In 2020 in the United States, 59 percent of all online recruitment of identified victims in active cases took place on Facebook alone, according to the 2020 Federal Human Trafficking Report.
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In addition to these changes, Congress also has used the AMLA as a tool to gather information on complex issues involving money laundering risks and BSA/AML compliance by requiring many studies and reports. In this post, we focus on two important issues for which Congress has required reports from the Government Accountability Office (“GAO”): human trafficking and de-risking.
The willingness to address these problems through the AMLA shows that Congress is aware of the nexus between money laundering and human rights violations and more importantly, appears ready to leverage the information gathered by the GAO in order to potentially address that nexus through future legislation. Congress is not alone in its concern. For example, the United Nations issued a
of that city. lots of competition now between many of the rival groups in northern syria to establish the end game they would like to see when isis is taken out. the issue now with the trump administration threatening the syrian regime is exactly where does the u.s. see itself in a post-isis world in syria? are they out or still trying to influence the game? jake? also in world news today, the state department is out with its annual human trafficking report with the president s daughter and senior adviser, ivanka trump, on hand for her efforts of trying to save the millions of children exploited to human traffickers around the world. she said ending human trafficking is a major priority for the trump administration. this year s report emphasizes the responsibility all governments have to prosecute human traffickers. on a personal level, as a mother, this is much more than a policy priority. it is a clarion call to action in defense of the vulnerable,