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  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cote d'Ivoire

    Release: COTE D’IVOIRE (Tier 2). The Government of Cote d’Ivoire does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mongolia

    Release: MONGOLIA (Tier 2). The Government of Mongolia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Uganda

    Release: UGANDA (Tier 2). The Government of Uganda does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Lesotho

    Release: LESOTHO (Tier 2). The Government of the Kingdom of Lesotho does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Chad

    Release: CHAD (Tier 3). The Government of Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Chad was downgraded to Tier 3. Despite the...


  • Special Representative Syed’s Travel to Iraq with U.S. Private Sector Delegation

    News Release: From June 11 to June 15, Special Representative for Commercial and Business Affairs Dilawar Syed traveled to Baghdad, Iraq. Syed was the senior U.S. government official participant in a U.S.-Iraq Business Council (USIBC) delegation to Iraq. This delegation demonstrated the tremendous interest from the ...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Kenya

    Release: KENYA (Tier 2). The Government of Kenya does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Japan

    Release: JAPAN (Tier 2). The Government of Japan does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,...


  • Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the Release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report

    News Release: AMBASSADOR DYER: Good morning, everyone. And welcome. My name is Cindy Dyer. I’m the Ambassador-At-Large for the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons here at the Department of State. And I have the honor of kicking off today’s ceremony. Thank you all so much for joining us.


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Timor-Leste

    Release: TIMOR-LESTE (Tier 2). The Government of Timor-Leste does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Philippines

    Release: PHILIPPINES (Tier 1). The Government of the Philippines fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Eritrea

    Release: ERITREA (Tier 3). The Government of Eritrea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity, is not making significant efforts to do so; therefore Eritrea remained on Tier...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Burma

    Release: BURMA (Tier 3). Burma does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Burma remained on Tier 3. During the reporting period, the...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Singapore

    Release: SINGAPORE (Tier 1). The Government of Singapore fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Cambodia

    Release: CAMBODIA (Tier 3). The Government of Cambodia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Cambodia remained on Tier...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Brazil

    Release: BRAZIL (Tier 2). The Government of Brazil does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Guyana

    Release: GUYANA (Tier 1). The Government of Guyana fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity;...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Togo

    Release: TOGO (Tier 2). The Government of Togo does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Russia

    Release: RUSSIA (Tier 3). The Government of Russia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Russia remained on Tier 3. Despite...


  • 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Namibia

    Release: NAMIBIA (Tier 2). The Government of Namibia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included identifying more victims and providing assistance for a large influx of male trafficking victims; repatriating Namibian...