U.S. Enacts Act to Protect Victims from International Trafficking of Women and Children

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Monday, January 1, 2001
Author: 
Bruce Zagaris
Volume: 
17
Issue: 
1
29
Abstract: 
On October 28, 2000, President Clinton signed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 that provides for protection to victims of international trafficking, strengthens criminal penalties against certain traffickers, and penalizes countries that do not substantially prevent, punish, and cooperate in the growing transnational crime…[more]