Recruiters came to Angela's town in Syria offering paid work in
restaurants in Lebanon. She accepted to leave her war-torn country, but
found herself subjected to sex trafficking along with dozens of other
girls. They were locked in hotels and sometimes forced to see 20 clients
each day. The traffickers also raped and tortured the girls into
submission. Angela finally escaped with help from police.
Angela's
case was one of the stories told in the State Department's 2016
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which highlights issues of modern
slavery, child soldiers, forced marriage, and domestic servitude. It
also unveils efforts by governments from 188 countries and territories
around the globe, including the United States, to combat human
trafficking.
In this year's report, eight countries were added to
the blacklist of nations considered the worst offenders in human
trafficking, the so-called Tier 3 list. The new nations added include
the former Soviet states of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan along with the
fledgling democracy of Myanmar, Haiti, Djibouti, Papua New Guinea, Sudan
and Suriname. A Tier 3 rating can trigger sanctions limiting access to
American and international aid.
The State Department said
despite sustained anti-trafficking efforts, millions of individuals are
bound by "mental, physical, and financial coercion" and manipulation by
traffickers who "exploit their vulnerabilities for profit."
"Modern
day slavery that still today claims more than 20 millions victims on
any given time, all 20 millions are people... they have names, they have
or had families," said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, calling
human trafficking an industry that makes billions of dollars each year.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2016/07/01/2016070100535.html
Tier 3:
Algeria
Belarus
Belize
Burma
Burundi
Central African Republic
Comoros
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
The Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Iran
Korea, North
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Papua New Guinea
Russia
South Sudan
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Zimbabwe
Special Case:
Libya
Somalia
Yemen
http://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/2016/258696.htm
"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Friday, July 1, 2016
THE US STATE DEPARTMENT ADDS 8 NEW COUNTRIES TO THE TIP REPORT FOR 2016 - THE COUNTRIES ARE UZBEKISTAN, TURKMENISTAN, MYANMAR, HAIT, DJIBOUTI, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, SUDAN, AND SURINAME IN THIS 21ST CENTURY AS HUMAN NATURE THAT ENSLAVE ANOTHER EVEN FOR SEX AND GREED OF MONEY NEVER CHANGES BUT REVERTS BACK ONLY TO CHAOS WITHOUT SPIRUTUAL HELP
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