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The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) is a United States federal law that was enacted in 2000 to combat human trafficking, which includes both sex trafficking and labor trafficking. The TVPA, essentially, defines human trafficking as the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit individuals for labor or commercial sex. The law provides for criminal penalties for traffickers, as well as assistance and support for victims of trafficking, including legal services, health care, and counseling. The TVPA has been reauthorized and amended several times, most recently in 2018. It is administered by the Office of Trafficking in Persons within the Department of State.
In February, she sued the company for labor trafficking. Gonzalez spent those … to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, ICE and the Department of Labor calling on them to help GEO defend itself …
Sex trafficking in America is commonly misunderstood by much of the population.
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GCF Serving as Subject Matter Expert to the Department of Defense One of the most horrific abuses we encounter in our work atGlobal Centurion Foundation(GCF) is when those entrusted to protect and defend wittingly or unwittingly exploit and abuse the most vulnerable among us. These tragedies often serve as a wake-up call for the government […]
Human trafficking is often thought of as only sexual activities, but a much larger population of victims is involved in labor trafficking. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines labor trafficking as: “The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or…
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