The PDF is available as a complete one-piece file and as individual sections for easier download. Please note that due to high demand, your order may not be processed right away. Human trafficking is one of the most tragic human rights issues of our time. It splinters families, distorts global markets, undermines the rule of law, and spurs other transnational criminal activity.
It threatens public safety and national security. But worst of all, the crime robs human beings of their freedom and their dignity. Today we take another key step towards that goal. The Trafficking in Persons Report highlights the successes achieved and the remaining challenges before us on this important global issue. To that end, this Report is intended to assist governments in identifying threats so law enforcement agencies around the world can respond effectively and gain insight into where human trafficking remains most severe.
The Report will also equip local and sub-national law enforcement agencies to better assist in efforts to target and prosecute those who commit these terrible crimes. Because human trafficking is global in scope, international partners are essential to success. The United States is a leader in the fight against human trafficking. We seek justice for victims and accountability for offenders. This Report is instrumental to our strategy to end human trafficking.
I am proud of the work and dedication of the Department towards that end, and remain committed to the elimination of human trafficking here and abroad. This year, the theme of the Trafficking in Persons Report is increasing criminal accountability of human traffickers and addressing challenges in prosecution—an essential component of the 3P paradigm of prosecution, protection, and prevention.
As a former federal prosecutor in the United States and now as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, this topic is deeply personal to me. I am particularly and acutely aware of the lives destroyed by human trafficking. She was raised in Central America by her grandmother, and as a young woman, was deceived by a man she thought cared for her with promises of love and a better life.
