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 2000

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2003

Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2005

William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act 2008

States with Passed Anti-Trafficking Laws

ALABAMA

• Code of Alabama: §13A-6-150 through 13A-6-160 "Article 8 Human Trafficking"

ALASKA

• §11-41-360 "Human Trafficking in the First Degree"

• §11-41-365 "Human Trafficking in the Second Degree"

ARIZONA

• "Sex Trafficking"

• "Trafficking of Persons for Forced Labor or Services"

ARKANSAS

• §5-11-108 under Subtitle 2 "Trafficking of Persons"

• "An Act Relating to Trafficking of Persons"

CALIFORNIA

• "False Imprisonment"

• "Human Trafficking Caseworker-Victim Privilege"

• "California Alliance to Combat Trafficking and Slavery"

COLORADO

• Colorado Revised Statutes: Title 18, Article 3 "Part 5- Human Trafficking and Slavery"

• "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 )

CONNECTICUT

• “Trafficking in Persons: Class B Felony”

• “Action for Damages Resulting from Trafficking in Persons”

• "Forfeiture of Moneys and Property Related to Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking”

DELAWARE

• §787 "Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude"

FLORIDA

• “Human Trafficking”

GEORGIA

• “§ 16-5-46 under Article 3 "Trafficking of Persons for Labor or Sexual Servitude”

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

IDAHO

• “Human Trafficking”

ILLINOIS

• "Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude"

INDIANA

• “Human and Sexual Trafficking”

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

IOWA

• Iowa Code: Title XVI, Subtitle 1, "Chapter 710A Human Trafficking"

KANSAS

• “Human Trafficking”

• "Aggravated Human Trafficking"

KENTUCKY

• .100 and .110 "Human Trafficking"

LOUISIANA

• "Human Trafficking"

• “Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes"

MARYLAND

• § 11-303 through 11-306 "Human Trafficking and Prostitution"

• § 3-701

MICHIGAN

• "Human Trafficking"

MINNESOTA

• "Trafficking in Persons"

• “Unlawful Conduct with Respect to Documents in Furtherance of Labor or Sex Trafficking”

MISSISSIPPI

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

MISSOURI

• 566.203 through 566.223 "Trafficking"

MONTANA

• “Trafficking of Persons for Involuntary Servitude”

• “Subjecting Another to Involuntary Servitude”

NEBRASKA

• 28-830 through 28-832 "Human Trafficking"

NEVADA

• "Involuntary Servitude; Purchase or Sale of Person"

NEW HAMPSHIRE

• § 633:5 through 633:9 "Trafficking in Persons"

NEW JERSEY

• "Human Trafficking"

NEW MEXICO

• 2010 NMSA, Statutory Chapters, § 30-52 "Human Trafficking"

NEW YORK

• "Sex Trafficking"

• "Services for Victims of Human Trafficking"

NORTH CAROLINA

• "Human Trafficking”

NORTH DAKOTA

• “Human Trafficking”

OHIO

• “Trafficking in Persons”

• “Mandatory Prison Term- Furtherance of Human Trafficking”

OKLAHOMA

• §21-748 "Human Trafficking”

OREGON

• 163.266"Trafficking in Persons”

PENNSYLVANIA

• “Trafficking of Persons”

RHODE ISLAND

• “Trafficking of Persons and Involuntary Servitude”

SOUTH CAROLINA

• §16-3-930 "Trafficking in Persons for Forced Labor or Services"

SOUTH DAKOTA

• “Human Trafficking”

TENNESSEE

• §39-13-309 under Part 3 “Trafficking for Sexual Servitude”

• §37-5, Part 4 “Trafficking in Children”

TEXAS

• “Trafficking of Persons”

UTAH

• “Human Trafficking”

VERMONT

• "Slave Traffic"

• "Sex Trafficking of Children"

• "Exploitation of Services"

VIRGINIA

• "Abduction with Intent to Extort Money or for Immoral Purpose"

• "Taking, Detaining, etc., Person for Prostitution, etc., or Consenting Thereto"

WASHINGTON

• "Trafficking" (A new bill will go into effect on 7/22/11.)

WEST VIRGINIA

• "Abduction of Person"

WISCONSIN

• 940.302 "Human Trafficking"

• 948.051 "Trafficking of a Child"

Government Reports & Websites

Report on U.S. Government Activities to Combat Human Trafficking

June 2006

U.S. Department of Justice

Civil Rights Division

Available online at:  Report to Congress FY05

Report on U.S. Government Activities to Combat Trafficking in Persons

May 2007

U.S. Department of Justice

Available online at:  Report to Congress FY06

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

May 2008

U.S. Department of Justice

Available online at: Report to Congress FY07

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

June 2009

U.S. Department of Justice

Available online at: Report to Congress FY08

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

July 2010

U.S. Department of Justice

Available online at: Report to Congress FY09

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/about/crm/htpu.php#tra

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/human-trafficking/