LOYOLA UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL LAW REVIEW

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.

This article examines the international economic conditions that sustain sex trafficking. The author begins by conceptualizing the illegal sex industry as an international business that seeks to minimize costs and maximize profits. She looks at the development of the illegal sex industry and the international legal framework used to approach prostitution and trafficking as well as the strategies of individual states.