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TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2008

SPECIAL CASES COUNTRIES

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Briefing on the Release of the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons Report

Ambassador Mark P. Lagon, Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Washington, DC
June 4, 2008

What’s unique about our policy goal of eradicating modern-day slavery is that we have, very much at Congress’s direction, a comprehensive tool: The Annual Trafficking In Persons Report, which allows us to diagnose the problem and track progress. This year’s report covers 170 countries: 153 are assessed and ranked into Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List, and Tier 3; another 17 countries are considered special cases, often because we lack sufficient information to assess whether a significant number of trafficking victims exist in those countries.

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Website Link:

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/105390.htm

Trafficking in Persons Report - Report Home Page
Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
June 4, 2008

Special Cases Countries - Examples

Reasons noted as limited trafficking data provided, lack of information, limited

trafficking in persons reporting, countries in political transition +

*The Bahamas

*Barbados

*Brunei

*Botswana

*Haiti

*Iraq

*Kiribati

*Kosovo

*Lesotho

*Namibia

*Palau

*Solomon Islands

*Somalia

*Swaziland

*Tonga

*Tunisia

*Turkmenistan

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