Source Documents
The documentary record.
Primary legal sources, policy documents, international religious-freedom reports, case documents, and project research. Items without download links are forthcoming.
Primary Legal Sources
U.S. v. Kozminski
487 U.S. 931 (1988)
TVPA (2000) — House Report
H.R. Rep. No. 106-939
18 U.S.C. § 1589 (Forced Labor)
VAWA / TVPA Reauthorization
Pub. L. 113-4 (2013)
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2017, Title I: the Frederick Douglass Trafficking Prevention Act of 2017
Pub. L. 115-393 (enacted 2018)
DOJ Civil Rights Division Amicus, Sherman v. Trinity Teen Solutions
No. 22-8080 (10th Cir., Mar. 7, 2023)
Policy Documents
Federal Strategic Action Plan on Services for Victims of Human Trafficking, 2013–2017
DOJ OVC, January 2014
Biden National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking
December 2021
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin — A Victim-Centered Approach to Sex Trafficking Cases
November 2015
Boyle-Laisure — Undoing Undue Influence
47 Am. J. Trial Advoc. 23 (2023)
PIPATL Past Meetings Archive
U.S. TIP Reports 2023, 2024, 2025 (Argentina recommendations)
OVC FY2022 Enhanced Collaborative Model Task Force Solicitation
J/TIP FY2024 Grant Solicitation (DFOP0016706)
AAG Kristen Clarke remarks
January 26, 2023
CRS Report R40190 (Doyle, 2009)
Pub. L. No. 115-393 (Frederick Douglass TVPRA, 2018)
Grant Funding Sources
USASpending.gov — Keyword search tool for federal anti-trafficking awards
ACF Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP)
ACF Trafficking Victims Assistance Program (TVAP)
State Department Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP)
Hassan BITE Model (Freedom of Mind Resource Center)
International / Religious-Freedom Sources
USCIRF — 'Anti-Cult Update: Religious Regulation in Russia' (Issue Update, July 2020) — Commissioners Abraham Cooper & Mohamed Magid
USCIRF 2023 Annual Report — Status of FoRB Issue Update (About-Picard law)
USCIRF Annual Reports — 'Weaponization of Legal Frameworks'
CAP-LC Written Statement to UN Human Rights Council
A/HRC/62/NGO/102 (May 2026)
CESNUR Public Memorandum — "Abuse of Trafficking Laws Against Spiritual Communities" (June 2026) — Endorsed by Dershowitz, Sullivan, Barker, Bromley, and 16 additional scholars
Massimo Introvigne — "Brainwashing Returns Through Trafficking Laws: A New Threat to Religious Freedom," Bitter Winter (June 27, 2026)
Case Documents — USA v. Cherwitz & Daedone
Case Docket — U.S. v. Cherwitz & Daedone
1:23-cr-00146 (DG) (E.D.N.Y.)
PACER Monitor — USA v. Cherwitz et al.
Case overview & filings
Research and Analysis (from this project)
Steven Hassan — The Cult of Trump (Free Press, 2019)