The annual human trafficking ranking by the US State Department held few surprises with Myanmar and Cambodia retaining their Tier 3 positions on the bottom while Laos was downgraded into the Tier 2 Watchlist.
This year’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released on June 24, found complicit and corrupt officials allowing human traffickers to thrive, and in Myanmar“child soldiers” were reported to be used in support roles, but some Southeast Asian nation improved their standings.
The TIP Report also echoed the United States Institute for Peace (USIP) which in May named Myanmar, Laos, and Cambodia as the epicenter of human trafficking and organized crime “that is rapidly evolving into the most powerful criminal network of the modern era.”
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