"Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation

Date:

Thu, 02/27/2025 - 9:00 AM

Location:

2141 RHOB

Witnesses

Panel 1

Ms. Anne Basham

Founder and Chair, Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking

Basham Testimony

Basham Truth in Testimony

Ms. Camille Cooper

Vice President, Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation

Cooper Testimony

Cooper Truth in Testimony

Ms. Sheri Lopez

Survivor-advocate & Founder, Pearl at the Mailbox

Lopez Testimony

Lopez Truth in Testimony

Ms. Jean Bruggeman, Esq.

Executive Director, Freedom Network USA

Bruggeman Testimony

Bruggeman Truth in Testimony

Meeting Documents

Letter from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to Chairman Biggs and Ranking Member McBath dated February 27, 2025. submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.

A fact sheet from Shared Hope International titled Combating Demand: The Harmful Impact of Decriminalization on Anti-Trafficking Policies, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.

A document from the International Criminal Police Organization titled INTERPOLs Crimes Against Children Unit, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.

An article from the New York Post titled Schumer for thousands in donations from Jeffrey Epstein dated July 10, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ.

A brief from ACLU titled Is Sex Work Decriminalization The Answer?, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA.

An article from The Daily Beast titled Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: I Was Donald Trumps Closest Friend dated November 3, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.

An article from Vanity Fair titled 'The Girls Were Just So Young': The Horrors of Jeffrey Epsteins Private Island dated July 20, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.

An article from the Washington Post titled Elon Musks business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding dated February 26, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD.

Subcommittees

Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (119th Congress)