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US puts India on trafficking watch list for 7th year
Tuesday, 15, June 2010
The United States has placed India on its second worst category on human trafficking for the seventh consecutive year, saying the latter has done significant work on sex trafficking, but not enough to check labour trafficking.'The government of India does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking,' said the US State Department in its 10th annual Trafficking in Persons Report released Monday.
'However, it is making significant efforts to do so, particularly with regard to the law enforcement response to sex trafficking,' acknowledged the report released by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.'Despite these efforts, the Indian government has not demonstrated sufficient progress in its law enforcement, protection, or prevention efforts to address labour trafficking, particularly bonded labour; therefore India is placed on Tier 2 Watch List for the seventh consecutive year.'
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