When drafting human trafficking legislation, drafters should establish the liability of legal persons (i.e. corporations, organizations, unions and associations). Traffickers often use businesses to facilitate human trafficking or to launder the proceeds of human trafficking. Penalties should include confiscation of assets which could then be used to aid victims.
The importance of legal liability was recently demonstrated in the case of Global Horizons, a company based in Los Angeles, that recruited people in Thailand for the purpose of labor exploitation on farms in Utah. More than 1,000 Thais were brought to the U.S. between 2004 and 2005, making this case potentially the largest case in U.S. history. Read more here.
Friday, September 24, 2010
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