Slash red tape

「官僚的な手続きを排除する、削除する」。

red tapeは「官僚的な手続き」のこと。

CNNの記事、'Haitian orphans rushed to new homes abroad'から。

'Slashing red tape or ignoring ordinarily required paperwork, officials in the United States and the Netherlands have cleared the way for scores of Haitian orphans to leave their earthquake-ravaged homeland, according to officials from the two countries.'