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| 2025 | El Salvador | Military and Security | Military - note | ...BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security the military led the country for much of the 20th century; from 1980... |
| 2025 | European Union | Military and Security | Military deployments | ...as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2025) note: in response to the 2022 Russian invasion... |
| 2024 | El Salvador | Military and Security | Military - note | ...BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security; since the decree, a considerable portion of the Army has been deployed in... |
| 2024 | Eritrea | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...Education and human capital formation are national priorities for facilitating economic development and eradicating poverty. To this end, Eritrea has made great strides in improving adult literacy doubling the literacy rate over the last 20 years in large part because... |
| 2024 | European Union | Military and Security | Military deployments | ...as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2024) note: in response to the 2022 Russian invasion... |
| 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... |
| 2024 | Zimbabwe | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...This massive outmigration primarily to other southern African countries, the UK, and the US has created a variety of challenges, including brain drain, illegal migration, and human smuggling and trafficking. Several factors have pushed highly skilled workers to go abroad... |
| 2023 | Afghanistan | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Afghanistan and exploit Afghan victims abroad; internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking; since the Taliban takeover, vulnerabilities to exploitation have intensified; traffickers exploit men, women, and a large number of... |
| 2023 | Algeria | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims; Algerian women and girls are vulnerable to sex trafficking due to financial problems or after running away from home; undocumented sub-Saharan migrants are vulnerable to labor and sex trafficking and are exploited... |
| 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 | Belarus | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims and exploit Belarusians abroad; the majority of trafficking victims are men subjected to forced labor, primarily in Russia; most Belarusian victims are trafficked in Belarus and Russia, but also in Poland, Turkey, and... |
| 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 | Bolivia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Bolivia, and victims from Bolivia abroad; Bolivian adults and children are exploited in sex trafficking and forced labor at home and abroad; officials report 63% of the victims identified were female; to... |
| 2023 | Botswana | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...efforts to regulate labor recruitment agencies remained minimal, increasing migrant workers vulnerability to trafficking; therefore, Botswana was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2023) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Botswana, and exploit victims from Botswana... |
| 2023 | Brunei | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...trafficking victims; for the sixth consecutive year, the government did not convict any traffickers under its anti-trafficking law, and other laws that could be used to prosecute traffickers did not provide sufficiently stringent sentences (2023) trafficking profile: human traffickers... |
| 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 | ...human traffickers exploit men, women, and children through forced labor, and women and children in sex trafficking in Burma and abroad; Burmese men are forced to work domestically and abroad in fishing, manufacturing, forestry, agriculture, and construction; fishermen are lured... |
| 2023 | Cambodia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit Cambodian men, women, and children in forced labor and sex trafficking in Cambodia and abroad, and foreign nationals are trafficked in Cambodia; Cambodian adults and children migrate to other countries in the region or increasingly to the... |
| 2023 | Chad | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Chad, and traffickers exploit Chadian victims abroad; most trafficking is internal; some children are sent by their parents to relatives or intermediaries to receive education, an apprenticeship, goods, or money and are... |
| 2023 | China | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in China, as well as Chinese people abroad; Chinese men, women, and children are victims of forced labor and sex trafficking in more than 80 countries; traffickers also use China as a transit... |
| 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 | Congo, Republic of the | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in the Republic of the Congo, and victims from the Republic of the Congo are exploited abroad; forced labor of adults and children is the primary type of trafficking, predominantly in the agricultural... |
| 2023 | Cuba | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Cuba and Cubans abroad; individuals are forced or coerced into participating and threatened to stay in labor export programs, most notably foreign medical missions; sex trafficking and sex tourism, including child victims... |
| 2023 | Curacao | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Curacao; undocumented migrants, especially the substantial population of Venezuelans, are vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking; traffickers exploit women and girls, particularly from Curacao, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, in sex trafficking; migrants... |
| 2023 | Djibouti | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...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; the government did not convict any traffickers for the... |
| 2023 | Dominican Republic | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in the Dominican Republic, and victims from the Dominican Republic are exploited abroad; Dominican women and children, particularly from impoverished areas, were victims of sex trafficking throughout the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean, South... |
| 2023 | Egypt | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Egypt, and Egyptians are exploited abroad; Egyptian children are subjected to sex trafficking and domestic service, street begging, drug trafficking, quarrying, and agricultural work in Egypt; traffickers, and some parents, force children... |
| 2023 | El Salvador | Military and Security | Military - note | ...BUKELE signed a decree authorizing military involvement in police duties to combat rising gang violence, organized crime, and narcotics trafficking, as well as assisting with border security; since the decree, a considerable portion of the Army has been deployed in... |
| 2023 | El Salvador | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in El Salvador, and traffickers exploit victims from El Salvador abroad; adults and children are exploited in sex trafficking within the country; orphans, adolescent girls, and LGBTQI+ persons are at particular risk; sex... |
| 2023 | Equatorial Guinea | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Equatorial Guinea and Equatoguineans abroad; the majority of trafficking victims are subjected to forced domestic service and commercial sex in cities, particularly in the hospitality and restaurant sector; local and foreign women... |
| 2023 | Eritrea | People and Society | Demographic profile | ...Education and human capital formation are national priorities for facilitating economic development and eradicating poverty. To this end, Eritrea has made great strides in improving adult literacy doubling the literacy rate over the last 20 years in large part because... |
| 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 | Eswatini | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Eswatini, and traffickers exploit victims from Eswatini abroad; traffickers target vulnerable communities, particularly those with high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates; Swati girls, particularly orphans, are exploited in sex trafficking and domestic servitude... |
| 2023 | European Union | Military and Security | Military deployments | ...as counter-piracy operations off the coast of Somalia and a naval operation in the Mediterranean to disrupt human smuggling and trafficking networks and prevent the loss of life at sea (2023) note: in response to the 2022 Russian invasion... |
| 2023 | Gabon | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Gabon, as well as victims from Gabon abroad; Gabon is a primary destination and transit country for West and Central African men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking... |
| 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 | Guinea-Bissau | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Guinea-Bissau and Bissau-Guineans abroad; forced child begging is the most prevalent form of trafficking; boys reportedly were transported to southern Senegal for forced manual and agricultural labor; girls may be... |
| 2023 | Haiti | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Haiti, as well as Haitians abroad; in 2023, officials estimated three million Haitians were at risk of trafficking; during the reporting period, Haiti suffered multiple crises, including gang violence, fuel shortages, irregular... |
| 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 | Iraq | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Iraq, as well as Iraqi s abroad; insecurity throughout Iraq increased the population s vulnerability to trafficking; more than a million Iraqis remained internally displaced as a result of ISIS, and as... |
| 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 | ...trafficking capacity; there were fewer investigations of alleged trafficking crimes and no prosecutions or convictions of traffickers; fewer victims were identified, and some officials continued to use arbitration and administrative penalties instead of investigating cases as potential human trafficking crimes... |
| 2023 | Lebanon | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...system despite extreme trafficking vulnerabilities inherent in the system; officials rarely convicted traffickers for exploiting domestic servants, the prevalent form of trafficking in Lebanon; therefore, Lebanon was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2023) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic... |
| 2023 | Macau | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...Macau has not convicted a trafficker since 2019 and has never identified a victim of forced labor (2022) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit foreign victims in Macau; traffickers recruit most victims from mainland China, Russia, and Southeast Asia using false... |
| 2023 | Madagascar | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Madagascar, as well as victims from Madagascar abroad; traffickers exploit Malagasy children in child sex trafficking and forced labor in domestic service in homes and businesses, mining, street vending, agriculture, textile factories... |
| 2023 | Malaysia | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...interagency coordination, and inadequate services for victims discouraged victim participation in criminal proceedings and hindered anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts (2023) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Malaysia and Malaysians abroad; most victims in Malaysia are... |
| 2023 | Marshall Islands | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...understanding of trafficking, did not receive anti-trafficking training, nor did the government provide adequate financial and technical resources for anti-trafficking efforts; therefore, Marshall Islands was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2023) trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic... |
| 2023 | Mauritius | Transnational Issues | Trafficking in persons | ...human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Mauritius; girls across the country particularly from low-income communities are exploited in child sex trafficking; taxi drivers, sometimes involved in commercial sex networks, knowingly transport child sex traffickers and victims; traffickers... |