USA publishes its 2022 Report on Trafficking in Persons on 188 countries

 

US State Department (20.07.2022) – https://bit.ly/3PuOsSX – The State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Visit disclaimer page has released the 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Visit disclaimer page, a comprehensive examination of how 188 countries and territories are preventing trafficking, protecting individuals impacted by trafficking, and prosecuting traffickers.

 

This year’s TIP Report expressly acknowledges the critical role of individuals with lived experience in developing effective anti-trafficking policies, procedures, and programs. Federal agencies and non-governmental organizations increasingly consult lived experience experts through advisory councils and training and technical assistance (T/TA) centers. Aligning with this sentiment, OTIP integrates survivor involvement throughout T/TA activities provided through its National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC); in FY21, 51 individuals with lived experience partnered with NHTTAC as consultants. Through NHTTAC, OTIP also convenes the Human Trafficking Leadership Academy, cohorts of survivors leaders and allied professionals who develop recommendations for improving anti-trafficking programming.

 

Survivors of human trafficking know — through deeply painful experience — the tactics that traffickers use, the obstacles that survivors face as they get free, the support that can help the most as they work to rebuild their lives. So what the report emphasizes and what I want to emphasize today is that need for us to listen — listen to them, empower them, partner with them at every level of our work. — Secretary of State Antony Blinken Visit disclaimer page

 

The United States (U.S.) remained on Tier 1 in the 2022 TIP Report based on continued efforts to address human trafficking. The TIP Report notes the U.S. significantly increased service provision to individuals who have experienced trafficking and strengthened inter- and intra-agency coordination through the National Action Plan to Combat Trafficking Visit disclaimer page. However, the TIP Report highlighted areas of needed improvement, including a “continued lack of progress to comprehensively address labor trafficking” and how “survivors continued to be arrested for unlawful acts traffickers compelled them to commit.”

 

The 2022 TIP Report offers prioritized recommendations for the U.S. to improve anti-trafficking efforts. These recommendations include “assess government systems and programs to ensure they advance equity for and decrease the vulnerability of marginalized communities to human trafficking” and “improve access to emergency and long-term housing” for individuals impacted by human trafficking. Learn more about the work OTIP is doing to strengthen health equity and ensure access to safestable housing.

 

Read the full 2022 TIP Report Visit disclaimer page (PDF) and watch the launch ceremony Visit disclaimer page.

 

Country rankings

 

TIER 1 (30 countries)

ARGENTINA – AUSTRALIA –  AUSTRIA – THE BAHAMAS – BAHRAIN – BELGIUM – CANADA – CHILE – COLOMBIA – CYPRUS – CZECH REPUBLIC – ESTONIA – FINLAND – FRANCE – GEORGIA – GERMANY – GUYANA – ICELAND – LITHUANIA – LUXEMBOURG –  NAMIBIA – NETHERLANDS – PHILIPPINES – SINGAPORE –  SLOVENIA – SPAIN – SWEDEN – TAIWAN – UNITED KINGDOM – UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

 

TIER 2

ALBANIA – ANGOLA – ARMENIA – AZERBAIJAN – BANGLADESH – BARBADOS – BELIZE – BENIN – BOLIVIA – BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA – BOTSWANA – BRAZIL – BURUNDI – CABO VERDE – CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC – REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – COSTA RICA – COTE D’IVOIRE – CROATIA – DENMARK – DOMINICAN REPUBLIC – ECUADOR – EGYPT – FIJI – THE GAMBIA – GHANA – GREECE – GUATEMALA –  HONDURAS –  HUNGARY – INDIA – IRAQ – IRELAND – ISRAEL – ITALY – JAMAICA – JAPAN – JORDAN – KAZAKHSTAN – KENYA – REPUBLIC OF KOREA – KOSOVO – KYRGYZ REPUBLIC – LAOS – LATVIA – LEBANON – LESOTHO – LIBERIA – MALAWI – MALDIVES – MALTA – MARSHALL ISLANDS – MAURITIUS -MEXICO – MICRONESIA – MOLDOVA – MONGOLIA – MONTENEGRO – MOROCCO – MOZAMBIQUE – NEPAL – NEW ZEALAND – NIGER – NIGERIA – NORTH MACEDONIA – NORWAY – OMAN – PAKISTAN – PANAMA – PARAGUAY – PERU – POLAND – PORTUGAL – QATAR – ROMANIA – RWANDA – SAUDI ARABIA – SEYCHELLES – SIERRA LEONE – SLOVAK REPUBLIC – SOLOMON ISLANDS – SRI LANKA – ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – SUDAN – SURINAME – SWITZERLAND – TAJIKISTAN -TANZANIA – THAILAND – UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – TIMOR LESTE – TOGO – TUNISIA – TURKEY – UGANDA – UKRAINE – URUGUAY – UZBEKISTAN – VANUATU

 

TIER 2 WATCH LIST

ALGERIA – ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA – ARUBA – BHUTAN – BULGARIA – BURKINA FASO – CAMEROON – CHAD – COMOROS – DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO – DJIBOUTI – EL SALVADOR EQUATORIAL – GUINEA – ESWATINI – ETHIOPIA – GABON – GUINEA – HAITI – HONG KONG – INDONESIA – KUWAIT – MADAGASCAR – MALI – MAURITANIA – PALAU – PAPUA NEW GUINEA – SAINT LUCIA – SENEGAL – SERBIA – SOUTH AFRICA – TONGA – TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO – ZAMBIA – ZIMBABWE

 

TIER 3

AFGHANISTAN – BELARUS – BRUNEI – BURMA – CAMBODIA – PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA – CUBA – CURAĆAO – ERITREA – GUINEA BISSAU – IRAN – DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA – MACAU – MALAYSIA – NICARAGUA – RUSSIA – SINT MAARTEN – SOUTH SUDAN – SYRIA – TURKMENISTAN – VENEZUELA – VIETNAM

 

SPECIAL CASE

LIBYA-SOMALIA-YEMEN

 

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