PREVENTION
The government maintained efforts to prevent trafficking. The government does not report its progress on a yearly basis; therefore it was difficult to track the actions implemented to combat trafficking under its national action plan.Through China’s social media platforms, such as Sina Weibo, the MPS reported using its official microblog to raise awareness of trafficking and receive information from the public regarding suspected trafficking cases; it remained unclear how this effort contributed to the government’s prosecution and protection efforts. During peak traveling periods, the All-China Women’s Federation and MPS continued national anti-trafficking publicity campaigns at train and bus stations, and on national radio—mainly targeting migrant workers. MPS continued to coordinate the anti-trafficking interagency process and lead interagency efforts to engage with foreign counterparts and international organizations in 2014.The All-China Women’s Federation expanded after-school programs that included a curriculum on anti-trafficking after the success of its initial program. Academics noted the gender imbalance, due to the previous one child policy, could contribute to crimes of human trafficking in China.The government’s modification of the birth limitation policy may affect future demands for prostitution and for foreign women as brides for Chinese men.
Several government policies continued to facilitate human trafficking. “Punishment clauses” within the Labor Contract Law allowed Chinese companies to impose steep fines or require substantial deposits from Chinese workers, rendering them vulnerable to forced labor. The government hukou (household registration) system continued to contribute to the vulnerability of internal migrants to trafficking.The government provided anti- trafficking training to Chinese forces participating in peacekeeping initiatives abroad.The government did not provide anti-trafficking training or guidance for its diplomatic personnel.The government did not report making any efforts to reduce the demand for commercial sex or forced labor. Media, however, reported the Guangdong provincial government issued a series of regulations aimed at keeping prostitution out of massage parlors—such as mandating lights be on at all times, removing locks from doors, and keeping logbooks of all clients who come to the massage parlors. Despite reports Chinese nationals engaged in child sex tourism, the government made no efforts to prevent Chinese citizens from engaging in child sex tourism while abroad.

COLOMBIA:  Tier 2 
Colombia is a source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex and labor trafficking. Groups at high risk for trafficking include internally displaced persons, Afro- Colombians, Colombians with disabilities, indigenous Colombians, and Colombians in areas where armed criminal groups are active. Sex trafficking of Colombian women and children occurs within the country and Colombian women and children are found in sex trafficking around the world, particularly in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia. Authorities reported high rates of child prostitution in areas with tourism and large extractive industries, and sex trafficking in mining areas sometimes involves organized criminal groups. Transgender Colombians and Colombian men in prostitution are vulnerable to sex trafficking within Colombia and in Europe. Colombian labor trafficking victims are found in mining, agriculture, and domestic service. Colombian children

working in the informal sector, including as street vendors, are vulnerable to labor trafficking. Colombian children and adults are exploited in forced begging in urban areas. Illegal armed groups forcibly recruit children to serve as combatants and informants, to cultivate illegal narcotics, or to be exploited in prostitution. Organized criminal groups and other individuals force vulnerable Colombians, including displaced persons, into prostitution and criminal activity—particularly to sell and transport illegal narcotics and serve as lookouts and assassins. Colombian men and women are exploited in forced labor abroad, particularly within Latin America.To a more limited extent, foreign victims are subjected to sex and labor trafficking in Colombia. Colombia is a destination for foreign child sex tourists, primarily from North America and Europe.
The Government of Colombia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Authorities continued to investigate and prosecute trafficking cases and reported increased investigation of internal sex trafficking cases. The government conducted awareness campaigns, offered identified victims short- term emergency assistance, and provided some services to child victims of sex trafficking and of forcible recruitment by illegal armed groups. Authorities did not demonstrate progress in identifying victims from vulnerable populations, providing specialized services to victims, or prosecuting and convicting labor or sex traffickers. A lack of sufficient departmental government funding for trafficking, coupled with limited interagency coordination, impaired victim identification and protection efforts. Officials treated some trafficking cases as other crimes, which hindered efforts to identify and assist victims and hold traffickers criminally accountable.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COLOMBIA:
Provide more trafficking victims access to shelter and specialized services by increasing funding for NGOs and government entities; increase proactive identification, investigation, and prosecution of forced labor and internal sex trafficking; revise Law 1069 to explicitly state victims do not need to file an official complaint against their traffickers in five days to receive ongoing assistance; create regional anti-trafficking prosecutorial units to increase capacity to investigate internal trafficking; create and implement formal mechanisms to identify victims among vulnerable populations within the country, including displaced Colombians; give Ministry of Interior (MOI) officials sufficient staff and autonomy to increase interagency cooperation, leading to increased victim identification and assistance; enhance coordination among labor officials, police, prosecutors, and social workers to ensure cases are identified and referred for criminal investigation and victims are provided comprehensive and timely assistance; track efforts against all forms of trafficking within the legal system and for victim identification and assistance, including through implementing the national trafficking information system; increase oversight of victim service provision; and continue to increase collaboration with NGOs.