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Polaris Project – Trafficking Victims’ Protection Act (TVPA) – Fact Sheet
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) of 2000 created the first comprehensive federal law to
address human trafficking, with a significant focus on the international dimension of the problem.
The
law provided a three-pronged approach: prevention through public awareness programs overseas
and a State Department-led monitoring and sanctions program; protection through a new T-Visa and
services for foreign national victims; and prosecution through new federal crimes.
The TVPA was reauthorized through the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of
2003, the TVPRA of 2005, and the TVPRA of 2008, which included greater protections for U.
S.
citizen
victims, enhanced and enacted new human trafficking cr
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