Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on US Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2003

Trafficking in persons is a horrific crime & grotesque violation of human rights. An est. 700,000 people continue to be trafficked across internat. borders each year having been bought, sold, transported or held in slavery-like conditions for sex & labor exploitation. About 15,000 people are trafficked annually into the U.S. Report contents: Services Given Domestically to Trafficking Victims (TV): TV Served by gov't. agen.; Immigration Ben. Given to TV: Cont'd. Presence & Nonimm. Status; Invest. & Prosec. of Trafficking in Persons; Internat. Grants to Combat Trafficking; Training & Outreach: Training of NGOs; HHS Campaign; Domestic Law Enforce. Train.; & Internat. Law Enforce. Train.; & Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons. Illus.Ashcroft, John is the author of 'Report to Congress from Attorney General John Ashcroft on US Government Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons in Fiscal Year 2003', published 2005 under ISBN 9780756748258 and ISBN 0756748259.