Tuesday, July 14, 2009

[IWS] State Dept.: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT JUNE 2009 [16 June 2009]

IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016
-------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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U.S. State Department

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT JUNE 2009 [16 June 2009]
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/123357.pdf
[full-text, 324 pages]

Contents
Introduction 5-41
The 2009 Trafficking in Persons Report 5-14
Purpose 5
Human Trafficking Defined 6
The Scope and Nature of Modern-Day Slavery 7
Focus of the 2009 TIP Report 9
Methodology 9
Major Forms of Trafficking in Persons 14-25
Forced Labor 14
Bonded Labor 16
Debt Bondage Among Migrant Laborers 17
Involuntary Domestic Servitude 17
Forced Child Labor 19
Child Soldiers 20
Sex Trafficking 21
Child Sex Trafficking and Related Abuses 22
The Three P's: Punishment, Protection, Prevention 25-32
Punishing Trafficking Offenders 27
Protecting Victims Adequately 27
Prevention: Spotlight on Addressing Demand 31
Financial Crisis and Human Trafficking 32-40
Topics of Special Interest
The Role of Parents in Child Trafficking 7
Public-Private Sector Partnerships: A Powerful Tool 10
Debunking Common Trafficking Myths 13
What's in a Name? Human Trafficking in Translation 15
Human Trafficking for Organ Removal 17
Victim Restitution: Key to Justice, Key to Rebuilding a Life 18
Child Trafficking in Gold Mines 23
Buying or Negotiating a Victim's Freedom 24
Strengthening Prohibitions Against Forced Labor
and Fraudulent Recruitment of Foreign Workers 26
Trafficking of Burmese Refugees in Southeast Asia 29
Statelessness: A Key Vulnerability to Human Trafficking 31
Detaining Adult Victims in Shelters: A Bad Practice 35
Gender Imbalance in Human Trafficking 36
International Woman of Courage 38
Legal Assistance for Trafficking Victims 39
Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking 41
In Memoriam 43
Forced Labor Costs Considerable: A View from the ILO 47
Global Law Enforcement Data 47
Commendable Initiatives Around the World 42-43
2009 TIP Report Heroes 44-46
Tier Placements/Maps 48-56
U.S. Government Domestic Anti-Trafficking Efforts 57
Country Narratives 58-307


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Institute for Workplace Studies 
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New York, NY 10016                        
                                   
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