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United States of America

Department of Justice Civil Rights Division

Address

U.S. Department of Justice
Civil Rights Division
950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
U.S.A.

Contact Information

Website

http://www.usdoj.gov/crt/crim/tpwetf.htm

Email

AskDOJ@usdoj.gov

Other Forms of Contact

To report an instance of trafficking, call this complaint line: 1-888-428-7581

Activities

In addition to enforcing existing laws against trafficking, the Civil Rights Division is responsible for investigating cases of trafficking, and prosecuting traffickers. The Civil Rights Division has been successful in prosecuting a number of cases since the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.

DOJ has charged, convicted, or secured sentences for 113 human traffickers in the United States between 2001 and 2003.¹ In 2004, there have been 38 cases opened thus far. As of April 2004, there are 158 open trafficking investigations initiated by the Civil Rights Division of the US Department of Justice.²

¹ U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, February 2004
² Speech by Assistant Attorney General Alex Acosta, “The Trafficking of Women and Girls within the United States: What are the Challenges and Implications?” conference sponsored by Women’s Policy, Inc. Wednesday, April 21, 2004.

Department of Justice’s Anti-Trafficking News Bulletin Winter 2006-2007

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