WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States will provide $44 million in grants in an effort to defeat human trafficking and aid survivors, US Attorney General Loretta Lynch said.
"These grants… will fund efforts across the country to fight human trafficking, to provide services for survivors and to expand research going forward," Lynch stated on Thursday.
"Human traffickers prey on some of the most vulnerable members of our society, and their crimes — which are nothing short of modern-day slavery — have no place in this country," Lynch said.
More than $22 million of the grant money will support of 16 anti-human trafficking groups across the United States. Another $1 million will be given to the International Association of Chiefs of Police to probe training of anti-human trafficking task forces and as any technical assistance.
The city of Seattle is one of 16 cities that will be provided funds to support law enforcement and services for trafficking victims over the next three years.
