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The 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report

Document number
1660
Date
2008
Title
The 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report
Author/publisher
The US Department of State, United States of America
Availability
LSI library
Document type(s)
Research/Study/Analysis,
Keywords
Protection, Prevention, Prosecution, Sexual exploitation, Forced labour, Identification, Reporting, Investigation, Criminal charges, Task forces, Data analysis, Data collection, Data exchange; Organized crime, Prosecution, Law Enforcement, Criminal justice, Judicial cooperation; Victim-centred approach, National anti-trafficking measures; Criminalisation, Punishment, Crime prevention;
Summary
The Department of State is required by law tosubmit a Report each year to the U.S. Congresson foreign governments’ efforts to eliminatesevere forms of traffi cking in persons. This Reportis the eighth annual TIP Report. It is intendedto raise global awareness, to highlight efforts ofthe international community, and to encourageforeign governments to take effective actions tocounter all forms of traffi cking in persons.A country that fails to make signifi cant effortsto bring itself into compliance with the minimumstandards for the elimination of traffi cking inpersons, as outlined in the TVPA, receives a “Tier 3”assessment in this Report. Such an assessment couldtrigger the withholding by the United States of nonhumanitarian,non-trade-related foreign assistance.In assessing foreign governments’ efforts, the TIPReport highlights the “three P’s”—prosecution,protection, and prevention. But a victim-centeredapproach to traffi cking requires us also to addressthe “three R’s”—rescue, rehabilitation, and reintegration—and to encourage learning and sharing ofbest practices in these areas. In addition to the regular countries' assessment, this report also tackles issues of special interest, such as: Boy Victims of Commercial Sexual Exploitation, Women as Exploiters, Trafficking in Persons and New Technologies,Child Sex Tourism, Trafficking of Migrant Workers, Victim Trauma and Recovery, Worker Remittances, Statelessness and Trafficking,Trafficking for Forced Begging, The Economics of Trafficking in Persons.The full TIP Report as well as its separate parts are available in PDF format at http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/
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