Feds can pay award for turning in foreign violators of U.S. prostitution law
In regard to new law quoted below, is the definition of "sex trafficking" in Pub. L 106-386 which defines "sex trafficking" to include:"(9) Sex trafficking.--The term ``sex trafficking'' means the
recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining
of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act." A bill became the vehicle for passage of the government spending bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2018. On March 22, 2018, the House replaced the text of the bill with the spending bill. This bill was formerly the TARGET Act: H.R. 1625 amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to authorize the State Department and law enforcement agencies to target international human traffickers by offering financial rewards for their arrest or conviction. The Department currently has a rewards program that uses appropriated funds to offer cash awards to deter transnational organized crime. The legislation broadens the program to explicitly include severe forms of human trafficking, which are sex trafficking and labor trafficking as defined in Pub.L. 106-386. That law came from [H.R. 3244 (106th): Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000] Any proposals to pay rewards are submitted to the Department of State by the Chief of Mission at a U.S. Embassy at the behest of a U.S. law enforcement agency. Reward proposals are carefully reviewed by an interagency committee, which makes a recommendation for a reward payment to the Secretary of State. Only the Secretary of State has the authority to determine if a reward should be paid. In cases where there is federal criminal jurisdiction, the Secretary must obtain the concurrence of the Attorney General.
So a hobbyist in the USA would have to see a girl from P411 to gather evidence in order to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, such alleged sex trafficking and then turn the P411 site in to get a reward? Then the FBI can capture the operator of P411 providing she doesn't hide out in the Ecuadorian embassy in Toronto?
So a hobbyist in the USA would have to see a girl from P411 to gather evidence in order to prove beyond a reasonable doubt, such alleged sex trafficking and then turn the P411 site in to get a reward? Then the FBI can capture the operator of P411 providing she doesn't hide out in the Ecuadorian embassy in Toronto?
The language in question applies to rewards requests initiated overseas for the purpose of giving foreign national rewards paid out of US Treasury funds.
The scenario you cited above (a person here in the United States) was already possible, therefore wouldn’t require State Department authorization or concurrence. Think paid informants, Wanted reward posters seen at US Post Offices, or even Crimestoppers tip lines feeding info directly to local law enforcement.
I’m not an attorney I’m just a regular person. If it’s not in finance really doesn’t understand this crap. This sounds like it applies to mostly foreigners. Also it sounds like the state has most authority and also rewards nobody really gets an award if it goes through the feds that money gets garbled up with crap if we the people had our way it would be a lot different I’m sure . Maybe different ward is if your wife told you when does she get a reward? As far as the Internet goes if the Internet is based in a foreign country are we safe?
This program is aimed at US law enforcement activities conducted overseas. Like FBI trying to bust traffickers at the source, or possibly Secret Service trying to break up the money laundering aspect of it. The US doesn’t want some agent handing out reward money to foreigners in their own countries that might conflict with other missions/priorities. Running all overseas awards requests through Dept of State centralizes the process, and reduces the chance of diplomatic flare ups.