WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of State’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (also referred to as the G/TIP or TIP office), currently led by Ambassador Luis CdeBaca, was established in 2001 by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act. The TIP Office functions as the nerve center of the U.S. government’s anti-trafficking and anti-slavery activities around the world and runs one of the smallest – but most effective – of all U.S. foreign assistance programs.
Through the release of its annual Trafficking in Persons Report – known as the TIP Report – the G/TIP Office also sheds light on the scope of modern-day slavery and the response to it in 176 countries.
