The United States has listed Cuba and Venezuela as countries that have failed to meet minimum international standards in the fight against human trafficking. The State Department said in a new report released Monday that Cuba’s government is not making significant efforts to eliminate trafficking and has not implemented any known public awareness campaigns to […]
Cuba, Venezuela on US Blacklist of Human Trafficking Violators
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 8:35 pm (UTC-5)
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US Ranks Burma, N. Korea, PNG, Micronesia Poor on Human Trafficking
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 6:50 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has ranked Burma, North Korea, Micronesia and Papua New Guinea with the poorest record for fighting human trafficking among Southeast Asian countries, while saying South Korea and Taiwan fully comply with human trafficking standards. In its annual report issued Monday, the State Department kept North Korea in the so-called Tier Three among […]
Five European Countries on Human Trafficking Watchlist
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 4:55 pm (UTC-5)
The United States on Monday included five European countries on a human trafficking watchlist, saying they failed to step up efforts to fight prostitution and forced labor. Belarus, Estonia, Russia, Cyprus and Malta are on this year’s watchlist, which is included in the State Department’s 2011 annual report on trafficking in persons. The report says […]
US Gives Failing Grades to 23 Countries in Human Trafficking Fight
Posted June 27th, 2011 at 3:05 pm (UTC-5)
The United States has sharply increased, from 13 to 23, the number of nations said to be failing to meet international standards in the fight against human trafficking. Lebanon, Libya, Venezuela and several African countries are among the countries new to the list of the world’s worst offenders on the State Department’s annual report on […]
Three US Men Plead Guilty to Trafficking Thai Workers
Posted June 15th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (UTC-5)
Three US men have pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges related to a company that recruited farm workers from Thailand. The U.S. Justice Department says between 2001 and 2007 the defendants brought some 600 Thai nationals to the United States under the federal agricultural guest worker program. The indictment says the men forced the Thai […]
Turk, Israeli Charged With Organ Trafficking in Kosovo
Posted June 13th, 2011 at 8:00 pm (UTC-5)
A European Union prosecutor in Kosovo has indicted a Turkish and an Israeli citizen for involvement in illegal trafficking of human organs at a clinic in Pristina. The European Union justice mission in Kosovo announced Monday that Yusuf Sonmez of Turkey and Israel’s Moshe Harel were charged last week with trafficking in persons, unlawful medical […]
