End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act

New US Human Trafficking Law Mandates Referral of Substantiated Allegations
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New US Human Trafficking Law Mandates Referral of Substantiated Allegations

ByEyes on Trafficking News

The US End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022 (“Act”) was signed into law on October 17, 2022. This Act amends the Monitoring and Investigation of Trafficking in Persons statute (22 U.S.C. § 7104b) and requires agencies to refer to the agency’s suspending and debarring official (“SDO”): Substantiated allegations1 of human trafficking against…

US contractors that commit human trafficking must no longer slip through the cracks
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US contractors that commit human trafficking must no longer slip through the cracks

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Startling reports from the Washington Post, NBC News and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICRJ) last week paint a sordid picture of the reality of human trafficking carried out by some U.S. government contractors on American military bases abroad. Confiscated passports, false promises of a job, restriction of movement, horrible working conditions — a confluence of factors that points…

New Law Increases Government Scrutiny of Contractor Compliance with Anti-Trafficking Provisions
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New Law Increases Government Scrutiny of Contractor Compliance with Anti-Trafficking Provisions

ByEyes on Trafficking News

President Biden recently signed bipartisan legislation reinforcing anti-human trafficking prohibitions. The End Human Trafficking in Government Contracts Act of 2022 builds on the existing anti-human trafficking framework at Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) § 52.222-50 (Combatting Trafficking in Persons) by requiring agencies to refer contractor reports of potential human trafficking activity directly to an agency suspension…

Multiple stories: Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation, Without Sex Buyers…, Online Grooming Training, more
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Multiple stories: Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation, Without Sex Buyers…, Online Grooming Training, more

ByEyes on Trafficking News

Six Iowa and Nebraska Trafficked Adolescents Freed in FBI Operation Six adolescents in Iowa and Nebraska are safe following a recent human trafficking investigation. Federal, state and local police in Iowa and Nebraska freed the children as part of a nationwide law enforcement campaign dubbed “Operation Cross Country,” according to a statement from the FBI’s…