The US State Department's Trafficking in Persons Report for 2009 Download

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Report Highlights

• Human trafficking is prevalent throughout the world, as shown by the Report’s expanded coverage to 175 countries.
• Subtle but potent forms of coercion are often used against victims, including threats of deportation or imprisonment, or severe reputational and financial harm that make them feel they have no choice but to continue in service.
• Factors contributing to trafficking include fraudulent recruitment practices, excessive recruitment fees and debt, and lack of legal protections for migrants.
• There remains a stark disparity between the large global problem of forced labor and the low numbers of prosecutions and convictions of labor trafficking crimes (less than 10 percent of all convictions).
• The Department of Justice now releases an assessment of U.S. Government activities to combat trafficking in persons in tandem with the TIP Report.

TIP Successes

 

During the reporting period, 26 countries enacted new antitrafficking legislation. More than half the world’s countries now have enacted criminal legislation prohibiting all forms of trafficking in persons.

 

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16 Jun 2009

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