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O 161608Z NOV 09
FM AMEMBASSY LUANDA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 5803
INFO RUCNSAD/SOUTHERN AF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY COLLECTIVE

UNCLAS LUANDA 000704 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR AF/RSA, G/TIP 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG AO
SUBJECT: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT 
 
REF: (A) STATE 112432 
 
1.(SBU) Since issuance of the 2009 Trafficking in Persons 
report, post summarizes performance by the Government of 
Angola on points specified Reftel para M as follows. 
 
2.(SBU) Little progress in enacting laws to prohibit and 
punish all forms of trafficking in persons: Government has so 
far entrusted the task to a commission charged with revising 
the entire national penal code, expressing a preference that 
new anti-trafficking laws be a part of that code. 
 
3.(SBU) Measurable progress in increasing capacity  of law 
enforcement officials to identify victims, but little 
progress to protect them: Government worked closely with 
partners and co-funded seminars for law enforcement, 
immigration, military, judicial and provincial administration 
officials. Ministry of Interior supported these sessions at 
Vice-Minister level. Further, government/partners funded and 
launched an information campaign to protect visitors to 
forthcoming CAN African football championships against 
traffickers. At the level of protecting victims, government 
increased its efforts to create at least one victim shelter. 
 
4.(SBU) Little progress, but first-ever movement toward 
systematically collecting data on offenses, victims, and 
prosecutions: Government gave financial support for creation 
of a Luanda data base of victims and perpetrators. 
 
5.(SBU) Moderate progress in reporting on anti-TIP 
activities: Government was frank and responsive to requests 
from press and international partners for information on 
these activities, though the volume of such reports was low 
until recently. 
 
6.(SBU) Angola today is beyond the position described in the 
2009 TIP Report; the government's commitment of resources 
(costs and labor sharing) and intensive anti-trafficking 
education grew remarkably in the past three months. During 
the same period, key officials in the Ministry of Interior 
for the first time made public commitments to face up to the 
country's trafficking problems. It may be several months 
before arrests and convictions reflect the new vigor of 
government and its partners, notably a concerted effort to 
suppress expected trafficking during the Africa Cup of 
Nations soccer tournament in January. The visit of a G/TIP 
official and her consultation with the executive and 
legislative branches during October brought new clarity to 
government's immediate goals--creating integrated assistance 
and protection for victims, and formulating a comprehensive 
new anti-trafficking law. The government has the will and 
many of the necessary means to realize the first goal. And 
while the scope of a new anti-trafficking law is still under 
discussion in the executive branch, parliament's human rights 
committee, and civil society as a whole, are clamoring for 
creation of new legislation. In post's assessment, the 
public's embrace of both goals, and fast increasing political 
support from key ministerial officials, are proof that 
Angola's commitment to combat trafficking is now authentic 
and viable. 
MOZENA