Long time lurker here. I'd love to spend more time investigating pizzagate, but graduate school necessarily dictates my research priorities at the moment, so I rely on you folks--humanity's patriots--to keep me in the loop. In any case, quantokitty's post Get excited: Pizzagate is on! Federal Agents Raid NH Aldermans Home and Businesses -- THREE Pizza Shops Involved is what finally compelled me to make an account today. While many incoming investigations/arrests will appear to be financial crimes on the surface (as quantokitty and others have suggested), I think it will eventually become apparent that they are in fact trafficking-related crimes connected to pizzagate. I believe this because I spend some time every now and then browsing legislative activity on Congress' website and just last week I came across H.R.889, the Human Trafficking Fraud Enforcement Act of 2017, A BILL...

To provide for the establishment of an office within the Internal Revenue Service to focus on violations of the internal revenue laws by persons who are under investigation for conduct relating to the promotion of commercial sex acts and trafficking in persons crimes, and to increase the criminal monetary penalty limitations for the underpayment or overpayment of tax due to fraud.

More specifically, the bill directs the proposed IRS office to cooperate with the Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section of the Department of Justice and the Innocence Lost National Initiative of the FBI

...to investigate and prosecute violations of tax laws by persons that appear to be violating specified federal laws prohibiting forced labor, trafficking of individuals, and transportation of minors or aliens for immoral purposes or state or territorial laws prohibiting the promotion of prostitution or of any commercial sex act.

The bill is sponsored by Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX-2) and Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY-12) and more info on their thoughts of using the IRS to target suspected traffickers can be found here. Overall, it begs an important question: if lawmakers aren't anticipating an increase in financial fraud investigations related to human-trafficking, then why is the establishment of such an office at the IRS necessary?

I've also compiled a list of every other bill aimed at human trafficking in the current 115th Congress or 2017-2018 legislative session. Specifics for each of the proposed bills can be found in the attached links or through a simple Google search (note: some are amendments to existing bills, and some are bills reintroduced from previous sessions)

H.R.53 - CATCH Traffickers Act of 2017, A BILL

To direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a database that shall serve as a central location for information from investigations relating to human trafficking for Federal, State, and local law enforcement agencies.

H.R.436 - Human Trafficking Prioritization Act, A BILL

To prioritize the fight against human trafficking within the Department of State according to congressional intent in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 without increasing the size of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.

H.R.466 - Sex Trafficking Demand Reduction Act, A BILL

To amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 relating to determinations with respect to efforts of foreign countries to reduce demand for commercial sex acts under the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

H.R.767 - SOAR to Health and Wellness Act of 2017, A BILL

To establish the Stop, Observe, Ask, and Respond to Health and Wellness Training pilot program to address human trafficking in the health care system.

(Note on H.R.767: an identical bill in the Senate, S.256, can be found here.

S.104 - Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017, A BILL

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.

H.R.440 - SHAME Act of 2017, A BILL

To amend title 18, United States Code, to permit sentencing judges in child sex trafficking cases to order the Attorney General to publicize the name and photograph of the convicted defendants, and for other purposes.

H.Res.75 - Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United States:

Resolved, That the House of Representatives supports efforts to— 1. provide protections and supports for sexually exploited and trafficked girls in the United States; and 2. create criminal or civil penalties for anyone who buys or sells a child through a system of child trafficking.

H.R.524 - End Trafficking of the Terminated Unborn Act of 2017, A BILL

To prohibit any person from soliciting or knowingly acquiring, receiving, or accepting a donation of human fetal tissue for any purpose other than disposal of the tissue if the donation affects interstate commerce and the tissue will be or is obtained pursuant to an induced abortion, and for other purposes.

H.R.495 - Protection of Children Act of 2017, A BILL

To amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to their country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for other purposes.

H.R.459 - Trafficking Survivors Relief Act of 2017, A BILL

To provide for the vacating of certain convictions and expungement of certain arrests of victims of human trafficking.

S.30 - Extending Justice for Sex Crime Victims Act of 2017, A BILL

To extend the civil statute of limitations for victims of Federal sex offenses.