Oct 18, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today introduced a bill to step up U.S. diplomatic efforts to combat the scourge of human trafficking worldwide.Lantos co-authored the William Wilberforce Trafficking...
Oct 18, 2007 | Press Releases
According to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, human trafficking, the subject of our hearing today, is the world’s fastest-growing international organized crime.It is also one of the most profitable, generating between 12 and 17 billion dollars per year....
Oct 17, 2007 | Press Releases
Washington, DC – Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA), Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, announced today that he will introduce sanctions designed to pressure the military junta currently ruling Burma. The sanctions package, known as the Block Burmese JADE...
