Trends in Organized Crime
Volume 12, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 235-250

Traffick jam: A policy review of the United States' Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (Article)

Wooditch A.C. , DuPont-Morales M.A. , Hummer D.*
  • a George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States
  • b California State University Fresno, Fresno, CA, United States
  • c Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, PA, United States

Abstract

The United States enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 to combat organized networks specializing in the illicit transport of human beings across political and geographical boundaries. This response has engendered conflicting definitions and competing agendas attributable to the definition set forth by the TVPA, which divides the crime into 'sex' verses 'labor' trafficking. The European Union (EU) adopted a different and detailed definition introduced by the United Nations. This paper explores the disparity in anti-trafficking policies of the United States and the EU. By contrasting these efforts, recommendations to strengthen U. S. policy by adapting certain EU practices to an American context are suggested. © 2009 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.

Author Keywords

Policy recommendations United States Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 Human trafficking prevention European Union

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84864692706&doi=10.1007%2fs12117-009-9069-x&partnerID=40&md5=8f72b7974a0fa23c9fb0992983f9f237
DOI: 10.1007/s12117-009-9069-x
ISSN: 10844791
Cited by: 4
Original Language: English