DOS Cable About Adoption and Trafficking Definition Revealed in New Opinion Article

“The cable, here, titled “Fraudulent Intercountry Adoption Does Not Constitute Trafficking in Persons,” explains that, under U.S. law, human trafficking involves “exploitation through force, fraud, or coercion.” The law in question is the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the statute that authorizes and encourages American anti-trafficking efforts, here and abroad. In this definition, someone is trafficked when he or she is transformed into a slave, their labor and bodies used for someone else’s gain.”

Read the rest at Call it Trafficking [Prospect.org 1/3/13 by EJ Graff]

REFORM Puzzle Piece

 Beware of the special  that some reformers are drinking that lead them to believe that Russia does not have child trafficking. Trafficking can take several forms in a placing country and/or  certain regions of the placing country. One example is paying orphanages bribes so international placements occur instead of domestic placements. This should ALSO be seen as a form of trafficking. When gobs of money are being passed around, corruptions of many kinds follow.