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

U.S. 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

U.S. Department of Justice

Available online at: Report to Congress FY07

Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report

U.S. Department of State

Available online at: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/index.htm

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Website:  http://www.justice.gov/crt/crim/wetf/trafficbrochure.php

U.S. 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/

U.S. Department of State

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Website:  http://www.state.gov/g/tip/

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Human Smuggling/Human Trafficking Unit

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