Washington DC: Comments Needed on the Prohibition Against Human Trafficking Act!
(March 11, 2010)
The U.S. capital is one of the top destinations for human traffickers in the country, but legislators are now poised to change this by enacting the Prohibition Against Human Trafficking Act (number 18-70).  Every year traffickers generate billions of dollars in profits by forcing or coercing U.S. citizens and foreign nationals to provide labor (in domestic servitude, labor operations, or in service industries), or to provide commercial sex in hotels, brothels, and on the street.  Victims, including those in Washington DC, face a horrific life with little hope of escape in which they are repeatedly threatened, beaten, raped, isolated, psychologically abused, or subjected to debt bondage.  These crimes are committed for one reason: the financial profit of traffickers. However, we can change this in DC by enacting the Prohibition Against Human Trafficking Act of 2009 (number 18-70) which would make human trafficking a crime in the District, provide severe penalties for traffickers, and help victims.  This critically important legislation will be taken up by the full DC Council on March 16, so please take a moment to urge D.C. Council Members to strongly support this bill.    Please Click Here to Take Action!