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Prosecuting Human Trafficking Cases: Lessons Learned and Promising Practices

NCJ Number
223972
Date Published
June 2008
Length
94 pages
Annotation
This study examined the effectiveness of existing U.S. Federal and State legislation in providing prosecutors with the tools needed to gain convictions of those charged with human trafficking, defined as “the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit a person for profit.”
Abstract
This study examined the effectiveness of existing U.S. Federal and State legislation in providing prosecutors with the tools needed to gain convictions of those charged with human trafficking, defined as "the use of force, fraud, or coercion to exploit a person for profit."

Date Published: June 1, 2008