The U.S. Departments of Justice, Homeland Security and Labor announced
a new initiative to help streamline federal criminal investigations and
prosecutions of human trafficking offenses. THe nationwide Human
Trafficking Enhanced Enforcement Initiative will involve the use of
specialized Anti-Trafficking Coordinations, known as ACTeams, in
certain pilot districts across the U.S. These teams, which will be made
up of prosecutors and agents from various federal law enforcement
agencies, will implement a plan to combat human trafficking threats,
and will focus on developing investigations and prosecutions to help
human trafficking victims and bring traffickers to justice.
“This modern-day slavery is an affront to human dignity, and each and
every case we prosecute should send a powerful signal that human
trafficking will not be tolerated in the United States,” said Eric
Holder, Attorney General. “The Human Trafficking Enhanced Enforcement
Initiative takes our anti-trafficking enforcement efforts to the next
level by building on the most effective tool in our anti-trafficking
arsenal: partnerships.”
