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Witnesses urge buyer‑focused enforcement and national data collection to prevent trafficking at major events
Summary
Survivors, advocacy groups and law‑enforcement representatives told a House task force that arrest counts alone miss traffickers, urged targeting buyers and called for a DHS‑led national data framework to identify labor‑trafficking linked to major events.
At a hearing of the House Homeland Security Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events, witnesses pressed lawmakers to shift more resources toward buyer‑focused enforcement and to fill national data gaps on labor trafficking tied to mass gatherings.
Yasmin Vafa of Rights for Girls argued that trafficking is a market‑driven crime and that proactive deterrence of buyers reduces demand. She recommended using buyer fines to fund victim services and urged federal grant programs to…
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