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The TIP Report on a map based on 2021 data The number of trafficking victims in EU countries in 2022. The Trafficking in Persons Report, or the TIP Report, is an annual report issued since 2001 by the U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.
2023 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report Hero Ruth Evon Benson-Idahosa speaks during the release of the 2023 TIP Report at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C.on June 15, 2023 . Ruth Evon Benson-Idahosa is a Nigerian-American activist on human trafficking. [1]
The Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons was established in October 2001 as a result of the passing of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000.This enabling legislation required the President to create a bureau within the State Department to specifically address human trafficking and exploitation on all levels and to take legal action against perpetrators.
The government maintained its efforts to provide assistance to child trafficking victims identified in the capital region. [1] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed Ethiopia in "Tier 2" in 2017 [2] and in 2023. [3] The country ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol in June 2012. [4]
The government did not prosecute any officials for trafficking specific crimes, but took significant steps in fighting trafficking-related corruption. [2] The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2" in 2017 [3] and 2023. [4]
An alleged multistate human trafficking ring forcing immigrant women into prostitution. The mysterious killing of a former police officer in South Florida. Attacks against police officers in New York.
The U.S. State Department's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons placed the country in "Tier 2 Watchlist" in 2017 [3] and 2023. [4] In 2023, the Organised Crime Index gave the country a score of 7.5 out of 10 for human trafficking, noting that porous borders and high levels of corruption limited the fight against this crime. [5]
More than 260 people, most of them women and children, were reported victims of human trafficking in North Carolina at the end of 2020. The actual number of victims and survivors in the state ...