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swp-2009-raids-and-trafficking-report.pdf

This report summarises the findings of a human rights documentation project conducted by the Sex Workers Project in 2007 and 2008 to explore the impacts and effectiveness of current anti-trafficking approaches in the US from a variety of perspectives. It is among the first efforts since the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to give voice to the perspectives of trafficked persons and sex workers who have experienced anti-trafficking raids.

This research report includes:

The Use of Raids to Fight Trafficking in Persons

• Methods
• Findings
• A rights based approach
• A better model
• Conclusions
• Recommendations
• Appendix A: Immigration raids in the US
• Appendix B: Interview protocol for immigrants, including trafficked persons and sex workers
• Appendix C: Interview protocol for attorneys and social service providers
• Appendix D: Interview protocol for law enforcement agents

You can download this 74 page PDF resource above. This resource is in English.