- Brief critique of the TVPA
- Shares some lessons learned, and offers recommendations to the US government to combat forced labor
- Takes position that, 'Forced labor is a serious and pervasive problem in the United States for four reasons: it is hidden, it is inhumane, it is widespread, and it is criminal.' (5)
- The report draws on quantitative and qualitative research collected and analyzed from a compilation of newspaper articles (from the period of 1998-2003), telephone surveys with service providers, reviews of US reports regarding the number of forced labor cases it has investigated and prosecuted, as well as, interviews with key advocates