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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:
The U.S. insular areas consist of American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Federal authority over these areas resides in the Department of
the Interior (DOI), which participated in the President’s
Interagency Task Force in 2010. While the U.S. government has
compacts of free association with Palau, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, they are
independent of the United States and thus discussed and ranked
in separate narratives. The insular areas are a destination for
men and women subjected to forced labor, debt bondage, and
forced prostitution.
In the Territory of American Samoa, there were no new reported
human trafficking cases. The legislature did not pass a bill,
introduced in October 2009, which would have criminalized human
trafficking as a felony offense.
In CNMI, there were six reported human trafficking cases involving
multiple victims held in clubs, restaurants and massage parlors. A
trend was observed involving the cancellation of victims’ return
airplane tickets upon admission, stranding them with no financial
means to return and rendering them wholly dependent on their
employers. During the reporting period, the Federal Labor
Ombudsman identified 71 victims of trafficking or fraud in labor
contracting, of whom about 20 percent were sex trafficking victims.
In 2010, the NGO working on the local anti-trafficking task force
assisted 36 human trafficking victims and 40 fraud in labor
contracting victims; an additional 31 victims qualified for services
but could not be assisted due to insufficient funds.
In the Territory of Guam, DOJ prosecuted a multi-victim sex
trafficking case, convicting a karaoke bar owner who forced
multiple young women from Chu’uk in the Federated States of
Micronesia and one juvenile girl into prostitution. The Guam
legislature did not address a draft bill that would have closed
loopholes that allow massage parlors to conduct illicit activities.
There continued to be concern that a military build-up on Guam
could involve labor exploitation and trafficking of the thousands of
guestworkers expected; efforts were made by federal actors to
have this considered in the planning stages. DOJ led a
coordinated effort to identify human trafficking cases, provide
services to victims, and bring the traffickers to justice in Guam
and the CNMI. Uniquely, this effort included participation of
foreign consulates from source countries and cross-training with
investigators and other government officials from other Pacific
jurisdictions.
In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico there were no reported
trafficking cases. NGOs worked to bring the issue to the attention
of the legislature, law enforcement, service providers and the
public at large. Puerto Rico had no local anti-trafficking law; there
is an outstanding proposal to revise the penal code to include
trafficking. There were no local government efforts or coordination
with federal authorities to address human trafficking.
There were no documented cases of human trafficking in the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, ICE officers in the
U.S. Virgin Islands were placed on alert for potential human
trafficking, but no victims were identified.
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:
The U.S. insular areas consist of American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam,
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Federal authority over these areas resides in the Department of
the Interior (DOI), which participated in the President’s
Interagency Task Force in 2010. While the U.S. government has
compacts of free association with Palau, the Federated States of
Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands, they are
independent of the United States and thus discussed and ranked
in separate narratives. The insular areas are a destination for
men and women subjected to forced labor, debt bondage, and
forced prostitution.
In the Territory of American Samoa, there were no new reported
human trafficking cases. The legislature did not pass a bill,
introduced in October 2009, which would have criminalized human
trafficking as a felony offense.
In CNMI, there were six reported human trafficking cases involving
multiple victims held in clubs, restaurants and massage parlors. A
trend was observed involving the cancellation of victims’ return
airplane tickets upon admission, stranding them with no financial
means to return and rendering them wholly dependent on their
employers. During the reporting period, the Federal Labor
Ombudsman identified 71 victims of trafficking or fraud in labor
contracting, of whom about 20 percent were sex trafficking victims.
In 2010, the NGO working on the local anti-trafficking task force
assisted 36 human trafficking victims and 40 fraud in labor
contracting victims; an additional 31 victims qualified for services
but could not be assisted due to insufficient funds.
In the Territory of Guam, DOJ prosecuted a multi-victim sex
trafficking case, convicting a karaoke bar owner who forced
multiple young women from Chu’uk in the Federated States of
Micronesia and one juvenile girl into prostitution. The Guam
legislature did not address a draft bill that would have closed
loopholes that allow massage parlors to conduct illicit activities.
There continued to be concern that a military build-up on Guam
could involve labor exploitation and trafficking of the thousands of
guestworkers expected; efforts were made by federal actors to
have this considered in the planning stages. DOJ led a
coordinated effort to identify human trafficking cases, provide
services to victims, and bring the traffickers to justice in Guam
and the CNMI. Uniquely, this effort included participation of
foreign consulates from source countries and cross-training with
investigators and other government officials from other Pacific
jurisdictions.
In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico there were no reported
trafficking cases. NGOs worked to bring the issue to the attention
of the legislature, law enforcement, service providers and the
public at large. Puerto Rico had no local anti-trafficking law; there
is an outstanding proposal to revise the penal code to include
trafficking. There were no local government efforts or coordination
with federal authorities to address human trafficking.
There were no documented cases of human trafficking in the U.S.
Virgin Islands.
In the aftermath of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, ICE officers in the
U.S. Virgin Islands were placed on alert for potential human
trafficking, but no victims were identified.
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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