at Conference by Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Washington, D.C., August 1, 2003
Protection Schemes for Victims of Trafficking in Selected EU Member Countries, Candidate and Third Countries (pdf), IOM - International Organization for Migration, 2003
Advancing the Campaign Against Child Labor: Addressing the Worst Forms of Child Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, January 2003
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, U.S. public law, enacted October 28, 2000

U.S. Laws on Trafficking in Persons

PUBLICATIONS and ELECTRONIC JOURNALS

Be Smart, Be Safe...Don't Become a Victim of the Trade in People, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons/U.S. Department of State, March 15, 2007
"2007: The Year of Abolition," article from The State Department at Work in the 21st Century: Global Actions, Electronic Journal, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, February 2007
Responses to Human Trafficking, Electronic Journal, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, June 2003
Arresting Transnational Crime, Electronic Journal, Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State, August 2001

RELATED SUBJECT

(web page compiled by the Bureau of International Information Programs/U.S. Department of State)

Human Rights - Defending human dignity

U.S. GOVERNMENT

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

SELECTED ORGANIZATIONS

Anti-Trafficking - Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights/Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
Trafficking in Human Beings - United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Protection Project - Johns Hopkins University
Anti-Slavery International
Trafficking in Women - Website Guide
Campaign Against the Trafficking of Women and Girls - Human Rights Watch
Initiative Against Trafficking in Persons - International Human Rights Law Group
Counter-Trafficking - International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Is Trafficking in Human Beings Demand Driven? A Multi-Country Pilot Study (pdf), IOM Migration Research Series, No. 15, 2003
First Annual Report on Victims of Trafficking in South Eastern Europe, November 2003
Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: The Case of the Russian Federation (pdf), IOM Migration Research Series, No. 7, 2002

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