Human Trafficking, Interdisciplinary Conference on
Human Trafficking: Data and Documents
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Date of this Version
2004
Abstract
The U.S. Government adopted a strong position against legalized prostitution in a December 2002 National Security Presidential Directive based on evidence that prostitution is inherently harmful and dehumanizing, and fuels trafficking in persons, a form of modern-day slavery.
Prostitution and related activities—including pimping and patronizing or maintaining brothels—fuel the growth of modern-day slavery by providing a façade behind which traffickers for sexual exploitation operate.
Comments
Published by the U.S. Department of State, November 2004.