Hearing: "Protecting Victims of Human Trafficking and Online Exploitation”

Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance (Committee on the Judiciary)

Thursday, February 27, 2025 (9:00 AM)

2141 RHOB
Washington, D.C.

Witnesses

Ms. Anne Basham
Founder and Chair, Interparliamentary Taskforce on Human Trafficking

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  • Basham Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Basham Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Basham Bio [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM

Ms. Camille Cooper
Vice President, Anti-Human Trafficking & Child Exploitation, Tim Tebow Foundation

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  • Cooper Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Cooper Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Cooper Bio [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM

Ms. Sheri Lopez
Survivor-advocate & Founder, Pearl at the Mailbox

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  • Lopez Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Lopez Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM

Ms. Jean Bruggeman, Esq.
Executive Director, Freedom Network USA

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  • Bruggeman Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Bruggeman Truth in Testimony [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM
  • Bruggeman Bio [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 10:01 AM

Support Documents

  • Letter from the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to Chairman Biggs and Ranking Member McBath dated February 27, 2025. submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ. [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 12:12 PM
  • A fact sheet from Shared Hope International titled “Combating Demand: The Harmful Impact of Decriminalization on Anti-Trafficking Policies”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ. [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 12:12 PM
  • A document from the International Criminal Police Organization titled “INTERPOL’s Crimes Against Children Unit”, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ. [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 12:12 PM
  • An article from the New York Post titled “Schumer for thousands in donations from Jeffrey Epstein” dated July 10, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Biggs of AZ. [PDF] Added 02/27/2025 at 12:12 PM
  • A brief from ACLU titled “Is Sex Work Decriminalization The Answer?”, submitted for the Record by Ms. McBath of GA. [PDF] Added 03/13/2025 at 12:04 PM
  • An article from The Daily Beast titled “Listen To The Jeffrey Epstein Tapes: ‘I Was Donald Trump’s Closest Friend’” dated November 3, 2024, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 03/13/2025 at 12:04 PM
  • An article from Vanity Fair titled “'The Girls Were Just So Young': The Horrors of Jeffrey Epstein’s Private Island” dated July 20, 2019, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 03/13/2025 at 12:04 PM
  • An article from the Washington Post titled “Elon Musk’s business empire is built on $38 billion in government funding” dated February 26, 2025, submitted for the Record by Mr. Raskin of MD. [PDF] Added 03/13/2025 at 12:04 PM

First Published: February 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Last Updated: March 13, 2025 at 01:33 PM