Victims of Trafficking and Violence – Renewals & Background

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FASCINATING FINDS WHILE RESEARCHING --

The movie “Taken” (2008) starring Liam Neeson followed by “Taken 2” in 2012 and “Taken 3” in 2014 started in the 2008 movie with the daughter of Liam Neeson’s character being KIDNAPPED IN PARIS FOR SALE AS A SEX SLAVE.

It didn’t take much research to ascertain that “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery” by Siddharth Kara (Columbia U. Press 2009) is “The Bible” on the subject.

Surprises???

(A) Sex Trafficking was already the subject of a 30-page United Nations Convention Against Organized Crime (11/15/2000) buttressed by a 9-page United Nations Protocol “To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children” (12/25/2003) and a 12-page United Nations Protocol “Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea” (1/28/2004)!!!

(B) On 3/18/2009, one of Washington DC’s “Top 5 Liberal Think Tanks” (Foreign Policy in Focus) trashed Prof. Kara’s “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery” AND, BY IMPLICATION, TRASHED THE UNITED NATIONS (!!!) on the grounds that is it senseless to try to counter “the world’s oldest profession”!!!

(C) HOWEVER, in 2016 the United Nations published its 126-page “Global Report on TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS” (original capitalization).

(D) AND IN 2017 the United Nations released a movie entitled “Trafficked” starring Ashley Judd, Anne Archer and Elisabeth Röhm – which the U.N. Press Release said was “inspired by the harrowing stories of real women and girls profiled in the award-winning book ‘Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery’ by Harvard Professor Siddharth Kara.”

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(1) The U.N. Press Release on its 2017 movie “Trafficked” starring Ashley Judd, Anne Archer and Elisabeth Röhm.

(2) The UN’s 126-page “Global Report on TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS” (original capitalization) issued in 2016.

(3) The UN’s description (with an Adobe.pdf file of the actual texts available for download) of its 30-page Convention Against Organized Crime (2000) and its 9-page Protocol “To Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (2003) and its 12-page Protocol “Against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Air and Sea (2004).

(4) A 7/31/2017 article in The London Guardian entitled “‘Human Life Is More Expendable’: Why Slavery Has Never Made More Money – new research shows modern slavery is more lucrative than it has ever been, with sex traffickers reaping the greatest rewards” and containing many interesting statistics from the 2016 UN Report and from the work of Prof. Kara.

(5) A 2009 Financial Times book review of “Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery” by Siddharth Kara.

(6) A 2009 book review of “Sex Trafficking” by the Stanford U. Social Innovation Review.

(7) The disgusting trashing of “Sex Trafficking” AND, BY IMPLICATION, THE DISGUSTING TRASHING OF THE UNITED NATIONS (!!!) by Foreign Policy in Focus (“One of the Top-5 Liberal Washington Think (sic) Tanks”) on the grounds that it is senseless to counter “the world’s oldest profession”!!!
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Our normal attitude toward Wikipedia articles is that they are only as good as their footnotes.

Accordingly, we don’t normally post them on this bulletin board.

However, this Wikipedia article is especially good in commenting not only on the renewals (one after a lapse) of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000.

Including a name change which would have made it difficult to track.

But even more valuable in explaining concisely its relation to other immigration law (including asylum law), and also explaining the significance of its requirement that in order to obtain the benefit of the statute, the victim must participate in the prosecution of the trafficker even though (not stated in the statute) the victim fears retribution from the trafficker against the victim and/or the victim’s loved ones.

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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
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Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

Other short titles William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act
Long title An Act to combat trafficking in persons, especially into the sex trade, slavery, and involuntary servitude, to reauthorize certain Federal programs to prevent violence against women, and for other purposes.
Nicknames Trafficking Victims Protection Act
Enacted by the 106th United States Congress

Effective October 28, 2000
Codification
Acts amended 2003, 2006, 2008
Legislative history
• Introduced in the House as H.R.3244 by Christopher H. Smith on November 8, 1999
• Passed the House on May 9, 2000 (Voice Vote)
• Passed the Senate on July 27, 2000 (Unamious consent)
• Signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 2000
The Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) is a federal statute passed into law in 2000 by the U.S. Congress and signed by President Clinton. The law was later reauthorized by presidents Bush, Obama, and Trump. In addition to its applicability to US citizens, it has the ability to authorize protections for undocumented immigrants who are victims of severe forms of trafficking and violence.[1]

Contents
• 1 History
• 2 Amendments
o 2.1 Proposed
• 3 Determinations
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

History

The Trafficking Victims Protection Act was subsequently renewed in 2003, 2006, 2008 (when it was renamed the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008). The law lapsed in 2011. In 2013, the entirety of the Trafficking Victims Protection was attached as an amendment to the Violence Against Women Act and passed.[2] There are two stipulations an applicant has to meet in order to receive the benefits of the T-Visa. First, a victim of trafficking must prove/admit to being a victim of a severe form of trafficking and second must be a part of the prosecution of his or her trafficker. This law does not apply to immigrants seeking admission to the United States for other immigration purposes.

Public Law No: 115-393 (12/21/2018) reauthorized the TVPA in 2018, as part of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017[3].

Since the law requires the applicant to become part of the prosecution of his or her trafficker, trafficked persons may be fearful of retaliation upon the self or the family and thus serves as a major deterrent to individuals even considering application. The law contains provisions for protection of those who are categorized as victims of human trafficking, primarily for sex, smuggling, and forced labor forms of exploitation.

The TVPA allowed for the establishment of the Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, which coordinates with foreign governments to protect trafficking victims, prevent trafficking, and prosecute traffickers.[4]

Amendments

Proposed

• Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act of 2013 (H.R. 3530; 113th Congress) - this bill established in the Treasury the Domestic Trafficking Victims' Fund into which such penalties shall be deposited and which shall be used in FY2015-FY2019 to award grants or enhance victims' programming under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005, and the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990.[5] The bill also amended the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to direct the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make a determination, based on credible evidence, that a covered individual (i.e., a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident) has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking.[5] It was scheduled to be voted on in the House on May 20, 2014 under a suspension of the rules.[6]

• Human Trafficking Prevention Act (H.R. 4449; 113th Congress) - this bill required regular training and briefings for some federal government personnel to raise awareness of human trafficking and help employees spot cases of it.[7][8]

Determinations

On September 30, 2017, President Donald Trump made a Presidential determination under 22 U.S.C. § 7107 (Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons).[9][10]

See also
• Bureau of International Labor Affairs
• Child Soldiers Prevention Act
• Human trafficking in the United States
• Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
• United States Department of State
References
1.
• Siskin, Alison; Wyler, Liana Sun (Feb 2013). "Trafficking in Persons: US Policy and Issues for Congress". Congressional Research Service.
• • "Breaking News: Violence Against Women Act & Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorisation Act Passed". Not For Sale. Retrieved 23 May 2013.
• • [https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-con ... -bill/1312 S.1312 - Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017 115th Congress (2017-2018)]
• • "About Us." U.S. Department of State. Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, n.d. Web. 01 Apr. 2013.
• • "H.R. 3530 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
• • Marcos, Cristina (16 May 2014). "Next week: Lawmakers to debate defense and drones". The Hill. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
• • Marcos, Cristina (24 July 2014). "House passes bills to prevent human trafficking". The Hill. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
• • "H.R. 4449 - Summary". United States Congress. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
• • "Presidential Determination With Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons". JURIST. United States: JURIST Legal News & Research Services, Inc. University of Pittsburgh School of Law. October 27, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
10. • "Presidential Determination for the Secretary of State with Respect to the Efforts of Foreign Governments Regarding Trafficking in Persons" (PDF). Federal Register. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. September 30, 2017. Archived from the original on October 27, 2017. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
External links
• Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
• INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE, FORCED LABOR, and SEX TRAFFICKING STATUTES ENFORCED at the Department of Justice
• National Geographic September 2003 pp 23.
• List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor
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• United States federal criminal legislation
• United States federal immigration and nationality legislation
• Human trafficking in the United States
• 2000 in American law
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