Child Exploitation and Trafficking: Examining Global Enforcement and Supply Chain Challenges and U.S. Responses

Each year, more than two million children around the world fall victim to commercial sexual and labor exploitation. Put simply, the growing epidemic of child exploitation demands a coordinated response. In addition to compliance concerns raised by the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), UK Bribery Act, and other more familiar transnational anti-corruption laws, today's companies must also respond to more novel legal requirements, such as those contained in the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, Federal Acquisition Regulations on Trafficking in Persons in Federal Contracts, U.K. Modern Slavery Act of 2015, European Union's Directive on Transparency and its amendments, and the proposed federal Business Transparency in Trafficking and Slavery Act and other laws. This Second Edition of Child Exploitation and Trafficking: Examining Global Enforcement and Supply Chain Challenges and U.S. Responses brings fresh, practical thinking to this oft-misunderstood area of the law, helping erase some of its counterproductive mythology. The book not only provides the first comprehensive, practical introduction to the history and present-day reality of child exploitation and supply chain issues, but it also traces the interconnected web of domestic and transnational federal laws and law enforcement efforts launched in response thereto. The Second Edition not only is updated to reflect the latest trends and other development presented by two of the premier experts concerning this constantly-evolving field, but it also contains new chapters examining areas such as special issues in the fight against human trafficking and the raft of landmark anti-trafficking laws that herald a new compliance reality for the globe's business community. Written from the distinctive perspective of those who have spent their careers in the trenches investigating, prosecuting, and adjudicating these intricate, emotional cases, as well as those who are tasked with ensuring that products are free from the taint of child exploitation and force labor, the book is uniquely proscriptive, as well as descriptive, in the sense that it relies on real-world examples to serve up practical advice and reform proposals for those involved at all levels of this challenging area.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS FOREWORD INTRODUCTION SURVEYING THE SCOPE OF THE PROBLEM THE BROAD DESCRIPTIVE CHALLENGE APPRECIATING THE HUMAN TRAFFICKING PROBLEM AND ITS ENFORCEMENT CHALLENGES SYNCHRONIZED ABUSE: THE IMPACT OF INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME GROUPS ON CHILD TRAFFICKING AND OTHER FORMS OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION PUBLIC CORRUPTION AS THE SILENT PARTNER TO CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION FEDERAL STATUTES TARGETING CHILD EXPLOITATION FINDING THE WORLD'S VOICE: INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENTS TARGETING THE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN INVESTIGATING CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES THE SYNDICATE AND THE SCHOLAR: EXAMINING THE ANATOMY OF THE PROSECUTION OF UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PEDIATRICIAN DR. H. MARC WATZMAN THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSNATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS VICTIM WITNESS PROTECTION IN CHILD EXPLOITATION CASES THE DIFFICULT DEFENSE: SURVEYING THE MOST COMMON ISSUES WHEN REPRESENTING INDIVIDUALS ACCUSED OF CHILD EXPLOITATION OVERVIEW OF SELECTED TRIAL ISSUES SENTENCING CONSIDERATIONS IN SEXUAL EXPLOITATION CASES - DOES ANYTHING WORK? CONCLUSION INDEX APPENDICES APPENDIX 1 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD (1989) PREAMBLE APPENDIX 2 APPENDIX 3 U.S.-THAILAND MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE TREATY APPENDIX 4 SAMPLE LETTER ROGATORY APPENDIX 5 1992 INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON MUTUAL ASSISTANCE IN CRIMINAL MATTERS