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TURKEY SOURCE FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, U.S. SAYS
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the
State Department said Turkey is a source, destination, and transit
country for women, men, and children subjected to sex trafficking
and forced labor, accusing the government of not fully complying with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
The report analyzed conditions in 184 nations, including the United
States, and ranked them in terms of their effectiveness in fighting
what many have termed modern-day slavery. The State Department
estimates that as many as 27 million men, women and children are
living in such bondage around the world, Today's Zaman says.
According to the report, women and child sex trafficking victims
found in Turkey originate predominately from the former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe but Turkish women are also subjected to forced
prostitution within the country.
The report criticized Turkey for not fully complying with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it said Turkey
is making significant efforts to do so. "The government improved
its recognition of forced labor and domestic trafficking during the
reporting period," the report reads.
Among the countries on the blacklist are Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North
Korea and Sudan along with Eritrea, Libya and Zimbabwe. Others are
US allies in the Middle East like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia while
Papua New Guinea was cited as a repeat offender. Only one country,
the Dominican Republic, was removed from the list.
The 11 new countries on the blacklist are Algeria, the Central African
Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar,
Micronesia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Yemen.
PanARMENIAN.Net
June 28, 2011
PanARMENIAN.Net - In its annual Trafficking in Persons report, the
State Department said Turkey is a source, destination, and transit
country for women, men, and children subjected to sex trafficking
and forced labor, accusing the government of not fully complying with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.
The report analyzed conditions in 184 nations, including the United
States, and ranked them in terms of their effectiveness in fighting
what many have termed modern-day slavery. The State Department
estimates that as many as 27 million men, women and children are
living in such bondage around the world, Today's Zaman says.
According to the report, women and child sex trafficking victims
found in Turkey originate predominately from the former Soviet Union
and Eastern Europe but Turkish women are also subjected to forced
prostitution within the country.
The report criticized Turkey for not fully complying with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking, but it said Turkey
is making significant efforts to do so. "The government improved
its recognition of forced labor and domestic trafficking during the
reporting period," the report reads.
Among the countries on the blacklist are Cuba, Iran, Myanmar, North
Korea and Sudan along with Eritrea, Libya and Zimbabwe. Others are
US allies in the Middle East like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia while
Papua New Guinea was cited as a repeat offender. Only one country,
the Dominican Republic, was removed from the list.
The 11 new countries on the blacklist are Algeria, the Central African
Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar,
Micronesia, Turkmenistan, Venezuela and Yemen.