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MODERN DAY SLAVERY: SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2006 ‘‘TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,’’ FORCED LABOR, AND SEX TRAFFICKING AT THE WORLD CUP BRIEFING AND HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION JUNE 14, 2006 Serial No. 109–188 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.house.gov/international—relations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 28–104PDF WASHINGTON : 2006 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate Mar 21 2002 14:37 Aug 30, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 F:\WORK\AGI\061406\28104.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS HENRY J. HYDE, Illinois, Chairman JAMES A. LEACH, Iowa TOM LANTOS, California CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, HOWARD L. BERMAN, California Vice Chairman GARY L. ACKERMAN, New York DAN BURTON, Indiana ENI F.H. FALEOMAVAEGA, American ELTON GALLEGLY, California Samoa ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey DANA ROHRABACHER, California SHERROD BROWN, Ohio EDWARD R. ROYCE, California BRAD SHERMAN, California PETER T. KING, New York ROBERT WEXLER, Florida STEVE CHABOT, Ohio ELIOT L. ENGEL, New York THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado WILLIAM D. DELAHUNT, Massachusetts RON PAUL, Texas GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York DARRELL ISSA, California BARBARA LEE, California JEFF FLAKE, Arizona JOSEPH CROWLEY, New York JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon MARK GREEN, Wisconsin SHELLEY BERKLEY, Nevada JERRY WELLER, Illinois GRACE F. NAPOLITANO, California MIKE PENCE, Indiana ADAM B. SCHIFF, California THADDEUS G. MCCOTTER, Michigan DIANE E. WATSON, California KATHERINE HARRIS, Florida ADAM SMITH, Washington JOE WILSON, South Carolina BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas BEN CHANDLER, Kentucky J. GRESHAM BARRETT, South Carolina DENNIS A. CARDOZA, California CONNIE MACK, Florida RUSS CARNAHAN, Missouri JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska MICHAEL MCCAUL, Texas TED POE, Texas THOMAS E. MOONEY, SR., Staff Director/General Counsel ROBERT R. KING, Democratic Staff Director SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey, Chairman THOMAS G. TANCREDO, Colorado DONALD M. PAYNE, New Jersey JEFF FLAKE, Arizona GREGORY W. MEEKS, New York MARK GREEN, Wisconsin BARBARA LEE, California JOHN BOOZMAN, Arkansas DIANE E. WATSON, California JEFF FORTENBERRY, Nebraska BETTY MCCOLLUM, Minnesota EDWARD R. ROYCE, California, EARL BLUMENAUER, Oregon Vice Chairman MARY M. NOONAN, Subcommittee Staff Director GREG SIMPKINS, Subcommittee Professional Staff Member NOELLE LUSANE, Democratic Professional Staff Member SHERI A. RICKERT, Subcommittee Professional Staff Member and Counsel LINDSEY M. PLUMLEY, Staff Associate (II) VerDate Mar 21 2002 14:37 Aug 30, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\AGI\061406\28104.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL C O N T E N T S Page BRIEFING BY Ms. Julia Ormond, Goodwill Ambassador for the Abolition of Slavery and Human Trafficking, UN Office on Drugs and Crime ........................................ 8 WITNESSES The Honorable John Miller, Director, Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State .................................................................................... 24 Ms. Sharon Cohn, Vice President of Interventions, International Justice Mis- sion ........................................................................................................................ 38 Ms. Masha Gnezdilova, Russian Trafficking Victim ............................................. 43 Ms. Irina Veselykh, Russian Trafficking Victim ................................................... 46 Mr. Charles Kernaghan, Director, National Labor Committee ........................... 52 LETTERS, STATEMENTS, ETC., SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD The Honorable Christopher H. Smith, a Representative in Congress from the State of New Jersey, and Chairman, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations: Prepared statement ................ 5 Ms. Julia Ormond: Prepared statement ................................................................ 11 The Honorable John Miller: Prepared statement ................................................. 27 Ms. Sharon Cohn: Prepared statement .................................................................. 41 Ms. Masha Gnezdilova: Prepared statement ......................................................... 45 Ms. Irina Veselykh,: Prepared statement .............................................................. 50 Mr. Charles Kernaghan: Prepared statement ....................................................... 56 APPENDIX Material Submitted for the Hearing Record .......................................................... 65 (III) VerDate Mar 21 2002 14:37 Aug 30, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\AGI\061406\28104.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL VerDate Mar 21 2002 14:37 Aug 30, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 5904 Sfmt 5904 F:\WORK\AGI\061406\28104.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL MODERN DAY SLAVERY: SPOTLIGHT ON THE 2006 ‘‘TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,’’ FORCED LABOR, AND SEX TRAFFICKING AT THE WORLD CUP WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON AFRICA, GLOBAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS, COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, Washington, DC. The Subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:05 a.m. in room 2172, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Christopher H. Smith (Chairman of the Subcommittee) presiding. Mr. SMITH. Good morning, everyone. Today’s proceeding will begin as a briefing and will proceed to an actual hearing. This is due to our protocol that dictates that when we have a representa- tive from the United Nations, it be technically called a briefing. We have done this in the past; it has worked extremely well. And I do want to thank Ambassador Ormond for being here, and the United Nations for playing this constructive role, as they are doing so well, on the issue of human trafficking. The Subcommittee will hear expert testimony today concerning the scourge of human trafficking—modern-day slavery. As I know many people know by now, the United States Government esti- mates that between 600,000 to 800,000 women, children, and men are brought and sold across international borders each year and ex- ploited through forced labor or commercial sex exploitation. Poten- tially millions more are trafficked internally within the borders of countries. Eighty percent of the victims are women and girls. An estimated 14,500 to 17,500 foreign citizens are trafficked into the United States each and every year. And now we know that many Amer- ican girls and young women—many of whom start out as run- aways—are bought, sold, abused, and raped throughout the United States. To combat the exploitation of American girls, the Trafficking Vic- tims Protection Act of 2005 not only requires the Attorney General to conduct prevalent studies of sex trafficking and unlawful com- mercial sex acts in the U.S., but the new law requires both the Sec- retary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to prepare reports on best practices to reduce demand. For the first time the new law also authorizes $20 million for HHS (Health and Human Services) grants programs for U.S. victims, $10 million for (1) VerDate Mar 21 2002 14:37 Aug 30, 2006 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6633 Sfmt 6633 F:\WORK\AGI\061406\28104.000 HINTREL1 PsN: SHIRL 2 long-term residential treatment facilities, and provides $50 million for a new grants program for state and local law enforcement. In the past we have focused primarily on international traf- ficking. Since the enactment of this law, we are realizing we have our own internal trafficking problem that must be ended. Today’s hearing will focus on the findings of the State Depart- ment’s sixth annual Trafficking in Persons Report, with a focus on progress made and on the significant challenges ahead. The Committee is indeed privileged to have, as our special guest, Julia Ormond in her capacity as the UN Goodwill