GLOBAL: US Trafficking in Persons Report 2008

Submitted by crinadmin on Thu, 05/06/2008 - 05:45

The Secretary of State submits the annual "Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000: Trafficking in Persons Report" to Congress. This report covers "severe forms of trafficking in persons" defined as:

"(a) sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained 18 years of age; or (b) the recruitment, harbouring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labour or services, through the use of force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery."

Further information

pdf: http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

Organisation:

U.S. Department of State

Attachment Link:

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2008/

Countries

Algeria

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