Congressman Smith’s Anti-Trafficking Law Used In Two Recent High-Profile Prosecutions
Congressman Chris Smith
Allison Mack of the TV series “Smallville,” and former Middletown Police Officer James Keenan are facing justice for their alleged human trafficking crimes thanks to a law conceived, championed and passed into law through the leadership and tenacity of Congressman Chris Smith.
Smith’s landmark Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (PL 106-386) is the law being enforced in the recent high-profile indictment of a trafficking ring in New York that involved Mack and the indictment of Keenan on child sex trafficking charges.
“This law, the TVPA, sends a message to traffickers of the gravity of their offense,” Rep. Smith, co-chair of the Congressional Human Trafficking Caucus, stated.
Posted: May 15th, 2018 | Author: Art Gallagher | Filed under: Chris Smith, Congress, Human Trafficking, Monmouth County News, New Jersey | Tags: Allison Mack, Child Sex Trafficking, Congressman Chris Smith, Frederick Douglas Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act, Human Trafficking, James Keenan, Middletown Police Department, Monmouth County News, New Jersey, Sex trafficking, Smalleville, Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, TVPA | 1 Comment »