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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10237]
Request for Information for the 2018
Trafficking in Persons Report
The Department of State (‘‘the
Department’’) requests written
information to assist in reporting on the
degree to which the United States and
foreign governments meet the minimum
standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons (‘‘minimum
standards’’) that are prescribed by the
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000, as amended (‘‘TVPA’’). This
information will assist in the
preparation of the Trafficking in Persons
Report (‘‘TIP Report’’) that the
Department submits annually to the
U.S. Congress on government efforts to
meet the minimum standards. Foreign
governments that do not meet the
minimum standards and are not making
significant efforts to do so may be
subject to restrictions on
nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related
foreign assistance from the United
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Submissions must be made in writing to
the Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons at the Department
of State by January 31, 2018. Please refer
to the Addresses, Scope of Interest, and
Information Sought sections of this
Notice for additional instructions on
submission requirements.
DATES: Submissions must be received by
5 p.m. on January 31, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions and
supporting documentation may be
submitted by the following methods:
Email (preferred): tipreport@state.gov
for submissions related to foreign
governments and tipreportUS@state.gov
for submissions related to the United
States.
• Facsimile (fax): 202–312–9637.
• Mail, Express Delivery, Hand
Delivery and Messenger Service: U.S.
Department of State, Office to Monitor
and Combat Trafficking in Persons
(J/TIP), 1800 G Street NW, Suite 2201,
Washington, DC 20520. Please note that
materials submitted by mail may be
delayed due to security screenings and
processing.
Scope of Interest: The Department
requests information relevant to
assessing the United States’ and foreign
governments’ efforts to meet the
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking in persons during the
reporting period (April 1, 2017–March
31, 2018). The minimum standards are
listed in the Background section.
Submissions must include information
relevant to efforts to meet the minimum
standards and should include, but need
not be limited to, answering the
questions in the Information Sought
section. Only those questions for which
the submitter has direct professional
experience should be answered and that
experience should be noted. For any
critique or deficiency described, please
provide a recommendation to remedy it.
Note the country or countries that are
the focus of the submission.
Submissions may include written
narratives that answer the questions
presented in this Notice, research,
studies, statistics, fieldwork, training
materials, evaluations, assessments, and
other relevant evidence of local, state/
provincial, and federal/central
government efforts. To the extent
possible, precise dates and numbers of
officials or citizens affected should be
included.
Where applicable, written narratives
providing factual information should
provide citations of sources, and copies
of the source material should be
provided. If possible, send electronic
copies of the entire submission,
including source material. If primary
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sources are used, such as research
studies, interviews, direct observations,
or other sources of quantitative or
qualitative data, provide details on the
research or data-gathering methodology.
The Department does not include in the
TIP Report, and is therefore not seeking,
information on prostitution, migrant
smuggling, visa fraud, or child abuse,
unless such conduct occurs in the
context of trafficking in persons as
defined in the TVPA.
Confidentiality: Please provide the
name, phone number, and email address
of a single point of contact for any
submission. It is Department practice
not to identify in the TIP Report
information concerning sources to
safeguard those sources. Please note,
however, that any information
submitted to the Department may be
releasable pursuant to the provisions of
the Freedom of Information Act or other
applicable law. When applicable,
portions of submissions relevant to
efforts by other U.S. government
agencies will be shared with those
agencies.
Response: This is a request for
information only; there will be no
response to submissions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The TIP Report: The TIP Report is the
most comprehensive worldwide report
on governments’ efforts to combat
trafficking in persons. It represents an
annually updated, global look at the
nature and scope of trafficking in
persons and the broad range of
government actions to confront and
eliminate it. The U.S. government uses
the Report to engage in diplomacy, to
encourage partnership in creating and
implementing laws and policies to
combat trafficking, and to target
resources on prevention, protection, and
prosecution programs. Worldwide, the
Report is used by international
organizations, foreign governments, and
nongovernmental organizations as a tool
to examine where resources are most
needed. Prosecuting traffickers,
protecting victims, and preventing
trafficking are the ultimate goals of the
Report and of the U.S government’s
anti-trafficking policy.
The Department prepares the TIP
Report using information from across
the U.S. government, foreign
government officials, nongovernmental
and international organizations,
published reports, and research trips to
every region. The Report focuses on
concrete actions that governments take
to fight trafficking in persons, including
prosecutions, convictions, and
sentences for traffickers, as well as
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victim protection measures and
prevention efforts. Each Report narrative
also includes recommendations for each
country. These recommendations are
used to assist the Department in
measuring governments’ progress from
one year to the next and determining
whether governments meet the
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking in persons or are making
significant efforts to do so.
The TVPA creates a four-tier ranking
system. Tier placement is based
principally on the extent of government
action to combat trafficking. The
Department first evaluates whether the
government fully meets the TVPA’s
minimum standards for the elimination
of trafficking. Governments that do so
are placed on Tier 1. For other
governments, the Department considers
the extent of such efforts. Governments
that are making significant efforts to
meet the minimum standards are placed
on Tier 2. Governments that do not fully
meet the minimum standards and are
not making significant efforts to do so
are placed on Tier 3. Finally, the
Department considers Special Watch
List criteria and, when applicable,
places countries on Tier 2 Watch List.
For more information, the 2017 TIP
Report can be found at https://
www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2017/
index.htm.
Since the inception of the TIP Report
in 2001, the number of countries
included and ranked has more than
doubled; the 2017 TIP Report included
187 countries and territories. Around
the world, the TIP Report and the
promising practices reflected therein
have inspired legislation, national
action plans, policy implementation,
program funding, protection
mechanisms that complement
prosecution efforts, and a stronger
global understanding of this crime.
Since 2003, the primary reporting on
the United States’ anti-trafficking
activities has been through the annual
Attorney General’s Report to Congress
and Assessment of U.S. Government
Activities to Combat Human Trafficking
(‘‘AG Report’’) mandated by section 105
of the TVPA (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)).
Since 2010, the TIP Report, through a
collaborative interagency process, has
included an analysis of U.S. government
anti-trafficking efforts in light of the
minimum standards to eliminate
trafficking in persons set forth by the
TVPA.
II. Minimum Standards for the
Elimination of Trafficking in Persons
The TVPA sets forth the minimum
standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons as follows:
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(1) The government of the country
should prohibit severe forms of
trafficking in persons and punish acts of
such trafficking.
(2) For the knowing commission of
any act of sex trafficking involving
force, fraud, coercion, or in which the
victim of sex trafficking is a child
incapable of giving meaningful consent,
or of trafficking which includes rape or
kidnapping or which causes a death, the
government of the country should
prescribe punishment commensurate
with that for grave crimes, such as
forcible sexual assault.
(3) For the knowing commission of
any act of a severe form of trafficking in
persons, the government of the country
should prescribe punishment that is
sufficiently stringent to deter and that
adequately reflects the heinous nature of
the offense.
(4) The government of the country
should make serious and sustained
efforts to eliminate severe forms of
trafficking in persons.
The following factors should be
considered as indicia of serious and
sustained efforts to eliminate severe
forms of trafficking in persons:
(1) Whether the government of the
country vigorously investigates and
prosecutes acts of severe forms of
trafficking in persons, and convicts and
sentences persons responsible for such
acts, that take place wholly or partly
within the territory of the country,
including, as appropriate, requiring
incarceration of individuals convicted
of such acts. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, suspended or
significantly reduced sentences for
convictions of principal actors in cases
of severe forms of trafficking in persons
shall be considered, on a case-by-case
basis, whether to be considered as an
indicator of serious and sustained
efforts to eliminate severe forms of
trafficking in persons. After reasonable
requests from the Department of State
for data regarding investigations,
prosecutions, convictions, and
sentences, a government which does not
provide such data, consistent with the
capacity of such government to obtain
such data, shall be presumed not to
have vigorously investigated,
prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced
such acts. During the periods prior to
the annual report submitted on June 1,
2004, and on June 1, 2005, and the
periods afterwards until September 30
of each such year, the Secretary of State
may disregard the presumption
contained in the preceding sentence if
the government has provided some data
to the Department of State regarding
such acts and the Secretary has
determined that the government is
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making a good faith effort to collect
such data.
(2) Whether the government of the
country protects victims of severe forms
of trafficking in persons and encourages
their assistance in the investigation and
prosecution of such trafficking,
including provisions for legal
alternatives to their removal to countries
in which they would face retribution or
hardship, and ensures that victims are
not inappropriately incarcerated, fined,
or otherwise penalized solely for
unlawful acts as a direct result of being
trafficked, including by providing
training to law enforcement and
immigration officials regarding the
identification and treatment of
trafficking victims using approaches
that focus on the needs of the victims.
(3) Whether the government of the
country has adopted measures to
prevent severe forms of trafficking in
persons, such as measures to inform and
educate the public, including potential
victims, about the causes and
consequences of severe forms of
trafficking in persons, measures to
establish the identity of local
populations, including birth
registration, citizenship, and
nationality, measures to ensure that its
nationals who are deployed abroad as
part of a diplomatic, peacekeeping, or
other similar mission do not engage in
or facilitate severe forms of trafficking in
persons or exploit victims of such
trafficking, a transparent system for
remediating or punishing such public
officials as a deterrent, measures to
prevent the use of forced labor or child
labor in violation of international
standards, effective bilateral,
multilateral, or regional information
sharing and cooperation arrangements
with other countries, and effective
policies or laws regulating foreign labor
recruiters and holding them civilly and
criminally liable for fraudulent
recruiting.
(4) Whether the government of the
country cooperates with other
governments in the investigation and
prosecution of severe forms of
trafficking in persons and has entered
into bilateral, multilateral, or regional
law enforcement cooperation and
coordination arrangements with other
countries.
(5) Whether the government of the
country extradites persons charged with
acts of severe forms of trafficking in
persons on substantially the same terms
and to substantially the same extent as
persons charged with other serious
crimes (or, to the extent such extradition
would be inconsistent with the laws of
such country or with international
agreements to which the country is a
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party, whether the government is taking
all appropriate measures to modify or
replace such laws and treaties so as to
permit such extradition).
(6) Whether the government of the
country monitors immigration and
emigration patterns for evidence of
severe forms of trafficking in persons
and whether law enforcement agencies
of the country respond to any such
evidence in a manner that is consistent
with the vigorous investigation and
prosecution of acts of such trafficking,
as well as with the protection of human
rights of victims and the internationally
recognized human right to leave any
country, including one’s own, and to
return to one’s own country.
(7) Whether the government of the
country vigorously investigates,
prosecutes, convicts, and sentences
public officials, including diplomats
and soldiers, who participate in or
facilitate severe forms of trafficking in
persons, including nationals of the
country who are deployed abroad as
part of a diplomatic, peacekeeping, or
other similar mission who engage in or
facilitate severe forms of trafficking in
persons or exploit victims of such
trafficking, and takes all appropriate
measures against officials who condone
such trafficking. A government’s failure
to appropriately address public
allegations against such public officials,
especially once such officials have
returned to their home countries, shall
be considered inaction under these
criteria. After reasonable requests from
the Department of State for data
regarding such investigations,
prosecutions, convictions, and
sentences, a government which does not
provide such data consistent with its
resources shall be presumed not to have
vigorously investigated, prosecuted,
convicted, or sentenced such acts.
During the periods prior to the annual
report submitted on June 1, 2004, and
June 1, 2005, and the periods afterwards
until September 30 of each such year,
the Secretary of State may disregard the
presumption contained in the preceding
sentence if the government has provided
some data to the Department of State
regarding such acts and the Secretary
has determined that the government is
making a good faith effort to collect
such data.
(8) Whether the percentage of victims
of severe forms of trafficking in the
country that are non-citizens of such
countries is insignificant.
(9) Whether the government has
entered into effective, transparent
partnerships, cooperative arrangements,
or agreements that have resulted in
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(A) domestic civil society
organizations, private sector entities, or
international nongovernmental
organizations, or into multilateral or
regional arrangements or agreements, to
assist the government’s efforts to
prevent trafficking, protect victims, and
punish traffickers; or
(B) the United States toward agreed
goals and objectives in the collective
fight against trafficking.
(10) Whether the government of the
country, consistent with the capacity of
such government, systematically
monitors its efforts to satisfy the criteria
described in paragraphs (1) through (8)
and makes available publicly a periodic
assessment of such efforts.
(11) Whether the government of the
country achieves appreciable progress
in eliminating severe forms of
trafficking when compared to the
assessment in the previous year.
(12) Whether the government of the
country has made serious and sustained
efforts to reduce the demand for
(A) commercial sex acts; and
(B) participation in international sex
tourism by nationals of the country.
III. Information Sought Relevant to the
Minimum Standards
Submissions should include, but need
not be limited to, answers to relevant
questions below for which the submitter
has direct professional experience.
Citations to source material should also
be provided. Note the country or
countries that are the focus of the
submission. Please see the Scope of
Interest section for detailed information
regarding submission requirements.
1. How have trafficking methods
changed in the past 12 months? For
example, are there victims from new
countries of origin? Have new
vulnerable groups at risk of human
trafficking emerged? Is internal
trafficking or child trafficking
increasing? Has sex trafficking changed,
for example from brothels to private
apartments? Is labor trafficking now
occurring in additional types of
industries or agricultural operations?
Have new methods of traffickers
emerged? Is forced begging a problem?
Does child sex tourism occur in the
country or involve its nationals abroad,
and if so, what are their destination
countries?
2. What were the government’s major
accomplishments in addressing human
trafficking?
3. What were the greatest deficiencies
in the government’s anti-trafficking
efforts? What were the limitations on
the government’s ability to address
human trafficking problems in practice?
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4. In what ways has the government’s
efforts to combat trafficking in persons
changed in the past year? What new
laws, regulations, policies, and
implementation strategies exist (e.g.,
substantive criminal laws and
procedures, mechanisms for civil
remedies, and victim-witness security,
generally and in relation to court
proceedings)?
5. Please provide observations
regarding the implementation of
existing laws and procedures. Are there
laws criminalizing those who
knowingly solicit or patronize a
trafficking victim to perform a
commercial sex act and what are the
prescribed penalties?
6. Are the anti-trafficking laws and
sentences strict enough to reflect the
nature of the crime (e.g., commensurate
with crimes such as rape or
kidnapping)?
7. Please provide observations on
overall anti-trafficking law enforcement
efforts and the efforts of police and
prosecutors to pursue trafficking cases.
Were any trafficking cases investigated
and/or prosecuted, and any traffickers
convicted during the reporting period?
Is the government equally vigorous in
pursuing labor trafficking and sex
trafficking? Please note any efforts to
investigate and prosecute suspects for
knowingly soliciting or patronizing a
sex trafficking victim to perform a
commercial sex act.
8. Do government officials understand
the nature of trafficking? If not, please
provide examples of misconceptions or
misunderstandings.
9. Do judges appear appropriately
knowledgeable and sensitized to
trafficking cases? What sentences have
courts imposed upon traffickers? How
common are suspended sentences and
prison time of less than one year for
convicted traffickers?
10. What was the extent of official
complicity in trafficking crimes? Were
officials operating as traffickers
(whether subjecting persons to forced
labor and/or sex trafficking offenses) or
taking actions that may facilitate
trafficking (including accepting bribes to
allow undocumented border crossings
or suspending active investigations of
suspected traffickers, etc.)? Were there
examples of trafficking occurring in
state institutions (e.g., prisons, child
foster homes, institutions for mentally
or physically disabled persons)? What
proactive measures did the government
take to prevent official complicity in
trafficking in persons crimes? How did
the government respond to reports of
complicity that arose during the
reporting period? Has the government
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made efforts to prosecute, convict, and
sentence complicit officials?
11. Has the government vigorously
investigated, prosecuted, convicted, and
sentenced nationals of the country
deployed abroad as part of a diplomatic,
peacekeeping, or other similar mission
who engage in or facilitate trafficking,
including domestic servitude?
12. Has the government investigated,
prosecuted, convicted, and sentenced
members of organized crime groups that
are involved in trafficking?
13. Please provide observations
regarding government efforts to address
the issue of unlawful child soldiering.
Describe the government’s efforts to
disarm and demobilize child soldiers, to
reintegrate former child soldiers, and to
monitor the wellbeing of such children
after reintegration.
14. Did the government make a
coordinated, proactive effort to identify
victims of all forms of trafficking? Did
officials effectively coordinate among
one another and with relevant
nongovernmental organizations to refer
victims to care? Is there any screening
conducted before deportation or when
detaining migrants, including
unaccompanied minors, to determine
whether individuals were subjected to
trafficking? Does the government also
partner with nongovernmental
organizations to conduct screenings?
15. What victim services are provided
(legal, medical, food, shelter,
interpretation, mental health care,
employment, training, etc.)? Who
provides these services? If
nongovernment organizations provide
the services, does the government
support their work either financially or
otherwise?
16. What was the overall quality of
victim care? How could victim services
be improved? Was government funding
for trafficking victim protection and
assistance adequate? Are there gaps in
access to victim services?
17. Are services provided adequately
to victims of both labor and sex
trafficking? Adults and children,
including men and boys? Citizens and
noncitizens? LGBTI persons? Persons
with disabilities? Were such benefits
linked to whether a victim assisted law
enforcement or participated in a trial, or
whether a trafficker was convicted?
Could adult victims leave shelters at
will? Could victims seek employment
and work while receiving assistance?
18. Do service providers and law
enforcement work together
cooperatively, for instance to share
information about trafficking trends or
to plan for services after a raid? What is
the level of cooperation,
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communication, and trust between
service providers and law enforcement?
19. Were there means by which
victims could obtain restitution from the
government or file civil suits against
traffickers for restitution, and did this
happen in practice? Did prosecutors
request restitution for victims?
20. How did the government
encourage victims to assist in the
investigation and prosecution of
trafficking? How did the government
protect victims during the trial process?
If a victim was a material witness in a
court case, was the victim permitted to
obtain employment, move freely about
the country, or leave the country
pending trial proceedings? How did the
government work to ensure victims
were not re-traumatized during
participation in trial proceedings? Can
victims provide testimony via video or
written statements? Were victims’
identities kept confidential as part of
such proceedings?
21. Did the government provide,
through a formal policy or otherwise,
temporary or permanent residency
status, or other relief from deportation,
for foreign victims of human trafficking
who may face retribution or hardship in
the countries to which they would be
deported? Were victims given the
opportunity to seek legal employment
while in this temporary or permanent
residency? Were such benefits linked to
whether a victim assisted law
enforcement, participated in a trial or
whether there was a successful
prosecution? Does the government
repatriate victims who wish to return
home? Does the government assist with
third country resettlement? Are victims
awaiting repatriation or third country
resettlement offered services? Are
victims indeed repatriated or are they
deported?
22. Does the government effectively
assist its nationals exploited abroad?
Does the government work to ensure
victims receive adequate assistance and
support for their repatriation while in
destination countries? Does the
government provide adequate assistance
to repatriated victims after their return
to their countries of origin, and if so,
what forms of assistance?
23. Does the government
inappropriately detain or imprison
identified trafficking victims? Does the
government punish, penalize, or detain
trafficking victims for unlawful acts
committed as a result of being subjected
to trafficking, such as forgery of
documents, illegal immigration,
unauthorized employment, prostitution,
theft, or drug production or transport?
Does law enforcement screen for
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trafficking victims when arresting
individuals in prostitution?
24. What efforts has the government
made to prevent human trafficking? Are
there laws prohibiting employers or
labor agents from confiscating workers’
passports or travel documents,
switching contracts without the
workers’ consent, or withholding
payment of salaries as a means of
keeping workers in a state of compelled
service? Are these laws implemented to
hold violators accountable and/or are
such crimes investigated by law
enforcement as potential indicators of
trafficking? Do authorities conduct
criminal investigations when indicators
of trafficking are identified in the
context of labor inspections?
25. Does the government operate a
hotline for potential victims? If so, how
many calls did the hotline receive?
What are the hours of operation? What
languages are spoken? How many
victims were identified as a result of
calls to the hotline? Were any
investigations initiated as a result of
calls to the hotline?
26. Has the government entered into
effective bilateral, multilateral, or
regional information-sharing and
cooperation arrangements that have
resulted in concrete and measureable
outcomes?
27. Did the government provide
assistance to other governments in
combating trafficking in persons
through trainings or other assistance
programs?
28. Does the country have effective
policies or laws regulating foreign labor
recruiters? What efforts did the
government make to punish labor
recruiters or brokers involved in the
recruitment of workers through
knowingly fraudulent offers of
employment and/or excessive fees for
migration or job placement? What steps
did the government take to minimize
the trafficking risks faced by migrant
workers departing from or arriving in
the country and to raise awareness
among potential labor migrants about
limits on recruitment fees or their rights
while abroad?
29. What measures has the
government taken to reduce the
participation by nationals of the country
in international and domestic child sex
tourism? If any of the country’s
nationals are perpetrators of child sex
tourism, do the country’s child sexual
abuse laws allow the prosecution of
suspected sex tourists for crimes
committed abroad?
30. What measures did the
government take to establish the
identity of local populations, including
birth registration and issuance of
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documentation, citizenship, and
nationality?
31. Did the government fund any antitrafficking information, education, or
awareness campaigns? Were these
campaigns targeting potential trafficking
victims and/or the demand for
commercial sex or goods produced with
forced labor? Does the government
provide financial support to
nongovernment organizations working
to promote public awareness?
32. What efforts did the government
make to ensure that its policies,
regulations, and agreements relating to
migration, labor, trade, and investment
did not facilitate forced labor?
33. Please provide additional
recommendations to improve the
government’s anti-trafficking efforts.
34. Please highlight effective
strategies and practices that other
governments could consider adopting.
Kari Johnstone,
Acting Director, Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons, Department of State.
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purchased with federal financial
assistance through the AIP program
under Grant Agreements 3–54–0005–
16–1996, and 3–54–0005–10–1993. In
accordance with federal regulations, this
notice is required to be published in the
Federal Register 30 days before
releasing the grant assurances that
require the property to be used for an
aeronautical purpose.
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before January 25, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this
application may be mailed or delivered
to the following address:
Mr. Rick Rock, Airport Director, North
Central West Virginia Regional
Airport, 2000 Aviation Way,
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Bridgeport, West Virginia 26330, (304)
842–3400 and at the FAA Beckley
Airports Field Office:
Matthew DiGiulian, Manager, Beckley
Airports Field Office, 176 Airport
Circle, Room 101, Beaver, WV 25813,
(304) 252–6216
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Connie Boley-Lilly, Airports Program
Specialist, Beckley Airports Field
Office, location listed above. (304) 252–
6216 ext. 125.
The land release request for the sale
and disposal of 5.5 acres of federally
obligated airport property at North
Central West Virginia Airport,
Clarksburg, WV may be reviewed in
person at the Beckley Airports Field
Office located at 176 Airport Circle,
Room 101 Beaver, WV 25813.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The following is a brief overview of
the request:
The Benedum Airport Authority has
submitted a land release request seeking
FAA approval for the sale and disposal
of approximately 5.5 acres of federally
obligated airport property, to the City of
Bridgeport. The purpose of the project is
for the airport to sell excess property
that does not have an aeronautical use
to the City. The City will use the
property to construct additional needed
storage for city equipment, storage of
road salt, and a car wash for
maintaining city vehicles. The sporting
complex, which is adjacent to the
airport, is in need of additional off road
parking. This property will provide 80
additional parking spots.
The parcel for this project is known
as Tax Map 290 Parcel 9. This property
consists of 5.5 Acres with seven (7)
structures. The City of Bridgeport’s
proposed redevelopment includes
demolishing (6) six of the seven (7)
structures, construction of one (1) 60′ ×
160′ four (4) bay building, one (1) 156′
× 30′ twelve (12) bay garage, renovation
of one (1) extant building into a car
wash, and construction of an 80 space
parking lot.
The 5.5 acres of land to be released
was originally purchased with federal
financial assistance through the AIP
program under Grant Agreements 3–54–
0005–16–1996 and 3–54–0005–10–1993.
Therefore, the portion of the proceeds of
the sale of this acreage, which is
proportionate to the United States’ share
of the cost of acquisition of such land,
will be used consistent with the
requirements of 49 U.S.C. 47107(c). The
remaining portion of the proceeds of the
sale, is considered airport revenue, and
will be used in accordance with 49
U.S.C. 47107(b) and the FAA’s Policy
and Procedures Concerning the Use of
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Federal Register on February 16, 1999.
The 5.5 acres to be released are part
of previous purchases totaling
approximately 120 acres for reasons
associated with Runway Extension. The
subject area to be released is located
between the taxiway and West Virginia
State Route 131, north of airport
terminal, however, is located
approximately 200 feet lower in
elevation that the active runway. It is
also completely segregated from the
terminal area and the facilities that
serve airport users, such as Terminal
Parking and Fixed Base Operator (FBO)
services. The elevation difference and
location of the property make if
unusable for aeronautical purposes. The
property is not located within the RPZ,
will not result in any obstructions to
part 77 surfaces, and has not been
identified as needed for current or
future airport development in the
current Airport Master Plan or ALP.
Any person may inspect the request
by appointment at the FAA office
address listed above. Interested persons
are invited to comment. All comments
will be considered by the FAA to the
extent practicable.
Issued in Beaver, West Virginia.
Dated: December 14, 2017.
Matthew DiGiulian,
Manager, Beckley Airports Field Office.
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Federal Regulations (CFR), this provides
the public notice that on November 27,
2017, the Canadian National Railway
(CN) petitioned the Federal Railroad
Administration (FRA) for relief from the
requirements of 49 CFR 236.23, Aspects
and indications, to allow CN to display
a dark aspect as a ‘‘stop.’’ FRA assigned
the petition Docket Number FRA–2017–
0123.
The regulation requires that a red
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‘‘stop’’ indication. In its petition, CN
requests relief from this requirement,
and explains that with the use of
advanced processor technology in the
railway signaling field, failsafe checks
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 10237]
Request for Information for the 2018 Trafficking in Persons
Report
SUMMARY: The Department of State (``the Department'') requests written
information to assist in reporting on the degree to which the United
States and foreign governments meet the minimum standards for the
elimination of trafficking in persons (``minimum standards'') that are
prescribed by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, as
amended (``TVPA''). This information will assist in the preparation of
the Trafficking in Persons Report (``TIP Report'') that the Department
submits annually to the U.S. Congress on government efforts to meet the
minimum standards. Foreign governments that do not meet the minimum
standards and are not making significant efforts to do so may be
subject to restrictions on nonhumanitarian, nontrade-related foreign
assistance from the United States, as defined by the TVPA. Submissions
must be made in writing to the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking
in Persons at the Department of State by January 31, 2018. Please refer
to the Addresses, Scope of Interest, and Information Sought sections of
this Notice for additional instructions on submission requirements.
DATES: Submissions must be received by 5 p.m. on January 31, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Written submissions and supporting documentation may be
submitted by the following methods:
Email (preferred): [email protected] for submissions related to
foreign governments and [email protected] for submissions related
to the United States.
Facsimile (fax): 202-312-9637.
Mail, Express Delivery, Hand Delivery and Messenger
Service: U.S. Department of State, Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons (J/TIP), 1800 G Street NW, Suite 2201,
Washington, DC 20520. Please note that materials submitted by mail may
be delayed due to security screenings and processing.
Scope of Interest: The Department requests information relevant to
assessing the United States' and foreign governments' efforts to meet
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking in persons
during the reporting period (April 1, 2017-March 31, 2018). The minimum
standards are listed in the Background section. Submissions must
include information relevant to efforts to meet the minimum standards
and should include, but need not be limited to, answering the questions
in the Information Sought section. Only those questions for which the
submitter has direct professional experience should be answered and
that experience should be noted. For any critique or deficiency
described, please provide a recommendation to remedy it. Note the
country or countries that are the focus of the submission.
Submissions may include written narratives that answer the
questions presented in this Notice, research, studies, statistics,
fieldwork, training materials, evaluations, assessments, and other
relevant evidence of local, state/provincial, and federal/central
government efforts. To the extent possible, precise dates and numbers
of officials or citizens affected should be included.
Where applicable, written narratives providing factual information
should provide citations of sources, and copies of the source material
should be provided. If possible, send electronic copies of the entire
submission, including source material. If primary sources are used,
such as research studies, interviews, direct observations, or other
sources of quantitative or qualitative data, provide details on the
research or data-gathering methodology. The Department does not include
in the TIP Report, and is therefore not seeking, information on
prostitution, migrant smuggling, visa fraud, or child abuse, unless
such conduct occurs in the context of trafficking in persons as defined
in the TVPA.
Confidentiality: Please provide the name, phone number, and email
address of a single point of contact for any submission. It is
Department practice not to identify in the TIP Report information
concerning sources to safeguard those sources. Please note, however,
that any information submitted to the Department may be releasable
pursuant to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act or other
applicable law. When applicable, portions of submissions relevant to
efforts by other U.S. government agencies will be shared with those
agencies.
Response: This is a request for information only; there will be no
response to submissions.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Background
The TIP Report: The TIP Report is the most comprehensive worldwide
report on governments' efforts to combat trafficking in persons. It
represents an annually updated, global look at the nature and scope of
trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to
confront and eliminate it. The U.S. government uses the Report to
engage in diplomacy, to encourage partnership in creating and
implementing laws and policies to combat trafficking, and to target
resources on prevention, protection, and prosecution programs.
Worldwide, the Report is used by international organizations, foreign
governments, and nongovernmental organizations as a tool to examine
where resources are most needed. Prosecuting traffickers, protecting
victims, and preventing trafficking are the ultimate goals of the
Report and of the U.S government's anti-trafficking policy.
The Department prepares the TIP Report using information from
across the U.S. government, foreign government officials,
nongovernmental and international organizations, published reports, and
research trips to every region. The Report focuses on concrete actions
that governments take to fight trafficking in persons, including
prosecutions, convictions, and sentences for traffickers, as well as
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victim protection measures and prevention efforts. Each Report
narrative also includes recommendations for each country. These
recommendations are used to assist the Department in measuring
governments' progress from one year to the next and determining whether
governments meet the minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons or are making significant efforts to do so.
The TVPA creates a four-tier ranking system. Tier placement is
based principally on the extent of government action to combat
trafficking. The Department first evaluates whether the government
fully meets the TVPA's minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking. Governments that do so are placed on Tier 1. For other
governments, the Department considers the extent of such efforts.
Governments that are making significant efforts to meet the minimum
standards are placed on Tier 2. Governments that do not fully meet the
minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so are
placed on Tier 3. Finally, the Department considers Special Watch List
criteria and, when applicable, places countries on Tier 2 Watch List.
For more information, the 2017 TIP Report can be found at https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2017/index.htm.
Since the inception of the TIP Report in 2001, the number of
countries included and ranked has more than doubled; the 2017 TIP
Report included 187 countries and territories. Around the world, the
TIP Report and the promising practices reflected therein have inspired
legislation, national action plans, policy implementation, program
funding, protection mechanisms that complement prosecution efforts, and
a stronger global understanding of this crime.
Since 2003, the primary reporting on the United States' anti-
trafficking activities has been through the annual Attorney General's
Report to Congress and Assessment of U.S. Government Activities to
Combat Human Trafficking (``AG Report'') mandated by section 105 of the
TVPA (22 U.S.C. 7103(d)(7)). Since 2010, the TIP Report, through a
collaborative interagency process, has included an analysis of U.S.
government anti-trafficking efforts in light of the minimum standards
to eliminate trafficking in persons set forth by the TVPA.
II. Minimum Standards for the Elimination of Trafficking in Persons
The TVPA sets forth the minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking in persons as follows:
(1) The government of the country should prohibit severe forms of
trafficking in persons and punish acts of such trafficking.
(2) For the knowing commission of any act of sex trafficking
involving force, fraud, coercion, or in which the victim of sex
trafficking is a child incapable of giving meaningful consent, or of
trafficking which includes rape or kidnapping or which causes a death,
the government of the country should prescribe punishment commensurate
with that for grave crimes, such as forcible sexual assault.
(3) For the knowing commission of any act of a severe form of
trafficking in persons, the government of the country should prescribe
punishment that is sufficiently stringent to deter and that adequately
reflects the heinous nature of the offense.
(4) The government of the country should make serious and sustained
efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons.
The following factors should be considered as indicia of serious
and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in
persons:
(1) Whether the government of the country vigorously investigates
and prosecutes acts of severe forms of trafficking in persons, and
convicts and sentences persons responsible for such acts, that take
place wholly or partly within the territory of the country, including,
as appropriate, requiring incarceration of individuals convicted of
such acts. For purposes of the preceding sentence, suspended or
significantly reduced sentences for convictions of principal actors in
cases of severe forms of trafficking in persons shall be considered, on
a case-by-case basis, whether to be considered as an indicator of
serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking
in persons. After reasonable requests from the Department of State for
data regarding investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and
sentences, a government which does not provide such data, consistent
with the capacity of such government to obtain such data, shall be
presumed not to have vigorously investigated, prosecuted, convicted, or
sentenced such acts. During the periods prior to the annual report
submitted on June 1, 2004, and on June 1, 2005, and the periods
afterwards until September 30 of each such year, the Secretary of State
may disregard the presumption contained in the preceding sentence if
the government has provided some data to the Department of State
regarding such acts and the Secretary has determined that the
government is making a good faith effort to collect such data.
(2) Whether the government of the country protects victims of
severe forms of trafficking in persons and encourages their assistance
in the investigation and prosecution of such trafficking, including
provisions for legal alternatives to their removal to countries in
which they would face retribution or hardship, and ensures that victims
are not inappropriately incarcerated, fined, or otherwise penalized
solely for unlawful acts as a direct result of being trafficked,
including by providing training to law enforcement and immigration
officials regarding the identification and treatment of trafficking
victims using approaches that focus on the needs of the victims.
(3) Whether the government of the country has adopted measures to
prevent severe forms of trafficking in persons, such as measures to
inform and educate the public, including potential victims, about the
causes and consequences of severe forms of trafficking in persons,
measures to establish the identity of local populations, including
birth registration, citizenship, and nationality, measures to ensure
that its nationals who are deployed abroad as part of a diplomatic,
peacekeeping, or other similar mission do not engage in or facilitate
severe forms of trafficking in persons or exploit victims of such
trafficking, a transparent system for remediating or punishing such
public officials as a deterrent, measures to prevent the use of forced
labor or child labor in violation of international standards, effective
bilateral, multilateral, or regional information sharing and
cooperation arrangements with other countries, and effective policies
or laws regulating foreign labor recruiters and holding them civilly
and criminally liable for fraudulent recruiting.
(4) Whether the government of the country cooperates with other
governments in the investigation and prosecution of severe forms of
trafficking in persons and has entered into bilateral, multilateral, or
regional law enforcement cooperation and coordination arrangements with
other countries.
(5) Whether the government of the country extradites persons
charged with acts of severe forms of trafficking in persons on
substantially the same terms and to substantially the same extent as
persons charged with other serious crimes (or, to the extent such
extradition would be inconsistent with the laws of such country or with
international agreements to which the country is a
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party, whether the government is taking all appropriate measures to
modify or replace such laws and treaties so as to permit such
extradition).
(6) Whether the government of the country monitors immigration and
emigration patterns for evidence of severe forms of trafficking in
persons and whether law enforcement agencies of the country respond to
any such evidence in a manner that is consistent with the vigorous
investigation and prosecution of acts of such trafficking, as well as
with the protection of human rights of victims and the internationally
recognized human right to leave any country, including one's own, and
to return to one's own country.
(7) Whether the government of the country vigorously investigates,
prosecutes, convicts, and sentences public officials, including
diplomats and soldiers, who participate in or facilitate severe forms
of trafficking in persons, including nationals of the country who are
deployed abroad as part of a diplomatic, peacekeeping, or other similar
mission who engage in or facilitate severe forms of trafficking in
persons or exploit victims of such trafficking, and takes all
appropriate measures against officials who condone such trafficking. A
government's failure to appropriately address public allegations
against such public officials, especially once such officials have
returned to their home countries, shall be considered inaction under
these criteria. After reasonable requests from the Department of State
for data regarding such investigations, prosecutions, convictions, and
sentences, a government which does not provide such data consistent
with its resources shall be presumed not to have vigorously
investigated, prosecuted, convicted, or sentenced such acts. During the
periods prior to the annual report submitted on June 1, 2004, and June
1, 2005, and the periods afterwards until September 30 of each such
year, the Secretary of State may disregard the presumption contained in
the preceding sentence if the government has provided some data to the
Department of State regarding such acts and the Secretary has
determined that the government is making a good faith effort to collect
such data.
(8) Whether the percentage of victims of severe forms of
trafficking in the country that are non-citizens of such countries is
insignificant.
(9) Whether the government has entered into effective, transparent
partnerships, cooperative arrangements, or agreements that have
resulted in concrete and measurable outcomes with
(A) domestic civil society organizations, private sector entities,
or international nongovernmental organizations, or into multilateral or
regional arrangements or agreements, to assist the government's efforts
to prevent trafficking, protect victims, and punish traffickers; or
(B) the United States toward agreed goals and objectives in the
collective fight against trafficking.
(10) Whether the government of the country, consistent with the
capacity of such government, systematically monitors its efforts to
satisfy the criteria described in paragraphs (1) through (8) and makes
available publicly a periodic assessment of such efforts.
(11) Whether the government of the country achieves appreciable
progress in eliminating severe forms of trafficking when compared to
the assessment in the previous year.
(12) Whether the government of the country has made serious and
sustained efforts to reduce the demand for
(A) commercial sex acts; and
(B) participation in international sex tourism by nationals of the
country.
III. Information Sought Relevant to the Minimum Standards
Submissions should include, but need not be limited to, answers to
relevant questions below for which the submitter has direct
professional experience. Citations to source material should also be
provided. Note the country or countries that are the focus of the
submission. Please see the Scope of Interest section for detailed
information regarding submission requirements.
1. How have trafficking methods changed in the past 12 months? For
example, are there victims from new countries of origin? Have new
vulnerable groups at risk of human trafficking emerged? Is internal
trafficking or child trafficking increasing? Has sex trafficking
changed, for example from brothels to private apartments? Is labor
trafficking now occurring in additional types of industries or
agricultural operations? Have new methods of traffickers emerged? Is
forced begging a problem? Does child sex tourism occur in the country
or involve its nationals abroad, and if so, what are their destination
countries?
2. What were the government's major accomplishments in addressing
human trafficking?
3. What were the greatest deficiencies in the government's anti-
trafficking efforts? What were the limitations on the government's
ability to address human trafficking problems in practice?
4. In what ways has the government's efforts to combat trafficking
in persons changed in the past year? What new laws, regulations,
policies, and implementation strategies exist (e.g., substantive
criminal laws and procedures, mechanisms for civil remedies, and
victim-witness security, generally and in relation to court
proceedings)?
5. Please provide observations regarding the implementation of
existing laws and procedures. Are there laws criminalizing those who
knowingly solicit or patronize a trafficking victim to perform a
commercial sex act and what are the prescribed penalties?
6. Are the anti-trafficking laws and sentences strict enough to
reflect the nature of the crime (e.g., commensurate with crimes such as
rape or kidnapping)?
7. Please provide observations on overall anti-trafficking law
enforcement efforts and the efforts of police and prosecutors to pursue
trafficking cases. Were any trafficking cases investigated and/or
prosecuted, and any traffickers convicted during the reporting period?
Is the government equally vigorous in pursuing labor trafficking and
sex trafficking? Please note any efforts to investigate and prosecute
suspects for knowingly soliciting or patronizing a sex trafficking
victim to perform a commercial sex act.
8. Do government officials understand the nature of trafficking? If
not, please provide examples of misconceptions or misunderstandings.
9. Do judges appear appropriately knowledgeable and sensitized to
trafficking cases? What sentences have courts imposed upon traffickers?
How common are suspended sentences and prison time of less than one
year for convicted traffickers?
10. What was the extent of official complicity in trafficking
crimes? Were officials operating as traffickers (whether subjecting
persons to forced labor and/or sex trafficking offenses) or taking
actions that may facilitate trafficking (including accepting bribes to
allow undocumented border crossings or suspending active investigations
of suspected traffickers, etc.)? Were there examples of trafficking
occurring in state institutions (e.g., prisons, child foster homes,
institutions for mentally or physically disabled persons)? What
proactive measures did the government take to prevent official
complicity in trafficking in persons crimes? How did the government
respond to reports of complicity that arose during the reporting
period? Has the government
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made efforts to prosecute, convict, and sentence complicit officials?
11. Has the government vigorously investigated, prosecuted,
convicted, and sentenced nationals of the country deployed abroad as
part of a diplomatic, peacekeeping, or other similar mission who engage
in or facilitate trafficking, including domestic servitude?
12. Has the government investigated, prosecuted, convicted, and
sentenced members of organized crime groups that are involved in
trafficking?
13. Please provide observations regarding government efforts to
address the issue of unlawful child soldiering. Describe the
government's efforts to disarm and demobilize child soldiers, to
reintegrate former child soldiers, and to monitor the wellbeing of such
children after reintegration.
14. Did the government make a coordinated, proactive effort to
identify victims of all forms of trafficking? Did officials effectively
coordinate among one another and with relevant nongovernmental
organizations to refer victims to care? Is there any screening
conducted before deportation or when detaining migrants, including
unaccompanied minors, to determine whether individuals were subjected
to trafficking? Does the government also partner with nongovernmental
organizations to conduct screenings?
15. What victim services are provided (legal, medical, food,
shelter, interpretation, mental health care, employment, training,
etc.)? Who provides these services? If nongovernment organizations
provide the services, does the government support their work either
financially or otherwise?
16. What was the overall quality of victim care? How could victim
services be improved? Was government funding for trafficking victim
protection and assistance adequate? Are there gaps in access to victim
services?
17. Are services provided adequately to victims of both labor and
sex trafficking? Adults and children, including men and boys? Citizens
and noncitizens? LGBTI persons? Persons with disabilities? Were such
benefits linked to whether a victim assisted law enforcement or
participated in a trial, or whether a trafficker was convicted? Could
adult victims leave shelters at will? Could victims seek employment and
work while receiving assistance?
18. Do service providers and law enforcement work together
cooperatively, for instance to share information about trafficking
trends or to plan for services after a raid? What is the level of
cooperation, communication, and trust between service providers and law
enforcement?
19. Were there means by which victims could obtain restitution from
the government or file civil suits against traffickers for restitution,
and did this happen in practice? Did prosecutors request restitution
for victims?
20. How did the government encourage victims to assist in the
investigation and prosecution of trafficking? How did the government
protect victims during the trial process? If a victim was a material
witness in a court case, was the victim permitted to obtain employment,
move freely about the country, or leave the country pending trial
proceedings? How did the government work to ensure victims were not re-
traumatized during participation in trial proceedings? Can victims
provide testimony via video or written statements? Were victims'
identities kept confidential as part of such proceedings?
21. Did the government provide, through a formal policy or
otherwise, temporary or permanent residency status, or other relief
from deportation, for foreign victims of human trafficking who may face
retribution or hardship in the countries to which they would be
deported? Were victims given the opportunity to seek legal employment
while in this temporary or permanent residency? Were such benefits
linked to whether a victim assisted law enforcement, participated in a
trial or whether there was a successful prosecution? Does the
government repatriate victims who wish to return home? Does the
government assist with third country resettlement? Are victims awaiting
repatriation or third country resettlement offered services? Are
victims indeed repatriated or are they deported?
22. Does the government effectively assist its nationals exploited
abroad? Does the government work to ensure victims receive adequate
assistance and support for their repatriation while in destination
countries? Does the government provide adequate assistance to
repatriated victims after their return to their countries of origin,
and if so, what forms of assistance?
23. Does the government inappropriately detain or imprison
identified trafficking victims? Does the government punish, penalize,
or detain trafficking victims for unlawful acts committed as a result
of being subjected to trafficking, such as forgery of documents,
illegal immigration, unauthorized employment, prostitution, theft, or
drug production or transport? Does law enforcement screen for
trafficking victims when arresting individuals in prostitution?
24. What efforts has the government made to prevent human
trafficking? Are there laws prohibiting employers or labor agents from
confiscating workers' passports or travel documents, switching
contracts without the workers' consent, or withholding payment of
salaries as a means of keeping workers in a state of compelled service?
Are these laws implemented to hold violators accountable and/or are
such crimes investigated by law enforcement as potential indicators of
trafficking? Do authorities conduct criminal investigations when
indicators of trafficking are identified in the context of labor
inspections?
25. Does the government operate a hotline for potential victims? If
so, how many calls did the hotline receive? What are the hours of
operation? What languages are spoken? How many victims were identified
as a result of calls to the hotline? Were any investigations initiated
as a result of calls to the hotline?
26. Has the government entered into effective bilateral,
multilateral, or regional information-sharing and cooperation
arrangements that have resulted in concrete and measureable outcomes?
27. Did the government provide assistance to other governments in
combating trafficking in persons through trainings or other assistance
programs?
28. Does the country have effective policies or laws regulating
foreign labor recruiters? What efforts did the government make to
punish labor recruiters or brokers involved in the recruitment of
workers through knowingly fraudulent offers of employment and/or
excessive fees for migration or job placement? What steps did the
government take to minimize the trafficking risks faced by migrant
workers departing from or arriving in the country and to raise
awareness among potential labor migrants about limits on recruitment
fees or their rights while abroad?
29. What measures has the government taken to reduce the
participation by nationals of the country in international and domestic
child sex tourism? If any of the country's nationals are perpetrators
of child sex tourism, do the country's child sexual abuse laws allow
the prosecution of suspected sex tourists for crimes committed abroad?
30. What measures did the government take to establish the identity
of local populations, including birth registration and issuance of
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documentation, citizenship, and nationality?
31. Did the government fund any anti-trafficking information,
education, or awareness campaigns? Were these campaigns targeting
potential trafficking victims and/or the demand for commercial sex or
goods produced with forced labor? Does the government provide financial
support to nongovernment organizations working to promote public
awareness?
32. What efforts did the government make to ensure that its
policies, regulations, and agreements relating to migration, labor,
trade, and investment did not facilitate forced labor?
33. Please provide additional recommendations to improve the
government's anti-trafficking efforts.
34. Please highlight effective strategies and practices that other
governments could consider adopting.
Kari Johnstone,
Acting Director, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons,
Department of State.
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