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Sanctions:
None applicable
Offshore Jurisdiction Blacklists:
Information unavailable.
US State Department Money Laundering Report:
No Report available.
US State Dept Narcotics Report 2011 (introduction):
No report available
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US State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
(introduction):
(Tier 3)
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a source and destination
country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking.
While the scope of the trafficking problem is unknown, observers
report most victims are trafficked within the country, but a smaller
number move back and forth from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria,
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
and Sudan. Trafficking offenders, including members of expatriate
communities from Nigeria, Sudan, and Chad, as well as transient
merchants and herders, subject children to domestic servitude,
commercial sexual exploitation, or forced labor in agriculture,
diamond mines, and street vending. Within the country, children
are at risk of becoming victims of forced labor, Ba’aka (Pygmy)
minorities are at risk of becoming victims of forced agricultural
work, and girls are at risk of being exploited in the sex trade in
urban centers. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which
operates in eastern regions of the CAR, continues to abduct and
exploit enslaved Sudanese, Congolese, Central African, and
Ugandan children for use as cooks, porters, concubines, and
combatants; some of these children are also taken back and forth
across borders into Sudan or the DRC.
Human rights observers reported that opposition militia groups in
the north of the country continued to unlawfully use children in
armed conflict, some of whom may be trafficking victims. They
believe, however, that the two main rebel groups, the Union of
Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) and the Army for the
Restitution of Democracy (APRD), no longer recruit children, as a
result of ongoing disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion
(DDR) activities initiated by the 2008 peace agreement signed
with the government. Though the UFDR and APRD deny the
presence of children in their ranks, some observers believe these
groups, as well as the Convention of Patriots for Justice and
Peace (CPJP), which is outside the country’s peace process, still
harbor children. Village self-defense units, which receive little, if
any, support from the government, used children as combatants,
lookouts, and porters during the year. UNICEF estimates that
children comprise one-third of the self-defense units.
The Government of the Central African Republic does not fully
comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking and has been placed on Tier 2 Watch List for the last
six consecutive years. Therefore, pursuant to Section 107 of the
2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, the CAR
is deemed not to be making significant efforts to comply with the
minimum standards and is placed on Tier 3. The government,
which has limited human and physical capital, did not investigate
and prosecute trafficking offenses, identify or provide protective
services to trafficking victims, or take steps to raise public
awareness about the dangers of human trafficking. The revised
Central African penal code, enacted in January 2010, outlaws all
forms of trafficking in persons, but awareness of this statute
remained low. The government, via the Prime Minister’s Office,
took steps to create an inter-ministerial committee to fight child
exploitation, including child trafficking, though its formal
establishment remains on hold pending review by the government’
s Economic and Social Council.
For full report click here
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US State Dept Terrorism Report 2009
No report available
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Links:
Worldwide AML Legislation (International Bar Association)
None applicable
Offshore Jurisdiction Blacklists:
Information unavailable.
US State Department Money Laundering Report:
No Report available.
US State Dept Narcotics Report 2011 (introduction):
No report available
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report 2011
(introduction):
(Tier 3)
The Central African Republic (CAR) is a source and destination
country for children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking.
While the scope of the trafficking problem is unknown, observers
report most victims are trafficked within the country, but a smaller
number move back and forth from Cameroon, Chad, Nigeria,
Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),
and Sudan. Trafficking offenders, including members of expatriate
communities from Nigeria, Sudan, and Chad, as well as transient
merchants and herders, subject children to domestic servitude,
commercial sexual exploitation, or forced labor in agriculture,
diamond mines, and street vending. Within the country, children
are at risk of becoming victims of forced labor, Ba’aka (Pygmy)
minorities are at risk of becoming victims of forced agricultural
work, and girls are at risk of being exploited in the sex trade in
urban centers. The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which
operates in eastern regions of the CAR, continues to abduct and
exploit enslaved Sudanese, Congolese, Central African, and
Ugandan children for use as cooks, porters, concubines, and
combatants; some of these children are also taken back and forth
across borders into Sudan or the DRC.
Human rights observers reported that opposition militia groups in
the north of the country continued to unlawfully use children in
armed conflict, some of whom may be trafficking victims. They
believe, however, that the two main rebel groups, the Union of
Democratic Forces for Unity (UFDR) and the Army for the
Restitution of Democracy (APRD), no longer recruit children, as a
result of ongoing disarmament, demobilization, and reinsertion
(DDR) activities initiated by the 2008 peace agreement signed
with the government. Though the UFDR and APRD deny the
presence of children in their ranks, some observers believe these
groups, as well as the Convention of Patriots for Justice and
Peace (CPJP), which is outside the country’s peace process, still
harbor children. Village self-defense units, which receive little, if
any, support from the government, used children as combatants,
lookouts, and porters during the year. UNICEF estimates that
children comprise one-third of the self-defense units.
The Government of the Central African Republic does not fully
comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking and has been placed on Tier 2 Watch List for the last
six consecutive years. Therefore, pursuant to Section 107 of the
2008 Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, the CAR
is deemed not to be making significant efforts to comply with the
minimum standards and is placed on Tier 3. The government,
which has limited human and physical capital, did not investigate
and prosecute trafficking offenses, identify or provide protective
services to trafficking victims, or take steps to raise public
awareness about the dangers of human trafficking. The revised
Central African penal code, enacted in January 2010, outlaws all
forms of trafficking in persons, but awareness of this statute
remained low. The government, via the Prime Minister’s Office,
took steps to create an inter-ministerial committee to fight child
exploitation, including child trafficking, though its formal
establishment remains on hold pending review by the government’
s Economic and Social Council.
For full report click here
____________________________________________________
US State Dept Terrorism Report 2009
No report available
____________________________________________________
Links:
Worldwide AML Legislation (International Bar Association)
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