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heavy; a paucity of recovery shelters nationwide; and lack of adequate examination of the
demand for commercial sex. The report recommends remedies to these shortcomings.
U. S. Government Accountability Office Report 2007
This report represents a follow-up to the previous year‘s indictment on U.S. efforts to
combat trafficking. Whereas the 2006 report cited a number of methodological and
operational shortcomings, the 2007 report was slightly more favorable. It surveyed
Mexico, Indonesia, and Thailand. Ultimately, the report suggests that monitoring
mechanisms need improvement, that evaluations of projects need to be enhanced, and
that collaborations with other groups and governments need to be strengthened.
Trafficking Statutes
Ca. Penal Code § 236.2 – Indicators for identifying victims of human trafficking
As a matter of statutory law in California, law enforcement agencies must ―use due diligence‖ to
identify human trafficking victims. The following indicators are to be considered: (a) signs of
trauma, fatigue, injury, or other evidence of poor care; (b) the person is withdrawn, afraid to talk
or his or her communication is censored by another person; (c) the person does not have freedom
of movement; (d) the person lives and works in one place; (e) the person owes a debt to his or
her employer; (f) security measures are used to control who has contact with the person; (g) the
person does not have control over his or her own government-issued identification or over his or
her worker immigration documents.
Ga. Code Ann. § 35-3-4.3(a)
Authorizes law enforcement investigators to issues subpoenas with the consent of the Attorney
General to compel the production of records and documents contained within, or generated by, a
computer or any other electronic device. The statute thus contemplates using evidence procured
from electronic means.
Il. Compiled Statutes Annotated 720 ILCS 5/10-0
Within human trafficking law, defines ―sexually-explicit performance‖ to include Internet acts or
shows.
La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 46.2(B)(4)(a)-(b)
Personal property used in committing a human trafficking offense shall be ordered seized and
later sold at a public auction after conviction. This includes electronic communication devices,
computers, and computer related equipment. The statute therefore assumes that electronic means
may be used in committing human trafficking, and may be used at trial as evidence.
Prosecutions of Trafficking via the Internet
Iowa v. Russell, no.9-906/08-2034, 2010 Iowa App. LEXIS 145 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010), aff‟d, 781
N.W.2d 303 (Iowa Ct. App. 2010).
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