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President Bush Tuesday signed into law a renewal of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 , providing $361 million over two years towards to investigation and prosecution of human trafficking cases, most involving the sex...

Many new state laws took effect on Sunday, including measures to safeguard against child sex offenders and the misuse of personal information. Michigan strengthened its sex offender laws, and Illinois banned human trafficking, allowing state...

European Commission officials are preparing to warn Bulgaria and Romania that the 2007 scheduled entry of both countries into the European Union may be delayed until 2008 if both nations do not...

The European Commission has outlined its plan to combat human trafficking during a two-day conference, Tackling Human Trafficking , stressing the importance of cooperation between member states in the effort to stem the flow of adults and...

Russian President Vladimir Putin was the first world leader to sign the UN Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism , which opened for signatures Wednesday at the UN's 2005 World Summit ....

Human trafficking of women and children is on the rise worldwide, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour said Tuesday. Addressing an Asia-Pacific human rights conference in Beijing, Arbour called for closer regional partnerships to combat...

A new report released today by Human Rights Watch is adding to international concerns that a Colombian law intended to encourage paramilitary groups to disarm is too soft and would not allow...

Interior ministers for Britain, France, Italy, Spain and Germany meeting prior to the G8 summit Tuesday announced a plan to put together joint flights to deport illegal immigrants from the European Union. The plan calls for planes...

The Turkish parliament has re-approved amendments to the country's new European Union oriented penal code, overriding an earlier veto by President Ahmet Necdet Sezer . The new code includes the first major...

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report, US Department of State, June 3, 2005 [report accusing 14 nations of failing to adequately stop the flow of slaves traded into prostitution, child sex work, and...