KnowYourCountry
TIER 1

Countries whose
governments fully
comply with the
Trafficking Victims
Protection Act’s
(TVPA) minimum
standards

TIER 2

Countries whose
governments do not
fully comply with the
TVPA’s minimum
standards, but are
making significant
efforts to bring
themselves into
compliance with
those standards

TIER 2 WATCH
LIST

Countries whose
governments do not
fully comply with the
TVPA’s minimum
standards, but are
making significant
efforts to bring
themselves into
compliance with
those standards,
AND: a) the absolute
number of victims of
severe forms of
trafficking is very
significant or is
significantly
increasing; b) there
is a failure to provide
evidence of
increasing efforts to
combat severe forms
of trafficking in
persons from the
previous year; or, c)
the determination
that a country is
making significant
efforts to bring
themselves into
compliance with
minimum standards
was based on
commitments by the
country to take
additional future
steps over the next
year

TIER 3

Countries whose
governments do not
fully comply with the
minimum standards
and are not making
significant efforts to
do so


SPECIAL CASE

Countries that have
particular current
problems re human
trafficking and are
deemed to require
special attention
For full US State Dept Report on Human Trafficking, please click on the following link: -

http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2011/index.htm
Human Trafficking  -  US State Department Tier Placements 2011