law to address trafficking in persons worldwide. The TVPA offers prevention by raising
awareness of sex trafficking, protection by helping victims obtain medical care, shelter and
witness protection and prosecution to all those involved in sex trafficking trade as well as
passing laws to end it. The TVPA was put into effect in early 2000 by President Bill Clinton in
order to provide justice to and end the inhumane exploitation of people in sex trafficking. Not
only is the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 the first law of anti-trafficking, it has
also been recognized as the most important one. By passing this law, Clinton has allowed
foreign