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Trafficking in Persons Report, June 12, 2007
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June 12, 2007
Letter from Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Dear Reader:
Two hundred years ago, the British Parliament outlawed the trans-Atlantic slave trade, culminating a decades-long struggle led by William Wilberforce.
Trafficking in persons is a modern-day form of slavery, a new type of global slave trade. Perpetrators prey on the most weak among us, primarily women and children, for profit and gain. They lure victims into involuntary servitude and sexual slavery. Today we are again called by conscience to end the debasement of our fellow men and women. As in the 19th century, committed abolitionists around the world have come together in a global movement to confront this repulsive crime. President George W. Bush has committed the United States Government to lead in combating this serious 21st century challenge, and all nations that are resolved to end human trafficking have a strong partner in the United States.
The seventh annual Trafficking in Persons Report documents efforts by foreign governments to prevent human trafficking, prosecute criminals, and protect their victims. The report probes even the darkest places, calling to account any country, friend or foe, that is not doing enough to combat human trafficking.
The power of shame has stirred many to action and sparked unprecedented reforms; and the growing awareness has prompted important progress in combating this crime and assisting its victims wherever they are found.
Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our day. Together with our allies and friends, we will continue our efforts to bring this cruel practice to an end. Thank you for joining the new abolitionist movement. Together we can make a difference, and together we can build a safer, freer, and more prosperous world for all.
Sincerely,
Condoleezza Rice
Released by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
June 12, 2007
Table of Contents
Letter from Secretary Condoleezza Rice
Introduction
The 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report
Purpose
Human Trafficking Defined
The Scope and Nature of Modern-Day Slavery
Focus of the 2007 TIP Report
Methodology
Learning
More: The Forms and Impact of Human Trafficking
Labor Trafficking
Bonded Labor
Involuntary Servitude
Debt Bondage and Involuntary Servitude Among Guest Workers
Involuntary Domestic Servitude
Forced Child Labor
Child Soldiers
Sex Trafficking and Prostitution
Children Exploited for Commercial Sex
Child Sex Tourism
Policy
Approaches to Trafficking in Persons
Focusing on Forced Labor and Sex Trafficking
The Policy of Victim Rescue
The Myth of Movement
Health Impacts of Trafficking in Persons
HIV/AIDS and Trafficking in Persons
The Many Causes of Trafficking: Supply and Demand
The Greatest Challenge: Victim Protection
The Victim-Centered Approach
Topics
of Special Interest
Random Factor in Transnational Trafficking
Servitude on the High Seas
Trafficking for Involuntary Domestic Servitude
Involuntary Domestic Servitude in Diplomatic Residences
Trafficking of Migrant Laborers: The Onus on Source Governments
Trafficking of East Asian Women through Brokered Marriages
Criminal Punishments for Sex Trafficking and Forced Labor: Seeking Parity
Child Soldiering: The Challenge of Holding Perpetrators Accountable
Confiscation of Travel and Identity Documents: A Trafficking Tool
Child Sex Tourism: Technology and Pornography
Debt Bondage in Prostitution
Sponsorship Laws and Forced Labor
West African Child Trafficking Victims and the Cocoa Industry
Barring the Import of Products Made with Slave Labor
The Plight of the Burmese
Commendable International Efforts
Heroes Acting To End Modern-Day Slavery
U.S. Government Domestic Anti-Trafficking Efforts
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000
Stopping Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation, and Abuse by International Peacekeepers
A Closing Note From the Drafters of the Report
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