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National Survey of Residential Programs for Victims of Sex Trafficking
Key findings Through a survey, researchers sought to learn about residential programs for trafficking victims in the U.S. The purpose …
Boys & CSEC
What? In the anti-trafficking movement, male victims are often overlooked and underserved. While there are a number of similarities between …
Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking
The Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings requires States Parties to adopt measures to assist …
Male Victims
The lens through which first responders understand the face of human trafficking greatly affects their process of screening and identifying …
Human Trafficking: the Missing Male Victim
On March 7, 2013, President Barack Obama signed a bill reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The reauthorization of …
Labor Trafficking Fact Sheet
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA) defines labor trafficking as: “The recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of …
Did You Know Men And Boys Can Be Victims Of Sex Trafficking, Too?
The perception of what trafficking victims look like can often jump to mind: young, foreign, female. There are many victims …
Human Trafficking Survivors Are Often Criminalized. Free to Thrive’s Jamie Beck Is Providing Legal Support
Human trafficking is increasingly identified as an insidious societal problem. The statistics are staggering: Human trafficking is estimated to be a $150 …
Grab and Go – TVPA Fact Sheet: What You Need to Know
A quick summary of what you need to know about each reauthorization to understand the TVPA legislation In 2000, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), creating resources to combat human trafficking domestically and internationally and reauthorized five times. Each reauthorization contains provisions aiming to protect human trafficking victims, which should be understood and accessible to anyone wanting to be involved in the fight against trafficking.
TVPA Compilation of Reauthorizations 2000-2018
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) was initially passed in 2000 and is the U.S. legal framework for combating human trafficking both domestically and internationally. Since then, it has been reauthorized five times. This document consolidates the changes of the various reauthorizations to the TVPA.