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What is Trafficking and Victims Protection Act (TVPA)

Chapter 1
Paths to the Prevention and Detection of Human Trafficking
Established in 2000 the Trafficking Victims Protection Act ( U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act, 2000 ) is the cornerstone of counter-trafficking efforts. It provides guidance for identifying and defining human trafficking, and it authorizes legislation and appropriations for subsequent counter-trafficking measures both within and outside of the US federal government. It is designed to punish traffickers, protect victims, and facilitate prevention efforts in the fight against human trafficking. Under this law traffickers can be sent to prison for up to 20 years for each victim.
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Synthesizing Anti-Human Trafficking Efforts: The Paths Already Taken, Amplifiers of Risk, and the Paths Forward
Sharon K. Andrews (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA) and Caroline M. Crawford (University of Houston-Clear Lake, USA)
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-3926-5.ch001
Abstract
Anti-human trafficking efforts have been broadly classified as originating from within governmental and non-governmental organizations. This chapter presents a framing overview of these efforts, as well as the known vulnerability risks to trafficking as introductory material. This is followed by the identification and supporting discussion of a set of vulnerability amplifiers that may increase the vulnerability of victims to trafficking. These amplifiers include the presence of social normalization of deviance, a lack of enforcement of labor laws, a remaining lack of recognition regarding labor trafficking, and resulting ramifications. These risk amplifiers form the basis for a set of paths forward principles, offered to guide community development actions to improve prevention and detection of human trafficking.
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