Federal Prosecution of Human Trafficking, 2001-2005

Authors

U.S. Department of Justice

Date of this Version

2006

Comments

Published by the U.S. Department of Justice, October 2006.

Abstract

Between 2001 and 2005, U.S. attorneys investigated 555 suspects in matters involving violations of Federal human trafficking statutes. Over half of the matters (58%) opened during this period were for offenses created under the Trafficking in Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000.