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Today we announced indictments against seven individuals tied to two trafficking operations in New Jersey, and we remain relentless in our fight to hold perpetrators accountable.https://t.co ...
The Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act passed on a unanimous vote. The co-sponsors are Del. Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, D-Northern Mariana Islands, and Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Mo.
On February 27, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package was passed in the House of Representatives with a vote of 388–25. [1] On March 21, 2018, the FOSTA-SESTA package bill passed the Senate with a vote of 97–2, with only senators Ron Wyden and Rand Paul voting against it. [2] The bill was signed into law by President Donald Trump on April 11, 2018 ...
To shine a light on the trafficking happening daily across our country, Congress designated Jan. 11 as National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking occurs in two fashions: sex ...
Smith is the dean of New Jersey's congressional delegation and the longest-serving member of Congress in New Jersey's history. [1] He has focused much of his career on promoting human rights abroad, including authoring the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 and several follow-on laws.
The Stop Advertising Victims of Exploitation Act of 2014 (H.R. 4225; SAVE Act of 2014) is a bill that would prohibit knowingly benefitting financially from, receiving anything of value from, or distributing advertising that offers a commercial sex act in a manner that violates federal criminal code prohibitions against sex trafficking of children or of any person by force, fraud, or coercion. [1]
January is National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, an effort to raise awareness, including how the public can identify and prevent it. Trafficking victims take many shapes, law enforcement ...
The Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 is a bill that would authorize the appropriation of $25 million annually over the 2015-2019 period for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide grants to states and other recipients aimed at improving the enforcement of laws against human trafficking and to assist victims of such crimes. [1]