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| ====== 4.5.1 Human Trafficking ====== | ====== 4.5.1 Human Trafficking ====== | ||
| - | [[cbdc:private:cbdc_omg:04_doc:15_common:48_natsec:start | Return to National Security Considerations]] | + | |< 100% >| |
| + | | [[cbdc:public:cbdc_omg:04_doc:15_common:48_natsec:start| Return to National Security Considerations]] | <WRAP> | ||
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| + | <a href="mailto:[email protected]?Subject=OMG's CBDC WG Response: | ||
| + | 4.5.1 Human Trafficking | ||
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| ===== Overview ===== | ===== Overview ===== | ||
| - | [[cbdc:private:cbdc_omg:04_doc:15_common:48_natsec:10_human_traf | Return to Top]] | + | [[cbdc:public:cbdc_omg:04_doc:15_common:48_natsec:10_human_traf| Return to Top]] |
| - | |< 100% 25% >| | + | The U.S. Department of Justice defines [[https://www.omgwiki.org/dido/doku.php?id=dido:public:ra:xapend:xapend.a_glossary:h:human_trafficking | Human Trafficking ]] as: |
| - | ^ Law or Regulation ^ Description | | + | |
| + | : //**Human Trafficking**, also known as trafficking in persons or modern-day slavery, is a crime that involves compelling or coercing a person to provide labor or services, or to engage in commercial sex acts. The coercion can be subtle or overt, physical or psychological. The exploitation of a minor for commercial sex is human trafficking, regardless of whether any form of force, fraud, or coercion was used.[[https://www.justice.gov/humantrafficking/what-is-human-trafficking]]// | ||
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| + | ===== U.S. Laws and Regulations ===== | ||
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| + | There is no single U.S. law or regulation covering **Human Trafficking**, but a whole set of laws. Table {{ref>humanTraffic}} outlines most of the laws as determined by [[https://www.dhs.gov/human-trafficking-laws-regulations | U.S. Department of Homeland Security]] and by the [[https://www.americanbar.org/groups/human_rights/human-trafficking/trafficking-legislation/ | American Bar Association]]. | ||
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| + | There are roughly 14 Laws and Regulations in the U.S. covering Human Trafficking. | ||
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| + | <table humanTraffic> | ||
| + | <caption>List of U.S. Laws and Regulations covering Human Trafficking.</caption> | ||
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| + | ^ Law or Regulation ^ Description | | ||
| ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/644/text | Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015]]| <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/644/text | Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015]]| <WRAP> | ||
| The **Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015** allows for stiffer enforcement by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency of supply chains of goods made by child or forced labor. The Act enables ICE to investigate the production of any good reported to be a product of child or forced labor and ban the goods from entry into the U.S. | The **Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015** allows for stiffer enforcement by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency of supply chains of goods made by child or forced labor. The Act enables ICE to investigate the production of any good reported to be a product of child or forced labor and ban the goods from entry into the U.S. | ||
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| ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/7311 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA of 2008) ]] | <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/110th-congress/house-bill/7311 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 (TVPRA of 2008) ]] | <WRAP> | ||
| - | **TVPRA of 2008** expanded anti trafficking prevention strategies and expanded protections available with the T Visa. It also regulated that all unaccompanied alien children be screened as potential victims of human trafficking.</WRAP>| | + | **TVPRA of 2008** expanded anti-trafficking prevention strategies and expanded protections available with the T Visa. It also regulated that all unaccompanied alien children be screened as potential victims of human trafficking.</WRAP>| |
| ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/972 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA of 2005) ]] | <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/109th-congress/house-bill/972 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005 (TVPRA of 2005) ]] | <WRAP> | ||
| **TVPRA of 2005** established a pilot program for sheltering human trafficking victims who are minors and provided grant programs to assist state and local law enforcement combat trafficking. It also included provisions to combat sex tourism and regulated government contracts to ensure they are not made with individuals or organizations that promote or engage in human trafficking. | **TVPRA of 2005** established a pilot program for sheltering human trafficking victims who are minors and provided grant programs to assist state and local law enforcement combat trafficking. It also included provisions to combat sex tourism and regulated government contracts to ensure they are not made with individuals or organizations that promote or engage in human trafficking. | ||
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| ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2620 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (TVPRA of 2003) ]]| <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.congress.gov/bill/108th-congress/house-bill/2620 | Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003 (TVPRA of 2003) ]]| <WRAP> | ||
| - | **TVPRA of 2003** established human trafficking as a chargeable crime under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. It provided a civil right of action for trafficking victims to sue their traffickers. It further protected victims and their families from deportation, and required that the Attorney General report to Congress annually on the activities of the U.S. government in the fight against trafficking.</WRAP>| | + | **TVPRA of 2003** established human trafficking as a chargeable crime under the Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations (RICO) statute. It provided a civil right of action for trafficking victims to sue their traffickers. It further protected victims and their families from deportation and required that the Attorney General report to Congress annually on the activities of the U.S. government in the fight against trafficking.</WRAP>| |
| ^ [[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ386/pdf/PLAW-106publ386.pdf | Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)]]| <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/PLAW-106publ386/pdf/PLAW-106publ386.pdf | Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA)]]| <WRAP> | ||
| - | **TVPA** of 2000 established methods of prosecuting traffickers, preventing human trafficking, and protecting victims and survivors of trafficking. The act establishes human trafficking and related offenses as federal crimes. It established the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which is required to publish a Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report each year. The TIP report describes and ranks the efforts of countries to combat human trafficking. The act also established the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which assists in the implementation of the TVPA. It provides for restitution for victims and immigration relief through the T Visa. | + | **TVPA of 2000** established methods of prosecuting traffickers, preventing human trafficking, and protecting victims and survivors of trafficking. The act established human trafficking and related offenses as federal crimes. It established the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which is required to publish a Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report each year. The TIP report describes and ranks the efforts of countries to combat human trafficking. The act also established the Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking, which assists in the implementation of the TVPA. It provides for restitution for victims and immigration relief through the T Visa. |
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| ^ [[ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/executive-order-strengthening-protections-against-trafficking-persons-fe | Executive Order on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts]] | <WRAP> | ^ [[ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/09/25/executive-order-strengthening-protections-against-trafficking-persons-fe | Executive Order on Strengthening Protections Against Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts]] | <WRAP> | ||
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| ^ [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mann_act | Mann Act]]| <WRAP> | ^ [[https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/mann_act | Mann Act]]| <WRAP> | ||
| - | The **Mann Act**, also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 and its subsequent amendment resolutions, makes it a felony to knowingly persuade, induce, entice, or coerce an individual to travel across state lines to engage in prostitution or attempts to do so. It is an effective tool used to prosecute human traffickers. | + | The **Mann Act**, also known as the White-Slave Traffic Act of 1910 and its subsequent amendment resolutions, makes it a felony to knowingly persuade, induce, entice, or coerce an individual to travel across state lines to engage in prostitution or attempt to do so. It is an effective tool used to prosecute human traffickers. |
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