In 2010, the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) was a source country for women subjected to trafficking in persons, specifically forced prostitution in the United States and the U.S. territory of Guam, and was reportedly a destination for women from China forced into commercial sexual exploitation.
The FSM may have been a destination country for a few men and women from other Pacific nations who were subjected to conditions of forced labor.
In one case, 10 young women from the state of Chuuk were lured to Guam by a Micronesian recruiter with promises of well-paying jobs in the service and hospitality sectors.
A physically and mentally disabled young woman from Chuuk was rescued from forced prostitution in Hawaii during 2009.
[1] In 2010 the Government of the Federated States of Micronesia did not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, however it is making significant efforts to do so.
[4] The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia made no discernible progress in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts.
The TCU, part of the Pacific Transnational Crime network, remained the main conduit for general law enforcement information coming from international sources.
The law did not provide specific legal alternatives to the removal of foreign victims to countries where they faced hardship or retribution.
Evidence and anecdotal reports suggest that the current number of internal or transnational trafficking victims is relatively low; the government's limited resources were thus often directed to meet more emergent priorities.