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The U.S.State Department
Releases 2005 Trafficking In
Persons Report
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The U.S. Department of State
released June 3 its fifth annual
Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP),
which estimates that as many as
800,000 victims may be transported
across international borders each
year and forced to work against
their will. The report surveys the
counter-trafficking activities in
150 nations, 10 more than in 2004.
The report is the most comprehensive
worldwide report on the efforts of
governments to combat severe forms
of trafficking in persons, or
modern-day slavery. Its findings
will raise global awareness and spur
countries to take effective actions
to counter trafficking in persons.
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Trafficking is a Human Rights Violation
and a Crime. Traffickers violate the
universal rights of all persons to life,
liberty, and freedom from slavery in all
its forms.
Many victims are lured from their homes
with promises of well-paying jobs. Once
they are deprived of the opportunity to
return home, they are forced or coerced
into prostitution, domestic servitude,
farm or factory labor, or other types of
forced labor.
Thousands of victims are killed for
refusing to submit to forced labor or
sexual slavery, or for trying to escape.
Others die from contracting diseases or
suffering abuse during their
enslavement.
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (TIER 3)
The United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) is
a destination country for women
trafficked primarily from South,
Southeast, and East Asia, the former
Soviet Union, Iran and other Middle
Eastern countries, and East Africa, for
the purpose
 of sexual exploitation. A
far smaller number of men, women, and
teenage children were trafficked to the U.A.E. to work as forced laborers. ...
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Why Is Trafficking Flourishing?
Poverty and Desire for a Better
Life. Traffickers exploit
impoverished and vulnerable
individuals seeking a better life.
In countries with chronic
unemployment,
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widespread poverty or a lack of
economic opportunities,
traffickers use promises of higher
wages and good working conditions
in foreign countries to lure
individuals into their schemes. Many
times the individuals have jobs or
advanced degrees but believe the
traffickers’ promises because they want
better lives.
Ignorance of Trafficking’s Consequences.
Most families and victims are unaware of
the dangers of trafficking because of
the "success stories", displays of
wealth, or remittances back to villages
from relatives working abroad or in
urban areas that provide powerful
incentives for others to migrate for
work.
The negative consequences of trafficking
and horror stories do not often enough
trickle back to rural areas or at-risk
populations. Trafficking victims are
often ashamed or afraid to return home
if they have not made good money, have
not fulfilled the terms of the working
arrangements imposed by traffickers,
have contracted a sexually transmitted
disease or have lost social status.
Updated: May. 12, 2005
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