The Prevalence of Human Trafficking in the United States and the Legal Framework for Bringing Justice to Human Trafficking Survivors. Discussion with Martina Vandenberg on the work of the Human Trafficking Legal Center and the prevalence and characteristics of human trafficking in the United States. We discuss the international and legal framework, whether the United States is meeting its international obligations and consider particular issues relating to diplomatic immunity when human trafficking is committed by diplomats in the United States. We also discuss prosecutions under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and the application of its mandatory restitution provisions. Additionally, we discuss U.S. government awareness programs such as the Blue Campaign and their effectiveness and the best legislative and litigation strategies for eliminating this egregious crime. For More Info: http://www.htlegalcenter.org/ https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi? http://law.slu.edu/sites/default/files/Journals/alexandra_levy-martina_vandenberg-article.pdf http://www.htlegalcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/FF_SL_AW02_WEB.pdf http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/forced-labour/lang--en/index.htm https://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/ https://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/survivor-reentry-project.html http://www.ohchr.org/EN/ProfessionalInterest/Pages/ProtocolTraffickingInPersons.aspx https://www.globalslaveryindex.org/ https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/awareness-training https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/blue-campaign https://www.state.gov/j/tip/ https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/115/s2308