Revealed: Trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation

[groundloop]

Source: The Guardian


Experts say decades of progress are under threat; Trump officials say administration remains committed to fighting trafficking and sex abuse

The Trump administration has aggressively rolled back efforts across the federal government to combat human trafficking, a Guardian investigation has found.

The sweeping retreat threatens to negate decades of progress in the drive to prevent sexual slavery, forced labor and child sexual exploitation, according to legal experts, former government officials and anti-trafficking advocates. They say the administration’s moves are impeding efforts to prosecute perpetrators and protect survivors in the United States and around the world.

“It’s been a widespread and multi-pronged attack on survivors that leaves all of us less safe and leaves survivors with few options,” said Jean Bruggeman, executive director of Freedom Network USA, a national coalition of service providers, researchers and trafficking survivors.

Under Trump, key initiatives for fighting human trafficking have been cut back at the US Department of State, Department of Justice, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Guardian found. Senior officials and other staffers have been forced out, workers shifted to other priorities and grants delayed or cancelled.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/17/trump-human-trafficking-programs-cut

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At DHS, for instance, tRump slashed more than 70% of the workforce dedicated to combating human trafficking.

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Lax enforcement is the fifth pillar of crime. /nt

[moniss]

2. It's part of his brand. nt

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. And seemingly, those that funded his attaining this position...

... with dark money. Hello, Citizen's United, eh?

Re: Stump Turtle

[littlemissmartypants]

3. Try to find information on an Amber Alert...

Like I just did and you find out real quick that someone took a chainsaw to the information on the DOJ website. Sickening.
https://amberalert.ojp.gov/#notice

Notice
The Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs is currently reviewing its websites and materials in accordance with recent Executive Orders and related guidance. During this review, some pages and publications will be unavailable. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Note the last update.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. It's a thriving industry, likely financed by

Trump Crypto.

[republianmushroom]

6. One only has to look at who is the leader of the Govt. and GOP.

and you will understand why, the trump administration retreats on combating human trafficking and child exploitation. Enough said.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. 20% of FBI agents diverted to immigration duties, sabotaging h traffick & child exploitation investigations. . . . nt