Final Report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Trafficking
Final Report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Trafficking
Final Report of the Subcommittee on Domestic Trafficking
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MISSION, GOAL AND DEFINITIONSMissi<strong>on</strong>:The Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) <str<strong>on</strong>g>Subcommittee</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>Domestic</strong> <strong>Trafficking</strong> wascharged with <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> following three-fold missi<strong>on</strong>:1. To identify services that are available to and being accessed by domestic andinternati<strong>on</strong>al victims <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trafficking;2. To identify any differences between <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> two; and3. To make recommendati<strong>on</strong>s, as appropriate, <strong>on</strong> how to rec<strong>on</strong>cile <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>se differences.Goal:The goal <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Subcommittee</str<strong>on</strong>g> was to provide SPOG with a final report <strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g><str<strong>on</strong>g>Subcommittee</str<strong>on</strong>g>'s findings and recommendati<strong>on</strong>s by March 2006.Definiti<strong>on</strong>s:At <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Subcommittee</str<strong>on</strong>g>’s first meeting, working definiti<strong>on</strong>s <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> “domestic” and “internati<strong>on</strong>al” victims <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trafficking were discussed and agreed up<strong>on</strong>: ♦ <strong>Domestic</strong> victims <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trafficking are those who are trafficked within <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United States and are ei<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r U.S. citizens or lawful permanent residents.♦ Internati<strong>on</strong>al victims <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trafficking are those who are trafficked into <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> United Statesfrom o<str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g>r countries.It is worth noting that <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Subcommittee</str<strong>on</strong>g> also agreed that, for <str<strong>on</strong>g>the</str<strong>on</strong>g> purposes <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> our work,we c<strong>on</strong>sidered both victim populati<strong>on</strong>s as already identified as victims <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> trafficking.2