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2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Peru
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: PERU (Tier 2). The Government of Peru 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 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Tanzania
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: TANZANIA (Tier 2). The Government of Tanzania 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: Uruguay
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: URUGUAY (Tier 2). The Government of Uruguay 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: Marshall Islands
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MARSHALL ISLANDS (Tier 2 Watch List).
The United States Announces $920 Million in Additional Humanitarian Assistance for Syria
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: Today, Under Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights Uzra Zeya announced $920 million in additional U.S. humanitarian assistance for Syria at the Brussels VII Conference on “Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region."
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Vanuatu
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: VANUATU (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Vanuatu does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included sentencing four traffickers to adequate prison terms, following their conviction in the previous reporting...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Laos
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: LAOS (Tier 2). The Government of Laos 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 pandemic,...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Mozambique
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MOZAMBIQUE (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Mozambique does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included increasing investigations and prosecutions, training law enforcement and front-line officials, publishing...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Liberia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: LIBERIA (Tier 2). The Government of Liberia 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: Malawi
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: MALAWI (Tier 2). The Government of Malawi 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 pandemic...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Chile
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CHILE (Tier 1). The Government of Chile 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; therefore...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Suriname
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: SURINAME (Tier 2). The Government of Suriname 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: Ethiopia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: ETHIOPIA (Tier 2). The Government of Ethiopia 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...
Designation of Two DPRK Individuals Supporting the DPRK’s Unlawful Weapons of Mass Destruction and Missile Programs
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: Today, the United States is designating two Beijing-based Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) nationals connected to the DPRK’s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) procurement. The DPRK’s development of its missile programs directly threatens regional and international security, and the United States will continue to take action to curtail activities in support of those programs.
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Bolivia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BOLIVIA (Tier 2 Watch List). The Government of Bolivia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included adopting a new NAP for the elimination of trafficking and reportedly sentencing three traffickers who...
Condemning Atrocities in Darfur
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: The United States condemns in the strongest terms the ongoing human rights violations and abuses and horrific violence in Sudan, especially reports of widespread sexual violence and killings based on ethnicity in West Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias. Local groups estimate...
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Burundi
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: BURUNDI (Tier 2). The Government of Burundi 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: The Gambia
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: THE GAMBIA (Tier 2). The Government of The Gambia 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: North Korea
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF (Tier 3).
2023 Trafficking in Persons Report: Central African Republic
By State Newswire | Jun 16, 2023
Release: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC (Tier 2). The Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) 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...