The mission of TraffickingWatch.org is to provide information about human trafficking, particularly as it relates to the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2007.
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The mission of TraffickingWatch.org is to provide information about human trafficking, particularly as it relates to the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2007.
The Congressional Research Service, a department within the Library of Congress, recently issued a report, "Trafficking in Persons: U.S. Policy and Issues for Congress." The report lays out the current trafficking problem in the United States. From a brief look of its contents, the report seems to strongly support H.R. 3887.The organization asserts that it takes a non-partisan approach to its research. Read More
"The real problem with inflated numbers for trafficking victims is that they create pressure for a quick policy fix. But human trafficking is intertwined with larger issues of immigration policy, poverty reduction, access to education, workers' rights (on farms, in restaurants and as domestic help), women's rights, and official corruption. Rather than tackle this briar patch, the tendency has been to call it all "sex trafficking" and stage splashy raids on brothels.
Such "rescues" not only fail to stop human trafficking, they also sweep up and demonize sex workers who have entered the trade on their own, driving them underground and closing off the opportunity to recruit them as allies against trafficking.”
SAPNA PATEL
Staff Attorney
Sex Workers Project
Urban Justice Center
New York