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| Year | Country | Category | Field | Content Preview |
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| 2024 | Thailand | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...Many are undocumented and are vulnerable to human trafficking for forced labor, especially in the fisheries industry, or sexual exploitation. A July 2017 migrant worker law stiffening fines on undocumented workers and their employers, prompted tens of thousands of migrants... |
| 2023 | Argentina | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of the border with Bolivia Argentina-Brazil: uncontested dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with... |
| 2023 | Belize | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...Belize and Mexico are working to solve minor border demarcation discrepancies arising from inaccuracies in the 1898 border treaty; transshipment of illegal narcotics, smuggling, human trafficking, illegal immigration, and the growing of marijuana in very low population areas are issues... |
| 2023 | Bolivia | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of its border regions with all of its neighbors (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru) Bolivia-Chile: despite tariff-free access to ports in southern Peru... |
| 2023 | Bulgaria | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Bulgaria, and traffickers exploit victims from Bulgaria abroad; Bulgaria remains one of the primary source countries of human trafficking in the EU; vulnerable groups include Bulgarians with little education and income, the... |
| 2023 | Burma | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...February 2021 military coup that deposed the democratically elected government, made Rohingya and other ethnic groups more vulnerable to human trafficking (2022) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit men, women, and children through forced labor, and women and children in sex... |
| 2023 | Cambodia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...complicity; officials failed to proactively identify victims among the highly vulnerable groups of men, women, and children subjected to human trafficking throughout the country; authorities did not provide adequate protection for victims domestically or overseas and relied heavily on foreign... |
| 2023 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | Geography | Natural resources | ...Democratic Republic of the Congo; mining of coltan is mainly artisanal and small-scale and vulnerable to extortion and human trafficking; fighting over cassiterite deposits, a tin ore, is also a major cause of conflict in eastern parts of the... |
| 2023 | Djibouti | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...develop victim referral procedures for transiting migrants, appointed a government focal point and inter-ministerial task force to combat human trafficking, and conducted awareness campaigns; however, the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to improve its anti-trafficking capacity... |
| 2023 | Eritrea | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Tier 3 Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; a government policy or pattern of human trafficking existed; the government continued to exploit its nationals... |
| 2023 | Gambia, The | Military and Security | Military - note | ...and a few aircraft; in addition to external defense, the responsibilities of the GAF include providing maritime security, countering human trafficking, aiding civil authorities in emergencies and natural disaster relief, and engaging in activities such as engineering, education, health, and... |
| 2023 | Guatemala | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...demarcated but disputed boundary due to Guatemala s claims to more than half of Belizean territory; line of Adjacency operates in lieu of an international boundary to control influx of Guatemalan squatters onto Belizean territory; smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human... |
| 2023 | Iran | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Iran, and Iranians are exploited abroad; the continuing decline of the Iranian economy has significantly exacerbated human trafficking, particularly for vulnerable and marginalized groups such as ethnic minorities, refugee and migrants, women... |
| 2023 | Korea, North | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Tier 3 the government of North Korea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so; the government did not demonstrate any efforts to address human trafficking; during... |
| 2023 | Kuwait | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...victims were identified, and some officials continued to use arbitration and administrative penalties instead of investigating cases as potential human trafficking crimes; Kuwait did not implement procedures to identify and prevent trafficking, nor regularly use standard operating procedures to identify... |
| 2023 | Madagascar | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...the National Office to Combat Human Trafficking, hindering nationwide progress and coordination; efforts to address internal crimes, including domestic servitude, forced begging, and child sex trafficking, remained inadequate, and officials continued to conflate human trafficking with other crimes including gender... |
| 2023 | Peru | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared border; problems also include cross border illegal migration, human trafficking, and contraband smuggling Peru-Ecuador : in 1999, Tiwinza memorial park was created on lands that remains sovereign Peruvian territory... |
| 2023 | Sint Maarten | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...not update its national action plan, which expired in 2018, and interagency coordination was severely lacking; officials consistently conflated human trafficking with migrant smuggling (2022) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Sint Maarten; some brothel and... |
| 2023 | Syria | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...so, therefore Syria remained on Tier 3; during the reporting period, there was a government policy or pattern of human trafficking and employing or recruiting child soldiers; Syrians were exploited in forced labor under compulsory military service for indefinite periods... |
| 2023 | Thailand | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...Many are undocumented and are vulnerable to human trafficking for forced labor, especially in the fisheries industry, or sexual exploitation. A July 2017 migrant worker law stiffening fines on undocumented workers and their employers, prompted tens of thousands of migrants... |
| 2023 | Venezuela | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Venezuela, as well as Venezuelans abroad; more than six million Venezuelans, facing deteriorating economic conditions at home, have fled to neighboring countries are at risk of human trafficking; traffickers exploit Venezuelans in... |
| 2022 | Argentina | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...Contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of the border with Bolivia Argentina-Brazil: Uncontested dispute between Brazil and Uruguay over Braziliera/Brasiliera Island in the Quarai/Cuareim River leaves the tripoint with... |
| 2022 | Belize | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and debt bondage are all problems. Belize lacks resources to detect and extradite impoverished Guatemalan peasants squatting in Belizean rain forests in the remote border areas. At present, Belize and Honduras... |
| 2022 | Bhutan | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...on anti-trafficking training and public awareness events; however, Bhutanese courts continued to dismiss and refile on lesser charges human trafficking cases due to inconsistencies between Bhutanese law and the international definition of trafficking; additionally, authorities did not identify any... |
| 2022 | Bolivia | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | Contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of its border regions with all of its neighbors (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru). Bolivia-Chile: Despite tariff-free access to ports in southern Peru... |
| 2022 | Burma | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...zones in Rakhine and Shan States; displacement resulting from military conflict made Rohingya and other ethnic groups vulnerable to human trafficking; the constitutionally guaranteed power of the military continued to limit the government s ability to address forced adult labor... |
| 2022 | Cambodia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...utilized new victim identification and data collection technologies; the government enacted a five-year national action plan to combat human trafficking; however, corruption continued to impede law enforcement efforts, criminal proceedings, and services to victims; some corrupt officials may have... |
| 2022 | China | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...extent to which it funded anti-trafficking activities in furtherance of the 2013-2020 National Action Plan on Combating Human Trafficking (2020) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in China and Chinese people abroad; Chinese men, women... |
| 2022 | Eritrea | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...nor did they report identifying victims and referring them to care; the government has no action plan to combat human trafficking (2020) trafficking profile: human traffickers export domestic victims in Eritrea or abroad; National Service is mandatory at age 18... |
| 2022 | Guatemala | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...Smuggling, narcotics trafficking, and human trafficking for sexual exploitation and debt bondage are all problems. Belize lacks resources to detect and extradite impoverished Guatemalan peasants squatting in Belizean rain forests in the remote border areas. Both countries agreed in April... |
| 2022 | Iran | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...children are also sexually exploited in Iran; Afghan migrants and refugees and Pakistani men and women are subjected to conditions of forced labor in Iran; NGO reports indicate that criminal organizations play a significant role in human trafficking in Iran |
| 2022 | Korea, North | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...from state-sponsored forced labor fund government functions and illicit activities; the government has made no effort to address human trafficking (2020) trafficking profile: North Korea is a source country for men, women, and children who are subjected to forced... |
| 2022 | Macau | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Tier 2 Watch List Macau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government trained police, customs, and social welfare officials on human trafficking, funded an awareness... |
| 2022 | Mali | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...any suspects for child soldier offenses or make efforts to prevent it; law enforcement lacked resources and training about human trafficking; services for victims remained insufficient; therefore, Mali was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020) trafficking profile: Mali is... |
| 2022 | Peru | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...organized illegal narcotics operations in Colombia have penetrated Peru's shared border; problems also include crossborder illegal migration, human trafficking, and contraband smuggling Peru-Ecuador : in 1999, Tiwinza memorial park wasvcreated on lands that remains sovereign Peruvian territory, but Ecuador... |
| 2022 | Syria | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...due to Syria s civil war, hundreds of thousands of Syrians, foreign migrant workers, and refugees have fled the country and are vulnerable to human trafficking; the lack of security and inaccessibility of the majority of the country makes it... |
| 2022 | Thailand | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...Many are undocumented and are vulnerable to human trafficking for forced labor, especially in the fisheries industry, or sexual exploitation. A July 2017 migrant worker law stiffening fines on undocumented workers and their employers, prompted tens of thousands of migrants... |
| 2022 | Turkmenistan | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...continued anti-trafficking awareness campaigns, worked with international organizations on combating trafficking, provided training to its diplomatic corps on human trafficking, and identified potential trafficking victims at the international airport; however, the government used forced labor in the cotton harvest... |
| 2022 | Zambia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Tier 2 Watch List Zambia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making efforts to do so; efforts included increasing law enforcement training, establishing two fast-track human trafficking courts, conducting awareness campaigns... |
| 2022 | Zimbabwe | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...in persons as a crime of transportation and failing to capture the key element of the international definition of human trafficking – the purpose of exploitation – which prevents the law from being comprehensive or consistent with the 2000 UN TIP Protocol... |
| 2021 | Argentina | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | ...2001 has yet to map and demarcate the delimited boundary in the inhospitable Andean Southern Ice Field (Campo de Hielo Sur); contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic trafficking are problems in the porous areas of the border with Bolivia |
| 2021 | Bhutan | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...on anti-trafficking training and public awareness events; however, Bhutanese courts continued to dismiss and refile on lesser charges human trafficking cases due to inconsistencies between Bhutanese law and the international definition of trafficking; additionally, authorities did not identify any... |
| 2021 | Bolivia | Transnational Issues | Disputes - international | Chile and Peru rebuff Bolivia's reactivated claim to restore the Atacama corridor, ceded to Chile in 1884, but Chile offers instead unrestricted but not sovereign maritime access through Chile for Bolivian products; contraband smuggling, human trafficking, and illegal narcotic... |
| 2021 | Burma | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...zones in Rakhine and Shan States; displacement resulting from military conflict made Rohingya and other ethnic groups vulnerable to human trafficking; the constitutionally guaranteed power of the military continued to limit the government s ability to address forced adult labor... |
| 2021 | Burundi | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...convict any traffickers for the fifth consecutive year and did not investigate, prosecute, or convict officials allegedly complicit in human trafficking; the government did not have standard operating procedures to identify and refer victims to services and did not have... |
| 2021 | Cambodia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...utilized new victim identification and data collection technologies; the government enacted a five-year national action plan to combat human trafficking; however, corruption continued to impede law enforcement efforts, criminal proceedings, and services to victims; some corrupt officials may have... |
| 2021 | China | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...for crimes traffickers compelled them to commit; for the third consecutive year, the government did not report the extent to which it funded anti-trafficking activities in furtherance of the 2013-2020 National Action Plan on Combating Human Trafficking (2020) |
| 2021 | Eritrea | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...or for arbitrary periods; authorities did not report any trafficking investigations, prosecutions, or convictions, including complicit government employees, nor did they report identifying victims and referring them to care; the government has no action plan to combat human trafficking (2020) |
| 2021 | Iran | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...subjected to conditions of forced labor in Iran; NGO reports indicate that criminal organizations play a significant role in human trafficking in Iran tier rating: Tier 3 Iran does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking... |
| 2021 | Kazakhstan | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...to investigate, prosecute, and convict labor trafficking crimes; trafficking convictions decreased for the fourth consecutive year; NGOs reported allegations of police officers involvement in human trafficking, but few police or other officials suspected of complicity were investigated or prosecuted (2020) |