The new laws cover a variety of areas, from texting and tanning beds to human trafficking and seat-belt safety.
Whitehill and Venegas worked on a special task force devoted to human trafficking.
Its goal: to come up with ways technology can be used to help dismantle illicit networks, from the drug and arms trades to human trafficking.
He says that what's happening in Jordan amounts to human trafficking.
Although the unprecedented urban displacement provoked by the earthquake has not led to a stampede of Haitians attempting to cross the border to the western side of the island of Hispaniola, it has exposed migrants, particularly women, to new situations of vulnerability which may lead to human trafficking.
It contains information about how the popular legal advisors may contribute to facing human trafficking, clarifies the main questions on the topic, offering suggestions of practical activities that can be developed to approach the subject of human trafficking.
MEPs have said the EU should play a role in funding programmes to fight human trafficking, as it is often a stopover country for people being trafficked from Africa to Europe.
The new legislation has a provision that speeds up DNA analysis in rape cases and a program to fight human trafficking.
Last year, President Obama delivered a speech on the fight to end human trafficking at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) annual meeting in New York.
Prime Minister Najib informed President Obama that Malaysia has made significant efforts to curb human trafficking, and is taking appropriate measures in combating this heinous crime.
The minister outlined his commitment to combating human trafficking as it is "the cause of much misery and suffering for some of the most vulnerable members in society".
Together, we will continue the fight to end human trafficking.
The event brought together leaders from government, the private sector, advocates and survivors, faith leaders, law enforcement, and academia to talk about what we can do, together, to end human trafficking.
It also called for further action - including specialised training - to prevent human trafficking, noting that "the low number of identified victims of human trafficking is a point of concern".
The Bahamas won its way onto the list by making efforts to reduce human trafficking and expand national parks and protected areas, such as the Andros West Side National Park, which grew from 882, 000 acres to nearly 1.3 million acres.
The scale of human trafficking in the US is hard to gauge, but the National Human Trafficking Resource Center hotline, operated by Polaris Project since December 2007, has received more than 57, 000 calls from every state in the union.
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He told the programme that the biggest challenge he faced in his new role was getting people to recognise that human trafficking was slavery.
Earlier on, peers accepted government amendments offered as concessions to extend legal aid in cases of domestic child abduction and to victims of human trafficking seeking damages in the civil courts.
Five people are to stand trial accused of human trafficking for allegedly bringing two women to Scotland "with the intent to exploit them".
We welcomed the U.S. commitment to enhanced collaboration in addressing human trafficking, which presents a serious challenge to the region as well as the world.
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Wales is the only part of the UK to have an anti-human trafficking post, with Mr Chapman the second person to be appointed to the job by the Welsh government.
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Vijayan remains in the U.S., having applied for a so-called T visa--reserved for immigrants who claim to be victims of human trafficking.
"People will claim to be victims of human trafficking when they're not, they'll use it as a way of extending time here, " he said.
Assistant Chief Constable Malcolm Graham, head of major crime and public protection, said the new approach aimed to identify victims of human trafficking rather than criminalising them.
Ashcroft's interim measure allows time for the INS to process the boy's application for a new type of visa, known as a Category T, specifically devised to help victims of human trafficking.
The appointment of an Anti Human Trafficking Coordinator, who will coordinate the best possible support for victims and make Wales a hostile place for human trafficking to exist, is also a UK-wide first.
Working collaboratively across state lines and international borders to fight human and drug trafficking, money laundering and consumer fraud is a far better use of law enforcement resources than arresting landscapers and nannies.
The justice secretary said he had not ruled out stand alone trafficking legislation in Scotland he said for now he could explore the possibility, suggested by the Lord Advocate, to introduce a statutory human trafficking criminal aggravation.
Megan Fowler, a spokesman for the Polaris Project, said calls were up this week, too, although it's harder to tease out the source, because the group on Tuesday announced a partnership with Google to create the Global Human Trafficking Hotline Network.
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