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Kendra L. Kreider Anti-trafficking actors from all sectors should develop concrete risk mitigation and management plans to effectively respond to a variety of crises, including natural disasters, conflict scenarios, health crises, or a combination of emergencies that could exacerbate vulnerabilities to trafficking and the experiences of victims. For many people, human trafficking evokes images of women and children being forcibly taken and sold into sexual slavery by strangers, or of people locked in rooms or vehicles far from home. Our impact report this year explores how our services support those affected by a disappearance, and how we continue to be a lifeline when someone disappears. Tatum West Although the government took steps to repatriate North Korean workers in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions (UNSCRs), citizens from the DPRK continued to arrive throughout the year, many of whom likely engaged in informal labor. Cuba Bethany Hanke Hoang Justifications for Waivers and Exceptions. It reflects on the lessons learned from practitioners and offers considerations to rebuild momentum through coordinated anti-trafficking strategies. Notably, the R-ARCSS requires the Government of South Sudan to refrain from the recruitment and/or use of child soldiers. Congo, Republic of the NATO Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Action Plan to be adopted by October 2020. Melissa Verlaque Each year, the Department of State honors individuals around the world who have devoted their lives to the fight against human trafficking. The tier ranking justification appears in the first paragraph of each country narrative and includes language that explicitly highlights the factors supporting a given tier ranking. We could not have been there for people in their moment of crisis . When investigations and prosecutions did proceed, the coordination of extra safety precautions that met the victims and the prosecution teams level of comfort further delayed the process in some cases. The TVPA also provides that any country that has been ranked Tier 2 Watch List for two consecutive years and that would otherwise be ranked Tier 2 Watch List for the next year will instead be ranked Tier 3 in that third year. This waiver will allow the United States to continue to provide the assistance, support, and human rights training necessary to achieve these goals, and to help Iraq build its capacity to conduct effective, sustained counterterrorism operations against ISIS. Reports of human rights violations attributable to state security forces is on a downward trend. If you would like to report a missing person, please contact your local law enforcement agency first and then call MEPIC at (850)410-8585 or toll free at 1-888-FL-MISSING (356-4774). She continues to be a guiding force, bringing out the best in her team. I was cleaning up in bathrooms and going to college and work. When Mei returned to Xinjiang Region in China to visit her ill father, Chinese officials stopped her at the border with Kazakhstan and seized her passport. Nonetheless, the challenges uncovered by COVID-19 are monumental and may be long lasting, requiring sustained collaboration among governments, civil society organizations, private sector leaders, survivor leaders, and other anti-trafficking actors to adjust and respond aptly to overcome these challenges. She was a . Often the people in the best position to identify a potential case of human trafficking are neighbors, family members, friends, or others close to victims or traffickers. Djibouti Chaiszar Turner Botswana The President has determined it is in the national interest of the United States to waive the application of the prohibition in section 404(a) of the CSPA with respect to the Government of National Accord (GNA) in Libya and has certified the GNA is taking effective and continuing steps to address the issue of child soldiers. Section 1. These initiatives, as well as any near-term security sector programming, will be used to support the security sector reform/disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (SSR/DDR) and governance needed to end the conflict and the recruitment and use of child soldiers. MacKenzie Bills Slovenia NGOs have also reported experiencing cyberattacks and threats on social media when they post statements debunking misinformation. After receiving a tip from child rights activists, police conducted a raid to remove the children from the factory and arrest the trafficker. Dominican Republic A Growing Number of People Experiencing Economic and Social Vulnerabilities. For tips on how to build a survivor-informed organization, please see the NHTTAC toolkit on this topic. Australia Empower survivors to outgrow the label of only a survivor. SCOTLAND COUNTY, NC (WWAY)- On Friday, a multiple agency task force continued searching thick wooded areas in Laurinburg for Brandon Carl Wayne McDonald from Bladen County. If you have information on any Missing or Unidentified Person case please contact the Phoenix Police Department Missing and Unidentified Persons Details: Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.: 602-534-2121. Many survivors had to close shops or leave jobs due to lockdowns and some were pressured by former traffickers when other employment options dried up. The use of these innovations leaves digital footprints, which may be detected as these transactions pass through the financial system. These determinations cover the reporting period beginning April 1, 2020 and ending March 31, 2021. Whether the percentage of victims of severe forms of trafficking in the country that are non-citizens of such countries is insignificant. Post Office Box 1489. 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Equally notable, she has personally assisted former child soldiers released from prison and used her own money to help cover expenses for necessities. Page 25: Panos Pictures/Karen Robinson Third, a multidisciplinary child-friendly space provides survivors with an array of comprehensive services and referral networks in one place. The way survivors in leadership positions are treated should mirror the way that staff members without lived experience of human trafficking are treated, and vice versa. Erin Chapman The purpose element in every sex trafficking case is the same: to engage in a commercial sex act. January 20, 2021. This approach considers the vulnerabilities and experiences of trauma survivors and places priority on restoring a survivors feelings of safety, choice, and control. Section 3 provides a list of waivers or exceptions exercised under the CSPA. 333 will allow for U.S. government assistance to build the Somali militarys capacity to conduct effective, sustained counterterrorism operations against al-Shabaab and, through cooperation, help reinforce U.S. values including those related to preventing and responding to the unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers. Privacy intrusions are also a concern and occur when information or images about people mistakenly believed to be trafficking victims, or those of actual victims, are shared in connection to conspiracy misinformation or disinformation. Brianna Gildner Patrick Hamilton She is described as 5'11", approximately 200 pounds, and is . Burundi Prosecutors typically conducted interviews with victims virtually and less frequently to prevent re-traumatization. Published March 2, 2023 8:44PM. McDonald was . Financial institutions and civil society can play an important role in assisting survivors in the recovery process by providing them access to digital financial services, such as online microcredit, without requiring traditional identity documentation. The Minnesota Missing and Unidentified Persons Clearinghouse is a tool to assist in the recovery of missing children and adults in the state of Minnesota. In the resulting absence of adequate anti-trafficking responses around the world, victims went unidentified, survivors were underserved, and traffickers were not held accountable. In my case, being a person of color sold by a white person to other white people was painful on multiple levels. Child-friendly spaces are an essential component to holistic victim-centered and trauma-informed care for child survivors of human trafficking. 17 West Main Street. Comment document.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3d70308f15250fcbef76f083db20606" );document.getElementById("g953f00fa6").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Page 627: Panos/Dieter Telemans It is imperative that the public fully understand the negative effects that spreading and acting on these rumors and misinformation can have on service providers, victims and survivors, and the broader anti-trafficking field. Criminal Investigation Division; Drug Investigation Division; . the extent to which the country is a country of origin, transit, or destination for severe forms of trafficking; the extent to which the countrys government does not meet the TVPAs minimum standards and, in particular, the extent to which officials or government employees have been complicit in severe forms of trafficking; reasonable measures that the government would need to undertake to be in compliance with the minimum standards in light of the governments resources and capabilities to address and eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons; the extent to which the government is devoting sufficient budgetary resources to investigate and prosecute human trafficking, convict and sentence traffickers; and obtain restitution for victims of human trafficking; and. 2. Abigail Long First, child-friendly spaces provide a calm and reassuring physical environment. These individuals include NGO workers, lawmakers, government officials, survivors of human trafficking, and concerned citizens. Page 34: Getty-Quynh Anh Nguyen/Contributor Page 55: Picture Alliance In October 2019, at least two children (under the age of 15) were recruited and used in supporting roles at a remote checkpoint in Northeast Nigeria. UNODCs partner NGOs that work on human trafficking reported that pandemic-related measures led their beneficiaries to lose income and access to food. The WhatsApp forum allowed the nearly 350 police and prosecutor participants to share tips and resources on effective methods for trafficking investigations and prosecutions. Perpetua Anaele Takiyah Golden Debt bondage is focused on human trafficking crimes in which the traffickers primary means of coercion is debt manipulation. Uzbekistan Seychelles The Department of State assesses that immense social and economic insecurity caused by the current conflict is the primary driver for the ongoing unlawful recruitment and use of child soldiers in Libya. Caitlin B. Heidenreich Supporting the Reintegration of Trafficked Persons: A Guidebook for the Greater Mekong Sub-Region: https://cbss.org/our-work/safe-secure-region/anti-trafficking/, Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings Strategic Plan 2020-2025, Human Trafficking 2020 Baltic Sea Round-up Report, Guidelines for journalists reporting on cases of human trafficking: Media and Trafficking in Human Beings (2019), Task Force Against Trafficking in Human Beings, http://www.coe.int/t/dghl/monitoring/trafficking/, Reports: https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/general-reports, 9th General Report on GRETAs Activities (2019), https://www.coe.int/en/web/anti-human-trafficking/general-reports, Guidance Note on the entitlement of victims of trafficking, and persons at risk of being trafficked, to international protection, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), ECOWAS Declaration on the Fight against Trafficking in Persons (2001), Joint ECOWAS/ECCAS Regional Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2006-2008), http://ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking/index.action, Third report on the progress made in the fight against trafficking in human beings (2020) as required under Article 20 of Directive 2011/36/EU on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings and protecting its victims, https://www.fatf-gafi.org/media/fatf/content/images/Human-Trafficking-2018.pdf, Arab Initiative to Combat Trafficking in Persons, 2010, Comprehensive Arab Strategy for Combating, Trafficking in Human Beings (CASCTHB), Council of Arab Ministers of Justice Resolution 15/2/2012, http://www.oas.org/dsp/english/cpo_trata_dia_mundial.asp, Second Work Plan against Trafficking in Persons in the Western Hemi-sphere 2015-2018 (extended to 2020), Hemispheric Efforts against Trafficking in Persons Declaration of Mexico (2018), Advancing Hemispheric Security: A Multidimensional Approach (AG/RES. Suriname A trafficker can target a victim after a victim applies for a job or migrates to earn a living. Al-Obaidly has not solved Qatars human trafficking or labor rights problems, and he would admit it. Forms of slavery or slavery-like practicesincluding the sale of children, forced or compulsory child labor, and debt bondage and serfdom of childrencontinue to exist, despite legal prohibitions and widespread condemnation. The Staff of the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons Is: Hadiyyah A. Abdul-Jalaal As a result, APRAMP was able to remain active in reporting on sex trafficking trends, thus providing strategic information to other relevant stakeholders. The coercive scheme can include threats of force, debt manipulation, withholding of pay, confiscation of identity documents, psychological coercion, reputational harm, manipulation of the use of addictive substances, threats to other people, or other forms of coercion. With her determination, endless work, and leadership while working in the federal governments Specialized Investigations Office on Organized Crime, Mexico obtained its first criminal sentencing for crimes involving human trafficking and organized crime in June 2011. Overall, the intensified impact on the mental health and physical well-being of trafficking victims and survivors from long-term isolation, reduced access to services, and general COVID-related risks reaffirms the need for comprehensive, trauma- and survivor-informed, and victim-centered anti-trafficking responses during the pandemic. For example: In some countries, prosecutors and courts utilized technology to safely continue prosecution efforts while employing a victim-centered approach. This body of information provides a strong foundation from which to learn. Beginning October 1, 2021, and effective throughout Fiscal Year 2022, these restrictions will apply to the listed countries, absent a presidential waiver, applicable exception, or reinstatement of assistance pursuant to the terms of the CSPA. The Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GIATOC) published a policy brief in May 2020 highlighting initial trends in human trafficking during the pandemic and challenges to traditional responses. Kelsey Brennan The TVPA provides such liability for any legal person, including a business that benefits financially from its involvement in a human trafficking scheme, provided that the business knew or should have known of the scheme. 1 of 3. This series of reports contains information only on individuals who have been reported as missing, unidentified, or unclaimed to NamUs; it does not include information on all missing, unidentified, and unclaimed persons nationwide. Bangladesh Some governments expanded protective services, such as admitting live teleconference testimony in court or providing victims the option to testify remotely to avoid interacting with their traffickers. Our bodies are lying in alleys and warehouses unnoticed; we are pawns in a system that doesnt care about us. Page 66: Emily Teague Missing Since: May 21, 2007. The burden of proof IS on the government and big Pharma to disprove causation and to show that the shots are safe and others have been screaming the same thinghowever, since both groups are so corrupted (and have also corrupted and brainwashed the entire medical system and bought the entire MSM), no such fair and truthful analysis will ever be done by them. b. the United States toward agreed goals and objectives in the collective fight against trafficking. I knew my family loathed gays. International outcry has grown since these abuses were first made public. They also may not have the physical and mental development to identify coercive tactics being used by an individual they have bonded with, trust, and love. The 2021 CSPA List Includes Governments of the Following Countries: Afghanistan Veronica Jablonski While Ivermectin does not have a reputation of causing blindness, we are seeing plenty of vision issues, blindness included, associated with the Covid jabs. He may be homeless and may be frequent the Garfield Park area. Shakhnoza Khassanova is the director of the Legal Center for Womens Initiatives, Sana Sezim. She has more than a decade of impressive experience raising awareness about human trafficking, advocating for greater victim protections, and aiding migrants and victims of human trafficking from across Central Asia. A complete list that includes all of the countries covered by the 2021 Trafficking in Persons Report is available at: https://www.state.gov/international-conventions-relevant-to-combating-trafficking-in-persons/. The government established a formal anti-trafficking inter-ministerial committee that monitored shelters, coordinated with NGOs and international organizations to identify and protect victims and drafted and launched the governments first national anti-trafficking action plan. The country faces numerous longstanding challenges, including: inadequate infrastructure and human resources; the governments inability to project authority across the sizable country; corruption; a limited capacity to raise and manage revenues; outbreaks of infectious disease; as well as the destabilizing activity of numerous armed groups. These harmful practices include redlining, lending discrimination, unequal distribution of government subsidies and services, restricted entry into white collar or higher paying jobs, and intentional exclusions of certain professions from worker protections. Despite facing resistance and, at times, criticism, he and his team continue to work toward the implementation of labor reforms and improvement of workers lives. Zambia Then the church started the process of ex-communication to revoke my college scholarships because they believed I was willingly living my life in sin. This assistance enables the U.S. government to continue to fulfill its goal of assisting the Federal Government of Somalia (FGS) to build effective and rights-respecting security forces, which are indispensable to achieving greater military effectiveness. Many anti-trafficking organizations also responded to the pandemic by emphasizing staff wellness, especially for employees with lived experience of human trafficking who are at risk of heightened responses to the stress caused by the pandemic. It also must include supporting additional research on the brains response to trauma and on the ways traffickers adapt their criminal enterprises to societal changes. PKO funding may also support Cameroons maritime security capabilities to combat piracy, a growing regional economic threat. Nigeria Despite commitments from South Sudan armed groups in February 2019 to prevent and end the six grave violations against children, the UN continues to verify reports of such grave violations against children committed by all parties to the conflict. Criminal justice systems often delayed and suspended overall prosecution efforts while law enforcement officials worked to manage COVID-19 outbreaks, even within their own units. This last one was removed from VAERS as of the 9/3/21 release. Ireland To address these gaps, the 2017 Human Trafficking Leadership Academy fellows, organized by the Department of Health and Human Services National Human Trafficking Training and Technical Assistance Center (NHTTAC), defined a survivor-informed practice as the meaningful input from a diverse community of survivors at all stages of a program or project, including development, implementation and evaluation.. Feb. 24 SFPD officially reports him as missing person. The government of the country should prohibit severe forms of trafficking in persons and punish acts of such trafficking. Since joining the Attorney Generals Office, her team has obtained 73 human trafficking convictions, issued 152 indictments for human trafficking, and initiated 941 human trafficking investigations. Benin Despite the significant disruptions to efforts to combat this crime, the anti-trafficking community found ways to adapt and forged new relationships to overcome the challenges. Some perpetrators use these types of conditions as part of their coercive schemes to compel the labor of domestic workers with little risk of detection. Representation and diversity of experience and thought matter. When a White person goes missing, you hear about it every five minutes. In order to help us search our database, please provide the Missing Person's full name, date of birth, date and place last seen, and other identifiers (ancestry, height/weight eye and hair color, tattoos, scars, NamUs link, etc). Missing Person Details; West Virginia State Police. The numbers in parentheses are those of labor trafficking prosecutions, convictions, and victims identified. the recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor or services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery. 333 in support of U.S. national interests in fighting terrorism, countering violent extremist organizations and illicit smuggling. While technology allowed the anti-trafficking community to navigate more easily the myriad challenges caused by the pandemic, its expanded use highlighted the importance of ensuring victims access to technology and online services, as well as their safety and privacy when using technology to receive victim assistance. Marshall Islands Children should receive immediate support and assistance in a safe and comfortable setting that is not intimidating or retraumatizing. Survivors may encounter a large number of health indicators and somatic complaints due to having to endure trauma for a long period of time at an early age, including head, stomach, and body aches; throat and urinary tract infections; interrupted sleep due to nightmares and flashbacks; difficulty concentrating; asthma; and more. Traffickers also exploit financial sector innovations, such as prepaid cards and mobile payment applications, to accept payments or move funds through the financial system. Given the essential role that these monitoring mechanisms or efforts play as the parties to the R-ARCSS continue to work to implement the peace agreement and form a transitional government, waiving restrictions to PKO assistance is in the U.S. national interest.

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