HUMAN TRAFFICKING: State Has Made Improvements in Its Annual Report but Does Not Explicitly Explain Certain Tier Rankings or Changes

Abstract

Human traffickers around the world exploit men, women, and children for profitoften through commercial sex work or forced labor. The State Department annually reports on global antitrafficking effortsranking countries into 1 of 4 tiers based on their actions. We found several key shortcomings in State's 2015 and 2016 reportspotentially limiting their usefulness as tools to encourage governments to fight trafficking. For example, the reports lacked clear explanations for some countries' rankings, or for decisions to upgrade or downgrade a country to a different tier. We recommended that State improve the transparency and clarity of the Trafficking in Persons Report. (An earlier version of this summary was not clear about the nature of GAOs recommendations. It has been updated.)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1169263

Entities

People

  • Thomas Melito

Organizations

  • United States Government Accountability Office

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Crime
  • Criminals
  • Department Of Defense
  • Department Of State
  • Foreign Relations
  • Geographic Regions
  • Government (Foreign)
  • Governments
  • Human Trafficking
  • International Law
  • International Relations
  • Language
  • Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Governments
  • Nongovernmental Organizations
  • Sexual Assault
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Victims

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  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.