Book Description

The United States' commitment to fighting modern slavery did not simply materialize 12 years ago with the passage of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (INCLUDED) or the adoption the same year of the U.N. Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (Palermo Protocol). This country's tragic history is not forgotten, nor are the bloodshed and lives lost in the fight to end state-sanctioned slavery.This series includes the following items defined...What Is Trafficking In Persons?, The Face of Modern Slavery Sex Trafficking, Child Sex Trafficking, Forced Labor, Bonded Labor Or Debt Bondage, Involuntary Domestic Servitude, Forced Child Labor, and Unlawful Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers.Methodology This Report was prepared using information from U.S. embassies, government officials, nongovernmental and international organizations, published reports, news articles, academic studies, research trips to every region of the world, and information submitted to [email protected]. This email address provides a means by which organizations and individuals can share information with the Department of State on government progress in addressing trafficking.Also included besides the Country Report is the Tier Placement Countries are placed onto one of four tiers, as mandated by the TVPA. This placement is based more on the extent of government action to combat trafficking than on the size of the problem. The analyses are based on the extent of governments' efforts to reach compliance with the TVPA's minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, which are consistent with the Palermo Protocol.