Among the participants were members of anti-trafficking NGOs and White House officials.
“I am prepared to bring the full force and weight of our government at the federal level, and the other highest levels, whatever we can do, in order to solve this horrific problem.
It is getting worse and happening in the US in addition to the rest of the world, but it is happening in the US which is terrible,” the US President said.
Trump said he has directed the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal agencies that have a role in preventing human trafficking to take a hard look at the resources and personnel that they are currently devoting to this fight.
