Guam § 26 - Public Awareness.

§ 26. Public Awareness.

(a) The government of Guam, in cooperation with

appropriate non-governmental organizations shall prepare public

awareness programs designed to educate potential victims of

trafficking in persons and their families on the risks of

victimization. Such public awareness programs shall include, but

shall not be limited to:

(1) information about the risks of becoming a victim,

including information about common recruitment

techniques, use of debt bondage, and other coercive tactics,

risk of maltreatment, rape, exposure to HIV/AIDS and other

sexually transmitted diseases, and psychological harm

related to victimization in trafficking cases;

(2) information about the risks of engaging in

commercial sex and possible punishment; and

(3) information about victims' rights on Guam;

(4) methods for reporting suspected recruitment

activities; and

(5) information on hotlines and available victims'

services.

(b) The government of Guam, in cooperation with other

appropriate government agencies and appropriate non-

governmental organizations or other elements of civil society

shall prepare and disseminate general public awareness materials

to educate the public on the extent of trafficking in persons, both

U.S. citizens and foreign nationals, within Guam and the

Commonwealth of Northern Marianas; and to discourage the

demand that fosters the exploitation of persons and that leads to

trafficking.

(c) General public awareness materials may include

information on the impact of trafficking on individual victims,

whether U.S. citizens or foreign nationals; aggregate information

on trafficking worldwide and domestically; and warnings of the

criminal consequences of engaging in trafficking. Such

materials may include pamphlets, brochures, posters,

advertisements in mass media, and any other appropriate media.

(d) Materials described in this section may include

information on the impact of trafficking on individual victims.

However, any information on the experiences of individual

victims shall preserve the privacy of the victim and the victims'

families.

(e) All public awareness programs shall be evaluated

periodically to ensure their effectiveness.