About Us – Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Within the Department of State, and under the direction of Ambassador-at-Large Cindy Dyer, the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office) partners with foreign governments, international organizations, other federal agencies, civil society, the private sector, and survivors of human trafficking to develop and implement effective strategies to confront human trafficking. The TIP Office is responsible for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, targeted foreign assistance, and public engagement on trafficking in persons.

The TIP Office was established in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA). The TIP Office upholds the “3P” paradigm of prosecuting trafficking cases, protecting victims, and preventing trafficking, consistent with the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Protocol). The TIP Office is organized into five sections: Reports and Political Affairs, International Programs, Public Engagement, Intergovernmental Affairs, and Resource Management and Planning.