Journal Citation:
2 LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW, 193-218 (2005).
The author examines the US Victims of Trafficking Protection Act of 2000 to determine the extent of its domestic and international effect on sex trafficking. She begins by outlining the provisions of the Act and then looks at the domestic impact in the US in terms of amendments to existing US criminal laws concerning trafficking; growing numbers of investigations, prosecutions, convictions of traffickers; and assistance services offered to victims. The international effect of the Act is also analyzed in terms of improved cooperation between the US and other countries regarding trafficking, the creation of new foreign anti-trafficking laws and overall reduction in sex trafficking. She concludes that the Act has achieved progress both domestically in the US and internationally in the fight against trafficking. [Descriptors: Migration -Trafficking, International]