R 041401Z APR 05
FM CMC WASHINGTON DC(UC)
TO AL ALMAR(UC)
UNCLASSIFIED//
ALMAR 016/05
MSGID/GENADMIN/CMC WASHINGTON DC DMCS//
SUBJ/COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS//
REF/A/DOC/DEPSECDEF/-/30JAN04//
REF/B/DOC/SECDEF/-/16SEP04//
REF/C/DOC/USD (PROGRAMS AND RESOURCES)/-/17NOV04//
REF/D/DOC/FMCM (2002 ED), PART IV/-//
NARR/REF A IS DEPSECDEF MEMO COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.  REF B IS SECDEF MEMO COMBATING
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.  REF C IS UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
MEMO DIRECTING TRAINING REQUIREMENTS.  REF D IS THE MANUAL FOR
COURTS MARTIAL.//
POC/C.S.DOWLING/LTCOL/MPO MRA/-/TEL:DSN 278-9387
/TEL:COMM (703)784-9386//
GENTEXT/REMARKS/1.  PURPOSE.  AS SET FORTH IN NATIONAL SECURITY
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE/NSPD22, "THE POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES
IS TO ATTACK VIGOROUSLY THE WORLDWIDE PROBLEM OF TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS, USING LAW ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS, DIPLOMACY, AND ALL OTHER
APPROPRIATE TOOLS."  THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF HAS DECREED THAT ALL
DEPARTMENTS OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WILL TAKE A "ZERO
TOLERANCE" APPROACH TO TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
2.  REFS A AND B HIGHLIGHT THE SERIOUS CRIME OF TRAFFICKING IN
PERSONS.  THE MARINE CORPS OPPOSES ALL ACTIVITIES THAT CONTRIBUTE TO
THE CRIME OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
3.  THE MARINE CORPS WILL TAKE A ZERO TOLERANCE APPROACH TO
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.  MARINES, SAILORS, AND CIVILIAN MARINES
WILL NOT ENGAGE IN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.  THIS POLICY APPLIES TO
CONUS AND OCONUS AND EXTENDS TO LOCALITIES, BUSINESSES, AND
ESTABLISHMENTS WHERE PROSTITUTION IS A LEGAL ACTIVITY.
4.  INTENT.  WE MUST ENSURE THAT OUR MARINES AND SAILORS ARE AWARE
OF THE FAR REACHING RAMIFICATIONS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND THAT
THEY DO NOT PARTICIPATE IN ANY ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CRIME.
A.  LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS WILL ENSURE THEIR MARINES ARE TRAINED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH REF C, CIVILIAN MARINES AND CONTRACT PERSONNEL.
TRAINING PACKAGES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM WWW.JKDDCJMO.ORG.
B.  COMMANDERS WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION WHEN A BUSINESS OR
ESTABLISHMENT IS IDENTIFIED AS FACILITATING TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS.
COMMANDERS SHALL RESTRICT MARINES FROM ASSOCIATING WITH SUCH
BUSINESSES OR ESTABLISHMENTS.
C.  COMMANDERS SHALL HOLD OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ACTIONS
INCONSISTENT WITH THIS POLICY.  
5.  COMMANDERS AND UNIT LEADERS MUST ESTABLISH EXPECTATIONS FOR THE
CONDUCT OF ALL PERSONS UNDER THEIR COMMAND TO GUARD AGAINST AND
SUPPRESS ALL DISSOLUTE AND IMMORAL PRACTICES, AND TO HOLD
ACCOUNTABLE THOSE PERSONS GUILTY OF SUCH PRACTICES.  WE WILL COMBAT
THESE ACTIVITIES THROUGH EDUCATION, ADHERENCE TO OUR CORPS VALUES,
AND ACCOUNTABILITY.
6.  SEMPER FIDELIS, M. W. HAGEE, GENERAL, U.S. MARINE CORPS,
COMMANDANT OF THE MARINE CORPS.//