LATVIA LITHUANIA

BELARUS

R U S S I A

KINGDOM
BELGIUM

GERMANY

POLAND

LUX.

  CZECH REPUBLIC

SLOVAKIA

UKRAINE

SWITZERLAND
FRANCE

AUSTRIA HUNGARY
SLOVENIA

ROMANIA

MOLDOVA

ITALY CROATIA  BOS.& SERBIA
HER.

PORTUGAL

MONTENEGRO

KOSOVO BULGARIA
MACEDONIA
 
GEORGIA ARMENIA

SPAIN

EUROPE

MALTA

GREECE
ALBANIA

TURKEY

CYPRUS

AZERBAIJAN

ARUBA* CURAÇAO*

ST. MAARTEN*

Aruba

St. Maarten

Curaçao

Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

Islands not shown to scale or relative  position.

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* Islands in the Caribbean Sea—although part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Aruba, Curaçao and St. Maarten are covered by the State Department’s Bureau of Western Hemisphere  Affairs.

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YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
2,808 (83)
1,721 (16)
8,981
1
2009
2,208 (160)
1,733 (149)
14,650
14
2010
2,803 (47)
1,850 (38)
8,548
4
2011
3,188 (298)
1,601 (81)
10,185 (1,796)
2
2012
3,161 (361)
1,818 (112)
11,905 (2,306)
3
2013
3,223 (275)
2,684 (127)
10,374 (1,863)
35
2014
4,199 (197)
1,585 (69)
11,910 (3,531)
5
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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MOROCCO

ALGERIA

TUNISIA

LIBYA

LEBANON ISRAEL

SYRIA

JORDAN

IRAQ

KUWAIT

IRAN

EGYPT

SAUDI ARABIA

BAHRAIN QATAR
U.A.E.

OMAN

NEAR EAST

YEMEN

Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

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YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
120 (56)
26 (2)
688
6
2009
80 (9)
57 (8)
1,011
6
2010
323 (63)
68 (10)
1,304
1
2011
209 (17)
60 (5)
1,831 (1,132)
2
2012
249 (29)
149 (15)
4,047 (1,063)
1
2013
119 (25)
60 (4)
1,460 (172)
4
2014
320 (5)
144 (25)
3,388 (2,460)
0
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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KAZAKHSTAN

UZBEKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

KYRGYZSTAN

TAJIKISTAN

AFGHANISTAN

PAKISTAN NEPAL

BHUTAN

INDIA

SOUTH &
Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

BANGLADESH

SRI LANKA

MALDIVES

TIER PLACEMENTS
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YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
644 (7)
342 (7)
3,510
2
2009
1,989 (56)
1,450 (10)
8,325
1
2010
1,460 (196)
1,068 (11)
4,357
1
2011
974 (24)
829 (11)
3,907 (1,089)
2
2012
1,043 (6)
874 (4)
4,415 (2,150)
1
2013
1,904 (259)
974 (58)
7,124 (1,290)
5
2014
1,839 (12)
958 (10)
4,878 (1,041)
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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CANADA

UNITED STATES

MEXICO THE BAHAMAS

BELIZE
 
CUBA JAMAICA
HAITI

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Puerto

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

GUATEMALA EL SALVADOR

HONDURAS
NICARAGUA

Rico
ST. LUCIA

BARBADOS
ST. VINCENT AND GRENADINES

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

VENEZUELA
 
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

COLOMBIA

GUYANA

SURINAME

ECUADOR

WESTERN
HEMISPHERE

PERU

CHILE

BRAZIL

BOLIVIA

PARAGUAY

ARGENTINA

Boundary representation  is  not authoritative.

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URUGUAY

YEAR
PROSECUTIONS
CONVICTIONS
 VICTIMS IDENTIFIED
NEW OR AMENDED LEGISLATION
2008
448 (42)
161 (24)
6,609
5
2009
647 (47)
553 (66)
9,020
1
2010
732 (80)
293 (65)
6,681
6
2011
624 (17)
279 (14)
9,014 (2,490)
3
2012
1,077 (369)
402 (107)
7,639 (3,501)
8
2013
1,182 (207)
446 (50)
7,818 (3,951)
4
2014
944 (67)
470 (63)
8,414 (2,014)
5

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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Traffickers in the Republic of the Congo  force  Congolese and Beninese children into market vending and domestic servitude.

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