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The Justice Department today concluded its observance of National Human Trafficking Prevention Month by reflecting on the wide range of anti-trafficking actions undertaken across the department in January.
Each year, Human Trafficking Prevention Month provides an important opportunity for the department to renew its resolve and intensify its efforts in combating human trafficking.
As the department emphasized at the outset of Human Trafficking Prevention Month, vindicating the rights of human trafficking victims and other vulnerable persons ranks among the department’s highest priorities. The department is determined to build on the bold actions of the past month during the months and years ahead to make our whole-of-department anti-trafficking efforts more effective than ever before.
Actions during Human Trafficking Prevention Month included:
Further information on the Justice Department’s broad-based efforts to combat human trafficking can be found at Human Trafficking | Human Trafficking (justice.gov) and Office of Public Affairs | Justice Department Observes National Human Trafficking Prevention Month | United States Department of Justice.