50 2015 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT

In 2014, the L.A. Times uncovered conditions indicative of  human  trafficking  on Mexican tomato farms. Some employers illegally withheld workers’ wages, and the exorbitant prices at onsite grocery stores caused many laborers to return home penniless after the season.

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TIER PLACEMENTS
1 

ARMENIA AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA
THE BAHAMAS BELGIUM CANADA CHILE
CZECH REPUBLIC

DENMARK FINLAND FRANCE GERMANY ICELAND IRELAND ISRAEL ITALY

KOREA, SOUTH LUXEMBOURG MACEDONIA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND NORWAY POLAND PORTUGAL

SLOVAKIA SPAIN SWEDEN SWITZERLAND TAIWAN
UNITED KINGDOM
UNITED STATES  OF AMERICA

2 

AFGHANISTAN ALBANIA ANGOLA ARGENTINA ARUBA AZERBAIJAN BAHRAIN BANGLADESH BARBADOS BENIN BHUTAN
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA BRAZIL
BRUNEI CABO VERDE CAMEROON CHAD COLOMBIA
COTE D’IVOIRE CROATIA CURAÇAO CYPRUS
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR
EL SALVADOR ESTONIA ETHIOPIA
FIJI GEORGIA GUATEMALA GREECE HONDURAS
HONG KONG HUNGARY INDIA INDONESIA IRAQ
JAPAN JORDAN KAZAKHSTAN KENYA KIRIBATI KOSOVO KYRGYZSTAN LATVIA LIBERIA

LITHUANIA MACAU MADAGASCAR MALAWI MALTA MEXICO MICRONESIA MOLDOVA MONGOLIA
MONTENEGRO MOROCCO MOZAMBIQUE NEPAL NICARAGUA NIGER NIGERIA OMAN
PALAU PANAMA PARAGUAY PERU PHILIPPINES ROMANIA

RWANDA ST. LUCIA
ST. MAARTEN SENEGAL SERBIA SEYCHELLES SIERRA LEONE SINGAPORE SLOVENIA SOUTH AFRICA SWAZILAND TAJIKISTAN TOGO
TONGA TURKEY UGANDA
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES URUGUAY
VIETNAM ZAMBIA

2 WATCH LIST 

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
CUBA
LESOTHO
ST.VINCENT & THE GRENADINES
BOLIVIA
DJIBOUTI
MALAYSIA
SOLOMON ISLANDS
BOTSWANA
EGYPT
MALDIVES
SUDAN
BULGARIA
GABON
MALI
SURINAME
BURKINA FASO
GHANA
MAURITIUS
TANZANIA
BURMA
GUINEA
NAMIBIA
TIMOR-LESTE
CAMBODIA
GUYANA
PAKISTAN
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
CHINA (PRC)
HAITI
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
TUNISIA
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REP. OF
JAMAICA
QATAR
TURKMENISTAN
CONGO, REPUBLIC OF
LAOS
SAUDI ARABIA
UKRAINE
COSTA RICA
LEBANON
SRI LANKA
UZBEKISTAN
3 

ALGERIA BELARUS* BELIZE BURUNDI
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC COMOROS*

EQUATORIAL GUINEA ERITREA
THE GAMBIA GUINEA-BISSAU IRAN
KOREA, NORTH

KUWAIT LIBYA
MARSHALL ISLANDS* MAURITANIA
RUSSIA
SOUTH SUDAN

SYRIA THAILAND YEMEN VENEZUELA ZIMBABWE

SOMALIA
* Auto downgrade from Tier 2 Watch List

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CABO VERDE

THE GAMBIA

MAURITANIA

SENEGAL

MALI

BURKINA

NIGER

CHAD

SUDAN

ERITREA

DJIBOUTI

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUINEA

FASO
BENIN

NIGERIA

SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
 
COTE D’IVOIRE

GHANA

TOGO

CAMEROON

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SOUTH SUDAN

ETHIOPIA

SOMALIA

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

GABON

REP. OF CONGO

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE RWANDA

UGANDA

KENYA

CONGO

BURUNDI

TANZANIA

SEYCHELLES

ANGOLA

ZAMBIA

ZIMBABWE

MALAWI

COMOROS

AFRICA

NAMIBIA

BOTSWANA

SOUTH AFRICA

MOZAMBIQUE

SWAZILAND

LESOTHO

MADAGASCAR

MAURITIUS

Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

TIER PLACEMENTS
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Watch List Tier 3

Tier 3 (Auto downgrade)

Special Case

YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
109 (18)
90 (20)
7,799
10
2009
325 (47)
117 (30)
10,861
8
2010
272 (168)
163 (113)
9,626
5
2011
340 (45)
217 (113)
8,900 (5,098)
2
2012
493 (273)
252 (177)
10,043 (6,544)
4
2013
572 (245)
341 (192)
10,096 (2,250)
7
2014
811 (49)
317 (33)
9,523 (1,308)
4
The above statistics are estimates only, given the lack of uniformity in national reporting structures. The numbers in parentheses are those     of labor trafficking prosecutions, convictions, and victims identified. The number of victims identified includes information from foreign governments  and  other sources.

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MONGOLIA

CHINA

NORTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREA
JAPAN

BURMA

Macau

Hong Kong

Taiwan

    LAOS THAILAND

VIETNAM

CAMBODIA

PHILIPPINES

         BRUNEI MALAYSIA SINGAPORE

FEDERATED STATES
PALAU OF MICRONESIA

MARSHALL ISLANDS

I   N   D   O   N   E   S   I   A

TIMOR-LESTE

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

SOLOMON ISLANDS

KIRIBATI

FIJI

EAST ASIA & PACIFIC
Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

TONGA

TIER PLACEMENTS
Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 2 Watch List Tier 3 Tier 3 (Auto downgrade)

YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
1,083 (106)
643 (35)
3,374
2
2009
357 (113)
256 (72)
5,238
3
2010
427 (53)
177 (9)
2,597
0
2011
2,127 (55)
978 (55)
8,454 (3,140)
4
2012
1,682 (115)
1,251 (103)
8,521 (1,804)
4
2013
2,460 (188)
1,271 (39)
7,886 (1,077)
3
2014
1,938 (88)
969 (16)
6,349 (1,084)
3
The above statistics are estimates only, given the lack of uniformity in national reporting structures. The numbers in parentheses are those     of labor trafficking prosecutions, convictions, and victims identified. The number of victims identified includes information from foreign governments  and  other sources.

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ICELAND

NORWAY

SWEDEN

FINLAND

IRELAND

DENMARK

NETHERLANDS
UNITED

ESTONIA