Trafficking in Persons Report

The report divides nations into tiers based on their compliance with standards outlined in the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA).

For example, one recent academic paper suggests how the rankings could better incorporate risk factors of trafficking in order to focus more on prevention.

[16] Another critic argues that the Report should better incorporate "international rules that states (including the USA) have collectively developed and freely accepted," rather than focusing on criteria drawn up solely by U.S.

[17] Other critics more fundamentally question its methodology and sources, such as anthropologist Laura Agustín, who writes that the Report "relies on CIA, police and embassy guesstimates of situations that are not understood the same way across all cultures and social classes.

[20] Awards are made for actions taken to protect victims, bring offenders to justice or to raise awareness of modern slavery.

The TIP Report on a map based on 2021 data
The number of trafficking victims in EU countries in 2022
Findings of the legislative framework in place in different countries to prevent/reduce human trafficking (the findings are from the 2010 Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report) [ 3 ]
Findings of the legislative framework in place in different countries to prevent/reduce human trafficking (the findings are from the 2011 Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report) [ 4 ]
Secretary Blinken Congratulates 2023 TIP Report Heroes