U.S. Anti-Trafficking Laws, Government Reports & Websites

U.S. Federal Anti-Trafficking Laws

States with Passed Anti-Trafficking Laws

Government Reports & Websites

U.S. Federal Anti-Trafficking Laws

Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000

Available online at:  TVPA 2000

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2003

Available online at:  TVPRA 2003

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2005

Available online at:  TVPRA 2005

States with Passed Anti-Trafficking Laws

ARIZONA

• "Trafficking of Persons for Forced Labor or Services"

• "Sex Trafficking"

ARKANSAS

• An Act Relating to Trafficking of Persons

CALIFORNIA

• "California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery"

• "False Imprisonment"

COLORADO

• "A Bill For an Act Concerning a Prohibition Against Trafficking in Humans, and Making an Appropriation in Connection Therewith" (signed by Governor May 30, 2006 )

FLORIDA

• "Human Trafficking"

• "Sex Trafficking"

• "Selling or Buying of Minors into Sex Trafficking or Prostitution"

GEORGIA

• Section 3 and 4 "Trafficking in Persons Criminal Provisions" (Effective July 1, 2007)

IDAHO

• "An Act Relating to Human Trafficking"

ILLINOIS

• "Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude"

INDIANA

• "An Act to Amend the Indiana Code Concerning Criminal Law and Procedure" (Effective July 1, 2006)

IOWA

• "An Act relating to human trafficking and related offenses including the provision of law enforcement training and victim assistance programs, and providing penalties." (Signed by Governor)

KANSAS

• Sections 2 and 3"Trafficking"

LOUISIANA

• "Human Trafficking"

MICHIGAN

• "Human Trafficking"

• "Code of Criminal Procedure" (Effective August 24, 2006)

MINNESOTA

• "Trafficking in Persons"

MISSISSIPPI

• Sections 2-6 "Anti-Human Trafficking" (Effective July 1, 2006)

MISSOURI

• "Sex Offenses" (Sections .200, .203, .206, .209, .212, .215, .223)

NEVADA

• "Involuntary Servitude; Purchase or Sale of Person"

NEW JERSEY

• "Human Trafficking"

SOUTH CAROLINA

• "A Bill to Amend the Code of South Carolina by Adding Article 10"

TEXAS

• "Trafficking of Persons"

WASHINGTON

• "Trafficking"

Government Reports & Websites

Report on Activities to Combat Human Trafficking

Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Available online at:  Report to Congress FY05

Report to Congress on U.S. Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons,

May 2008.

Department of Justice

Available online at: Report to Congress FY07

Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, June 2005.

U.S. Department of State.

Available online at:

2008 TIP Report

2007 TIP Report

2006 TIP Report

2005 TIP Report

2004 TIP Report

2003 TIP Report

2002 TIP Report

2001 TIP Report

US Department of Justice

Civic Rights Division

Website:  http://www.usdoj.gov/whatwedo/whatwedo_ctip.html

US Department of Health and Human Services

The Campaign to Rescue and Restore

Administration for Children and Families

370 L'Enfant Promenade, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201

Website: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking/

US Department of State

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Headed by Ambassador John Miller

Website:  http://www.state.gov/g/tip/

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Human Smuggling/Human Trafficking Unit

Website: http://www.ice.gov/partners/investigations/human/humantrafficking.htm