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Department of Justice <br /> Office of Public Affairs <br /> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br /> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> Wednesday,Jamtary 31,2018 <br /> Attorney General Issues <br /> National Slavery and Human <br /> Trafficking Prevention Month <br /> Proclamation <br /> Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued the following proclamation commemorating Jannary as National <br /> Slavery and Htnnan Trafficking Prevention Month: <br /> "Human trafficking is a nationwide public health and civil rights crisis. Its victims are everywhere: at <br /> track stops,in cities,in rural areas,and in suburbs,and who now total an tmconscionable 25 million <br /> victims globally according to some estimates.That means 25 million htnnan beings—parents,siblings, <br /> and children—have been coerced into a commercial sex act,forced into labor,or exploited because they <br /> desperately seek a better life. It is a priority of the Department of Justice to combat this depraved and <br /> predatory behavior through swift and aggressive enforcement of our nation's laws to bring traffickers to <br /> justice and restore the lives of victims and survivors. <br /> "The Justice Department's U.S.Attorneys'Offices,working closely with the Federal Bureau of <br /> Investigation(FBI),other federal agencies, and our state,local, and tribal partners,are on the front lines, <br /> leading our shared fight against human trafficking in all its forms. These entities are supported by the <br /> Department's Civil Rights Division which is home to a team of dedicated investigators and prosecntors— <br /> the Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit(the HTPU)—tasked with bringing human traffickers to justice <br /> and vindicating the rights of their victims.Additionally,the Department's Criminal Division includes the <br /> Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section(CEOS),which is committed to harnessing expertise in attacking <br /> the technological and systemic challenges that are involved in the sexual exploitation of minors,as well as <br /> other specialized prosecution teams who bring expertise in organized crime and money laundering. <br /> "Our efforts have produced high-impact prosecutions to dismantle transnational organized htnnan <br /> trafficking enterprises,have launched interagency anti-trafficking initiatives with unprecedented <br /> momenttnn,and have vindicated the rights and freedoms of countless victims and survivors. <br />