Thornhill will manage the production of the annual report that ranks countries on the effectiveness of their anti-trafficking measures. Her mandate involves coordinating U.S. efforts to protect survivors and prosecute traffickers in what the State Department defines as a transnational crime driven by profit.
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Trump Names Barbera Thornhill to Lead Trafficking Office After 70% Staff Cut
US Politics7 days ago
Barbera Thornhill, a businesswoman from North Carolina who has worked with charities for vulnerable children, has joined the State Department as a top envoy. Appointed by the Trump administration as Ambassador-at-Large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, she takes over a leadership role in an office that lost about 70% of its staff during budget cuts last year.
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