Official Texts Archive - Trafficking

April 12
American Leads Eminent Persons Group to Study Slavery in Sudan
February 14
President Establishes U.S. Task Force on Trafficking in Persons
Fact Sheet on Future U.S. Activities Against Trafficking in Persons
Fact Sheet on U.S. Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons

February 5
U.S. Seeks to Help Victims of Modern-Day Slavery, Trafficking in Persons

January 31
U.S. Explains to OSCE New Visa for Trafficking Victims

Attorney General John Ashcroft prepares to implement the T-visa, designed to help victims of human trafficking, Jan. 24. (AP/Wide World Photo)

January 24
U.S. Launches New Visa for Victims of Human Trafficking

January 8, 2002
Excerpts: IOM Finds 120,000 Trafficking Victims in W. Europe Annually

December 20
Text: West African States Agree on Plan to Combat Human Trafficking

December 14
UNICEF Calls for End to Sexual Exploitation of Children

December 10
Transcript: Justice Department on Illegal Immigrant Smuggling Ring
Text: Regional Bus Company Charged in Historic Migrant Smuggling Case

Afghan children at a refugee camp in Tajikistan, near the Afghan border October 15. (AP/WW Photo) Enlargement

August 8
Byliner: Trafficking in Human Beings:
The Slavery that Surrounds Us

July 24
Text: Attorney General Ashcroft Visits U.S.-Mexico Border

Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, answers questions on trafficking report. IIP photo/Barry Fitzgerald Enlargement

July 12
Excerpt: Introduction to Trafficking in Persons Report
Fact Sheet: The U.S. Government��s International Anti-Trafficking In Persons Initiatives
State Department Releases Trafficking in Persons Report
Transcript: Powell, Dobriansky Briefing on Trafficking Report
Excerpts: Western Hemisphere Segments of Human Trafficking Report

June 27
Article: INS Reports on Largest Anti-Smuggling Crackdown in the Americas

June 22
Text: U.S.-Mexico Joint Communiqu��on Migration, Border Safety

May 25
Presidents Bush, Fox Confer on Deaths of Mexicans in Arizona

May 24
U.S., Mexico Joint Statement on Deaths of Migrants in Arizona Desert

April 25
Excerpt: IOM Figures on Global Scale of Trafficking

April 24
Text: Int'l Organization for Migration Data on Human Trafficking in Kosovo

March 06
Excerpts: Trafficking Victims Rescued in Bosnia

February 15
Text: International Organization Rescues Trafficking Victims

February 14
Article: Crime Convention Will Soon Advance to U.S. Senate

February 07
Transcript: U.S. OSCE Envoy Praises Bosnia for Trafficking Conviction

February 05
Text: U.N. Mission in Kosovo on First Trafficking Conviction

February 01
Text: International Organization Describes Kyrgyz Trafficking

January 26, 2001
Text: IOM on Trafficking in Southeast Asia

January 9, 2001
Transcript:"Dialogue" on Chinese Alien Smuggling

December 15, 2000
Fact Sheet: Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking in Persons Coordination Center

December 13
Text: Under Secretary Loy's Speech to Transnational Crime Conference

December 7
Text: International Organization on Anti-Trafficking Campaign
Text: U.S. OSCE Ambassador on Anti-Trafficking Efforts in Bosnia

November 17
Article: New U.N. Treaty Targets International Crime

November 15
Excerpts: UNGA Adopts Documents on Transnational Crime, Trafficking

November 6
Text: Costa Rican Authorities Arrest Alien Smuggling Kingpin

October 28
Text: Clinton statement on signing of anti-trafficking bill
Text: Clinton radio address on anti-trafficking bill

October 17
Text: INS, Central American Governments Disrupt Alien Smuggling Operations

October 12
Text: Clinton Statement on Passage of Anti-Trafficking Law

October 8
Text: Albright on Passage of Trafficking Victims Protection Act

October 6
Text: Clinton on Combating Violence, Trafficking in Humans

Chinese alien smuggling:
Article: Chinese Illegal Aliens: What Motivates Them
Article: Quest for the "Good Life" Threatens Marriages of Illegal Aliens
Article: Traveling Illegally to the United States Risky by Air, Sea or Land
Article: Few Chinese Illegals Find "Mountain of Gold" in the United States
Article: Meissner Says Cooperative U.S.-China Anti-Smuggling Efforts Succeeding
Article: More Nations Cooperate to Fight Alien Smuggling, Trafficking

September 22
Text: IOM Briefing on Trafficking Rescue

August 31
Article: Campaign to Eliminate Global Gender Violence Begins Nov. 25

August 2, 2000
Article: U.S. Senate Passes Bill Aimed at Combating Sex Trafficking

August 1, 2000
Text: Senator Wellstone on Senate Passage of Anti-Sex Trafficking Bill

July 5, 2000
Transcript: Clinton Remarks at UN Children's Protocol Signing Ceremony

June 20, 2000
Text: OSCE/ODIHR Issues Recommendations to Fight Trafficking

June 19, 2000
Text: OSCE Holds Follow-up to Oslo Meeting on Trafficking in Women

June 16, 2000
Article: OSCE to Host June 19 Meeting on Human Trafficking

June 15, 2000
Text: OSCE Press Release on Human Trafficking Meeting

June 5, 2000
Fact Sheet: United States, Ukraine to Co-sponsor June Law Enforcement Workshop

May 24, 2000
Text: Rep. McDermott on AIDS risk in Human Trafficking

April 12, 2000
Article: Study Launched on Trafficking of Women and Children in the Americas

April 5, 2000
Testimony: U.S. Justice Department Official on Trafficking in Persons

April 4, 2000
Testimony: Statement of Maria, a Trafficking Survivor from Mexico
Testimony: Statement of Rosa, a Trafficking Survivor from Mexico
Testimony: Statement of Marsha, a Trafficking Survivor from Russia
Testimony: Statement of Olga, a Trafficking Survivor from Russia

March 31, 2000
Transcript: ARIAT Conference Identifies Ways to Combat Human Trafficking

March 29, 2000
Transcript: Council on Women's Botti's Opening Remarks at ARIAT
Text: Ralph Boyce Remarks at the Opening of the ARIAT Meeting
Videotaped Statement: Secretary of State Madeleine Albright
Transcript: Worldnet on Trafficking in Women and Children Conference
Text: U.S. Delegation to ARIAT March 2000
Text: Anita Botti Biography

March 24, 2000
Text: Albright Remarks at Trafficking in Women and Children Conference, Mumbai

March 23, 2000
Text: Trafficking in Human Beings Meeting Opens March 29 in Manila

March 22, 2000
Fact Sheet: Combating Trafficking in Women and Children in South Asia

March 20, 2000
Text: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright Remarks at NGO Roundtable on Trafficking

March 1, 2000
Article: U.S. Pressing Forward to Stop Trafficking in Women and Children

February 25, 2000
Text: Introduction to 1999 Human Rights Reports

Text: Albright Launches Annual Human Rights Country Reports

February 22, 2000
Text: State Dept. Official on International Trafficking of Women and Children

January 21, 2000
Fact Sheet: Clinton Administration Action on Human Trafficking

Text: UNICEF Condemns Child Sex Trafficking

January 18, 2000
How Has the Clinton Administration Taken Steps to Stop the Trafficking of Women and Children?
U.S. Department of State

November 24, 1999
Article: International Momentum Grows to Stop Human Trafficking

November 19, 1999
Text: OSCE Proposes Action Plan on Trafficking in Human Beings

November 18, 1999
Text: U.S. First Lady Urges Action Against Trafficking in Women and Girls

November 16, 1999
Text: Trafficking in Women and Girls Targeted in Bulgaria, Hungary

September 28, 1999
Text: U.S. Statement on Trafficking of Women and Children

September 14, 1999
Text:Congressional Testimony on The Global Problem of Trafficking in Persons

Text: Congressional Testimony on Trafficking in Women and Children

March 10, 1998
Fact Sheet: Trafficking in Women and Girls: An International Human Rights Violation