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 nongovernmental 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 COL 6/21/2023 CH. 26 HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CRIMINAL EXPLOITATION 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.