§3271 Trafficking in Persons Offenses Committed by Persons Employed by or Accompanying the Federal Government Outside the United States

Summary

If someone who works for or travels with the U.S. government outside the United States commits behavior that would be a crime under Chapters 77 or 117 of federal law if it happened in the U.S., they can be punished under U.S. law the same as if the crime occurred here. If a foreign government that the United States accepts as having proper authority has already charged or is charging that person for the same conduct, the U.S. will not start its own case unless the Attorney General or the Deputy Attorney General personally approves, and that approval cannot be passed to someone else.