The 2007 Human Trafficking “Naughty List”
Thursday, June 14th, 2007Tuesday was the release of the U.S. State Department’s 2007 “Trafficking in Persons Report” (PDF available through CNN). To state the obvious - it’s a report on “human trafficking,” which encompasses: commercial sex, involuntary servitude, forced labor, and debt bondage. Here’s the extensive list and global map of who sucks more (countries in blue are named as “special cases,” countries in grey are “too damn special to survey”).
Tier 1 (green) [full compliance with Trafficking Victims Protection Acts] - Australia • Austria • Belgium • Canada • Colombia • Czech Republic • Denmark • Finland • France • Georgia • Germany • Hong Kong • Hungary • Italy • Republic of Korea • Lithuania • Luxembourg • Malawi • Morocco • The Netherlands • New Zealand
Tier 2 (yellow) [do not comply with TVPA, but are trying] - Afganistan • Albania • Angola • Azerbaijan • Bangladesh • Belize • Benin • Bolivia • Boznia-Herz. • Brazil • Bulgaria • Burkina Faso • Cameroon • Chile • Congo (DRC) • Costa Rica • Cote D’Ivoire • Croatia • East Timor • Ecuador • El Salvador • Estonia • Ethiopia • Gabon • Ghana • Greece • Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Indonesia • Isreal • Jamaica • Japan • Jordan • Kyrgyz Repl. • Laos • Latvia • Lebanon • Liberia • Macedonia • Madagascar • Mali • Malta • Mauritius • Mongolia • Montenegro • Nepal • Nicaragua • Niger • Pakistan • Panama • Paraguay • Peru • Philippines • Portugal • Romania • Rwanda • Senegal • Serbia • Sierra Leone • Singapore • Slovak Republ. • Suriname • Taiwan • Tajikistan • Tanzania • Thailand (really?!) • Togo • Turkey • Uganda • Uruguay • Vietnam • Yemen • Zambia • Zimbabwe
Tier 2 ‘Watch List’ (orange) [do not comply with TVPA, but are trying and have serious problems] - Argentina • Armenia • Belarus • Burundi • Cambodia • Central African Rep. • Chad • China • Cyprus • Djibouti • Dominican Rep. • Egypt • Fiji • Gambia • Guatemala • Guyana • Honduras • India • Kazakhstan • Kenya • Libya • Macau • Mauritania • Mexico • Moldova • Mozambique • Papua New Guinea • Russia • South Africa • Sri Lanka • Ukraine • United Arab Emirates
Tier 3 (red) [countries that could give a flying f**k about TVPA and aren't trying] - Algeria • Bahrain • Burma • Cuba • Equatorial Guinea • Iran • Kuwait • Malaysia • North Korea • Oman • Qatar • Saudi Arabia • Sudan • Syria • Uzbekistan • Venezuela









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