PROTECTION
The government sustained minimal efforts to identify and provide protection to trafficking victims. It did not officially report the number of victims identified or referred to protection services, although it identified at least 33 victims as part of the aforementioned investigations. Regional committees, located in eight regions within Chad, identified and referred an unknown number of victims to protective services, but these bodies lacked adequate support and resources. The lack of formal victim identification

procedures continued to be a problem. Inadequate human and financial resources severely limited the government’s ability to provide adequate services to victims of all crimes, including victims of trafficking.The government provided limited in-kind contributions and social services to victims of crime through a joint agreement with UNICEF, though these services were not tailored to the specific needs of trafficking victims.Through this joint agreement, the government provided facilities to UNICEF, which used the buildings as shelters for trafficking victims. During the reporting period, these multipurpose shelters were used to provide shelter and services to at least 26 children; the government ultimately reunited the children with their families.The government did not have a formal policy in place to offer temporary or permanent residency for foreign victims of trafficking.There were no reports the government detained, fined, or jailed any trafficking victims for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being subjected to human trafficking.

PREVENTION
The government sustained modest efforts to prevent trafficking. The inter-ministerial committee responsible for coordinating government efforts to combat trafficking extended its membership to local and international NGOs and met regularly throughout the reporting period. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights developed a national action plan for 2015 on human rights, which includes anti-trafficking efforts. The Ministry of Social Action concluded a mapping project aimed at tracking violations of children’s rights, including trafficking; the findings are meant to inform the development of a trafficking-specific national action plan.The government partnered with a local NGO to conduct a public awareness event for local leaders on human trafficking; 122 participants attended the event, which was also covered by two radio stations. In June 2014, the government partnered with an international organization to conduct training for military leaders on child soldier identification and children’s rights. Additionally, in February 2015, the government convened a meeting with local leaders and NGOs to disseminate the 2013 presidential directive which prohibits the recruitment or use of child soldiers and requires proof of age for all soldiers and recruits.The government made no discernible efforts to reduce the demand for forced labor or commercial sex during the reporting period. The government provided Chadian troops anti-trafficking training prior to their deployment abroad on international peacekeeping missions, in collaboration with a foreign donor. The government did not provide anti-trafficking training or guidance for its diplomatic personnel.

CHILE:  Tier 1 
Chile is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor. Chilean women and children are exploited in sex trafficking within the country, as are women and girls from other Latin American countries and possibly from Asia. Men, women, and children— primarily from other Latin American countries, as well as Asia— are exploited in forced labor in mining, agriculture, construction, street vending, the hospitality and restaurant sectors, the garment sector, and in domestic service. Authorities report that Chinese immigrants may also be vulnerable to both sex trafficking and forced labor. Chilean authorities identified 90 children involved in illicit activities in 2014, including drug trafficking and robbery;

some of these children may have been trafficking victims. Chilean officials report that Chile is a transit country for trafficking victims from other countries, including possibly to Europe, and that some Chilean women may be exploited in sex trafficking in other countries. NGOs report brothels in small towns are often frequented by police officers, dissuading potential trafficking victims from reporting their exploitation.
The Government of Chile fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Authorities increased convictions of sex traffickers under child prostitution statutes and continued to provide specialized services to child sex trafficking victims and adult female victims.The government established six new regional anti-trafficking taskforces in 2014. While authorities increased training for a range of front-line responders, many government officials lacked adequate expertise and resources to identify victims and refer them to or provide specialized services. Authorities did not prosecute internal child sex trafficking as human trafficking, which hindered efforts to penalize traffickers with sufficiently stringent sentences and accurately assess anti-trafficking efforts, and most convicted traffickers were not imprisoned.

RECOMMENDATIONS  FOR  CHILE:
Increase efforts to investigate and prosecute all forms of human trafficking under Law 20507 and convict and penalize traffickers with sufficiently stringent sentences, ordering victim restitution as appropriate; expand victims’ access to comprehensive services through increased referrals to and funding for these services, in partnership with civil society; increase training for front-line responders in victim identification and implementation of the victim assistance protocol; continue to increase the use of the anti-trafficking law, including to prosecute child sex trafficking; implement mechanisms requiring that cases of third-party prostitution of children be referred to specialized anti-trafficking police and prosecutors and issue guidance to law enforcement and justice officials clarifying that third-party prostitution of children is trafficking; continue to strengthen law enforcement’s capability to investigate trafficking cases outside the capital, especially involving potential forced labor and domestic servitude; develop guidelines for officials to screen children involved in illicit activities for trafficking indicators; continue to improve data collection; and continue to enhance interagency coordination mechanisms and communication with NGOs.

PROSECUTION
The government strengthened anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts. Law 20507 prohibits all forms of human trafficking, prescribing penalties ranging from five years and a day to 15 years’ imprisonment, plus fines, for trafficking offenses. Such penalties are sufficiently stringent and are commensurate with those prescribed for other serious crimes, such as rape. Chilean officials continued to investigate and prosecute many internal child sex trafficking cases under Article 367 of the penal code, which penalizes promoting