The experts, mostly members of an informal working group on human trafficking, told the South Florida Sun Sentinel that legislators are pitching legislation without consulting with them or victims ...

Bipartisan legislation designed to exclude from the trucking industry those involved in human trafficking was advanced to the White House on Dec. 21. Additionally, the House passed the Jobs for ...

The U.S. Senate is expected to pass the "Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act," which "targets both the buying & selling of trafficked victims," after an emotional debate on the Senate floor ...

New legislation would provide legal help for human trafficking victims who have been accused of committing crimes while being exploited. Two linked bills filed this week by state Sen. Rosalind ...

Congress passed the first piece of federal anti-trafficking legislation in 2000. The Trafficking Victims Protection Act defined the crime of human trafficking and set forth a solution framework ...

Feb. 22—SANTA FE — Legislation intended to make it easier to prosecute cases of human trafficking and sexual exploitation won overwhelming approval Monday in the state House and now heads to ...

The law also requires the State Department to report on trafficking in its annual human rights reports on each country, calls for an interagency task force on tracking, and allows the president to ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis signed several bills into law on Tuesday aimed at protecting victims of human trafficking. Last week, 9 Investigates exposed hotels and motels in Florida had ...

The Human Trafficking Law Clinic (HTLC) at Case Western Reserve University School of Law is an interdisciplinary program (involving social work and law students together) that works on three systems ...

Now passed by both the House and Senate, HB405, if signed by Gov. Spencer Cox, will increase penalties for certain human trafficking offenses in the state. Under current law, the human trafficking ...

A flurry of bills filed in the Florida legislature aimed at combatting sex trafficking and assisting victims are facing a backlash from advocates who say they were written hastily, without input ...