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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 09 KOLONIA 000012 
 
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DEPT FOR G/TIP, G-LAURA PENA 
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SUBJECT: ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR THE FEDERATED 
STATES OF MICRONESIA 
 
REF: STATE 2094 
 
Post submits the following information for the 2010 Trafficking 
in Persons (TIP) Report.  All answers are keyed to reftel. 
 
¶25. THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION: 
 
25.A. What is (are) the source(s) of available information on 
human trafficking?  What plans are in place (if any) to 
undertake further documentation of human trafficking?  How 
reliable are these sources? 
Department of Justice officials and local law enforcement 
provide the best sources of available information.  These 
officials, in turn, maintain good communications with the FBI 
and NCIS offices in Guam, the Australian Federal Police, and the 
New Zealand Police.  Local officials have no plans in place to 
undertake further documentation of human trafficking.  Post 
finds local sources to be very reliable, if not wholly 
effective, and post maintains a good working relationship with 
local officials. 
 
25.B. Is the country a country of origin, transit, and/or 
destination for men, women, or children subjected to conditions 
of commercial sexual exploitation, forced or bonded labor, or 
other slave-like conditions? 
No.  The FSM is neither a country of origin, transit nor 
destination for trafficking victims.  No Micronesians were 
identified as trafficking victims in the past year, nor were any 
trafficked persons discovered within the FSM's borders.  In last 
year's TIP report, post relayed rumors that Chinese prostitutes 
were servicing fishermen in the FSM.  Local law enforcement 
officials now discount these rumors and no longer believe that 
Chinese prostitutes are operating within the country's borders. 
Micronesians have the right to travel to, live, and work in the 
United States without visas, thereby eliminating the economic 
reason to become a victim of trafficking.  Micronesians don't 
need a "broker" to set them up with jobs in the United States 
that may or may not exist, they can just board a plane and go. 
Nor is the FSM a destination country for traffickers.  Its 
remote location and small economy, coupled with stringent 
foreign investment rules, ensure a very small market for 
imported foreign labor. 
 
Are citizens or residents of the country subjected to such 
trafficking conditions within the country? 
No. 
 
If so, does this internal trafficking occur in territory outside 
of the government's control (e.g. in a civil war situation)? 
From where are people recruited or from where do they migrate 
prior to being subjected to these exploitative conditions?  To 
what other countries are people trafficked and for what 
purposes?  Provide, where possible, numbers or estimates for 
each group of trafficking victims.  Have there been any changes 
in the TIP situation since the last TIP Report (e.g. changes in 
destinations)? 
N/A. 
 
25.C. To what kind of conditions are the trafficking victims 
subjected? 
N/A 
 
25.D. Vulnerability to TIP: Are certain groups of persons more 
at risk of human trafficking (e.g. women and children, boys 
versus girls, certain ethnic groups, refugees, IDPs, etc.)?  If 
so, please specify the type of exploitation for which these 
groups are most at risk. 
In 2008, in the only known case of trafficking in the FSM's 
history, traffickers offered waitress jobs in Guam to ten young 
women from the island of Chuuk, only to put them to work in 
brothels.  Extrapolating from that single incident it may be 
that young women are at higher risk.  No additional at-risk 
groups were identified in the reporting period. 
 
25.E. Traffickers and Their Methods: Who are the 
traffickers/exploiters?  Are they independent business people? 
Small or family-based crime groups?  Large international 
organized crime syndicates?  What methods are used to gain 
direct access to victims?  For example, are the traffickers 
recruiting victims through lucrative job offers?  Are victims 
sold by their families, or approached by friends of friends? 
 
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Are victims "self- presenting" (approaching the exploiter 
without the involvement of a recruiter or transporter)? If 
recruitment or transportation is involved, what methods are used 
to recruit or transport victims (e.g., are false documents being 
used)?  Are employment, travel, and tourism agencies or marriage 
brokers involved with or fronting for traffickers or crime 
groups to traffic individuals? 
Neither post nor local law enforcement officials know of any 
traffickers currently operating within the FSM, nor have any 
recruitment efforts become apparent within the past year. 
 
¶26. SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS: 
 
26.A. Does the government acknowledge that human trafficking is 
a problem in the country?  If not, why not? 
The government acknowledges the possibility that trafficking 
could become a problem in the future.  The complete lack of 
trafficking victims leads the government to conclude it is not 
currently a major problem. 
 
26.B. Which government agencies are involved in efforts to 
combat sex and labor trafficking - including forced labor - and, 
which agency, if any, has the lead in these efforts? 
The FSM National Police would take the lead in any trafficking 
case.  Other agencies that might pursue trafficking cases 
include the Transnational Crime Unit (TCU), FSM Customs, FSM 
Immigration and the police forces of the four individual states 
(Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei and Kosrae). 
 
26.C. What are the limitations on the government's ability to 
address these problems in practice?  For example, is funding for 
police or other institutions inadequate? 
Given the low level of trafficking activity, funding appears 
adequate for the FSM's law enforcement efforts.  Eighty-six 
national police officers serve a country of 108,000 residents. 
Local state police forces augment the country's law enforcement 
capacity. 
 
Is overall corruption a problem? 
Corruption remains a problem in the FSM, but it has no impact on 
the country's trafficking situation. 
 
Does the government lack the resources to aid victims? 
No trafficking victims have been identified within the FSM, but 
potential funding problems may lie with other anti-trafficking 
activities, e.g. training, public outreach, etc. 
 
26.D. To what extent does the government systematically monitor 
its anti-trafficking efforts (on all fronts -- prosecution, 
victim protection, and prevention) and periodically make 
available, publicly or privately and directly or through 
regional/international organizations, its assessments of these 
anti-trafficking efforts? 
Law enforcement officials periodically discuss the issue on an 
informal basis.  The government lacks any formal mechanism to 
monitor trafficking activity. 
 
26.E. What measures has the government taken to establish the 
identity of local populations, including birth registration, 
citizenship, and nationality? 
Each Micronesian state maintains its own registrar's office 
containing birth, death, and marriage records.  Citizenship 
accrues at birth if at least one parent is an FSM citizen. 
Micronesian nationality is confirmed upon presentation of the 
appropriate documentation before immigration and other 
government personnel. 
 
26.F. To what extent is the government capable of gathering the 
data required for an in-depth assessment of law enforcement 
efforts?  Where are the gaps?  Are there any ways to work around 
these gaps? 
The government is probably capable of in-depth assessments of 
its law enforcement efforts, but claims it lacks the funding to 
do so.  An expanded TCU could work around those gaps.  However, 
there are no plans to expand that unit at this time. 
 
¶27. INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: 
 
27.A. Existing Laws against TIP: Does the country have a law or 
laws specifically prohibiting trafficking in persons -- both 
 
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sexual exploitation and labor? 
No. 
 
If so, please specifically cite the name of the law(s) and its 
date of enactment and provide the exact language [actual copies 
preferable] of the TIP provisions.  Please provide a full 
inventory of trafficking laws, including non-criminal Statutes 
that allow for civil penalties against alleged trafficking 
crimes (e.g., civil forfeiture laws and laws against illegal 
debt). Does the law(s) cover both internal and transnational 
forms of trafficking? 
N/A 
 
If not, under what other laws can traffickers be prosecuted? 
For example, are there laws against slavery or the exploitation 
of prostitution by means of force, fraud, or coercion?  Are 
these other laws being used in trafficking cases? 
The national criminal code is very limited and it rarely pursued 
criminal complaints.  Criminal law enforcement is mostly left to 
the four states, and each state has laws that could be used in a 
trafficking case.  For example, there are laws against false 
imprisonment, criminal coercion, kidnapping, and even the making 
of "threats."  To date, no trafficking case has been uncovered 
within the FSM, so these laws have yet to be applied in a 
trafficking situation. 
 
27.B. Punishment of Sex Trafficking Offenses: What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for the trafficking of persons 
for commercial sexual exploitation, including for the forced 
prostitution of adults and the prostitution of children? 
Neither the national government nor the four states have laws 
that specifically outlaw commercial sexual exploitation. 
 
27.C. Punishment of Labor Trafficking Offenses:  What are the 
prescribed and imposed penalties for labor trafficking offenses, 
including all forms of forced labor? 
Neither the national government nor the four states have laws 
that specifically outlaw labor trafficking. 
 
If your country is a source country for labor migrants, do the 
government's laws provide for criminal punishment -- i.e. jail 
time -- for labor recruiters who engage in recruitment of 
workers using knowingly fraudulent or deceptive offers with the 
purpose of subjecting workers to compelled service in the 
destination country? 
The FSM is not a source country for labor migrants.  In fact, 
Micronesians can live and work in the United States without 
visas. 
 
If your country is a destination for labor migrants 
(legal/regular or illegal/irregular), are there laws punishing 
employers or labor agents who confiscate workers' passports or 
travel documents for the purpose of labor trafficking, switch 
contracts without the worker's consent as a means to keep the 
worker in a state of compelled service, or withhold payment of 
salaries as means of keeping the worker in a state of compelled 
service? 
The FSM is not a destination country for labor migrants.  The 
country's small economy provides few jobs.  In fact, the FSM 
experiences an annual net loss of labor and population as its 
young people freely emigrate to the U.S. 
 
27.D. What are the prescribed penalties for rape or forcible 
sexual assault? (NOTE:  This is necessary to evaluate a foreign 
government's compliance with TVPA Minimum Standard 2, which 
reads: "For the knowing commission of any act of sex 
trafficking... the government of the country should prescribe 
punishment commensurate with that for grave crimes, such as 
forcible sexual assault (rape)."  END NOTE) 
Neither the national government's truncated criminal code nor 
the criminal codes of the states specifically proscribe "rape." 
However, all four states outlaw sexual assault and use a 
definition that includes rape as it is commonly understood. 
Chuuk State imposes a fine of up to 9 years imprisonment and/or 
a $10,000 fine for sexual assault using a deadly weapon, five 
years and/or $5,000 if the perpetrator is unarmed. 
Pohnpei State allows for a 10 year sentence and/or a $10,000 
fine if the victim suffers "serious bodily or psychological 
injury" and/or the perpetrator had accomplices and/or a deadly 
weapon was used.  If those factors are not present the penalty 
 
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is five years imprisonment and/or a $5,000 fine. 
In Kosrae State, a defendant may receive a 10 year sentence 
and/or a $20,000 fine upon conviction if the sexual assault 
resulted in "serious bodily or psychological injury," five years 
and/or a $5,000 fine if no such injury occurs. 
Yap State requires "serious bodily or psychological injury" or 
the use of a "dangerous weapon" to impose its most severe 
penalty for sexual assault: ten years and/or a $10,000 fine. 
When neither factor is present Yap imposes a five year prison 
sentence and/or a $5,000 fine. 
 
27.E. Law Enforcement Statistics: Did the government take legal 
action against human trafficking offenders during the reporting 
period? 
No, the government uncovered no trafficking cases or undertook 
any prosecutions during the reporting period. 
 
If so, provide numbers of investigations, prosecutions, 
convictions, and sentences imposed, including details on plea 
bargains and fines, if relevant and available.  Please note the 
number of convicted trafficking offenders who received suspended 
sentences and the number who received only a fine as punishment. 
 Please indicate which laws were used to investigate, prosecute, 
convict, and sentence traffickers.  Also, if possible, please 
disaggregate numbers of cases by type of TIP (labor vs. 
commercial sexual exploitation) and victims (children under 18 
years of age vs. adults). 
N/A 
 
What were the actual punishments imposed on convicted 
trafficking offenders?  Are they serving the time sentenced?  If 
not, why not? 
U.S. Federal Attorneys in Guam brought charges against four 
individuals in the 2008 trafficking (see 25.D. above).  In 2009, 
two defendants pled guilty and will testify at the trial of 
their two accomplices sometime in 2010. 
 
27.F. Does the government provide any specialized training for 
law enforcement and immigration officials on identifying and 
treating victims of trafficking?  Or training on investigating 
and prosecuting human trafficking crimes?  Specify whether NGOs, 
international organizations, and/or the USG provide specialized 
training for host government officials. 
Yes.  This year's Police Academy featured training on 
recognizing trafficking victims, as well as the difference 
between human trafficking and smuggling.  The Academy also 
discussed trafficking interdiction techniques.  The Joint 
Inter-Agency Task Force - West (JIATF-West), sponsored by the 
U.S. Naval Pacific Command, provided anti-TIP training to the 
Transnational Crime Unit (TCU) as part of its overall support of 
the TCU's activities. 
 
27.G. Does the government cooperate with other governments in 
the investigation and prosecution of trafficking cases?  If 
possible, provide the number of cooperative international 
investigations on trafficking during the reporting period. 
Law enforcement officials expressed their willingness to 
cooperate should the need arise.  However, the government 
neither received nor initiated any requests for cooperation 
regarding human trafficking during the reporting period. 
 
27.H. Does the government extradite persons who are charged with 
trafficking in other countries?  If so, please provide the 
number of traffickers extradited during the reporting period, 
and the number of trafficking extraditions pending. In 
particular, please report on any pending or concluded 
extraditions of trafficking offenders to the United States. 
The FSM government can legally extradite anyone to stand trial 
for any criminal offense, including trafficking, as long as 
there is an extradition treaty in place.  [NOTE: The US and the 
FSM have a bilateral extradition treaty.  End note.]  However, 
the government received no requests to arrest and/or extradite 
any suspected traffickers during the reporting period. 
 
27.I. Is there evidence of government involvement in or 
tolerance of trafficking, on a local or institutional level?  If 
so, please explain in detail. 
No. 
 
27.J. If government officials are involved in human trafficking, 
 
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what steps has the government taken to end such complicity? 
N/A 
 
Please indicate the number of government officials investigated 
and prosecuted for involvement in trafficking or 
trafficking-related criminal activities during the reporting 
period. 
None. 
 
Have any been convicted?  What sentence(s) was imposed?  Please 
specify if officials received suspended sentences, or were given 
a fine, fired, or reassigned to another position within the 
government as punishment.  Please indicate the number of 
convicted officials that received suspended sentences or 
received only a fine as punishment. 
N/A 
 
27.K. For countries that contribute troops to international 
peacekeeping efforts, please indicate whether the government 
vigorously investigated, prosecuted, convicted and sentenced 
nationals of the country deployed abroad as part of a 
peacekeeping or other similar mission who engaged in or 
facilitated severe forms of trafficking or who exploited victims 
of such trafficking. 
N/A.  FSM citizens may serve in the U.S. military at will, but 
the country itself has no military and thus, does not contribute 
troops to peacekeeping efforts. 
 
27.L. If the country has an identified problem of child sex 
tourists coming to the country, what are the countries of origin 
for sex tourists? 
The FSM has no problem with child sex tourism. 
 
How many foreign pedophiles did the government deport/extradite 
to their country of origin? 
None. 
 
If your host country's nationals are perpetrators of child sex 
tourism, do the country's child sexual abuse laws have 
extraterritorial coverage (similar to the U.S. PROTECT Act) to 
allow the prosecution of suspected sex tourists for crimes 
committed abroad?  If so, how many of the country's nationals 
were prosecuted and/or convicted during the reporting period 
under the extraterritorial provision(s) for traveling to other 
countries to engage in child sex tourism? 
N/A.  No Micronesian citizen is known to have been prosecuted 
for child sex tourism anywhere in the world. 
 
¶28. PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS: 
 
28.A.  What kind of protection is the government able under 
existing law to provide for victims and witnesses?  Does it 
provide these protections in practice? 
While the FSM lacks specific laws protecting trafficking victims 
or witnesses, there are general material witness laws that give 
the government the right to detain and protect witnesses.  How 
well these laws would work in a trafficking situation is 
unknown, however, as no trafficking cases have been prosecuted 
in the FSM. 
 
28.B. Does the country have victim care facilities (shelters or 
drop-in centers) which are accessible to trafficking victims? 
No. 
 
Do foreign victims have the same access to care as domestic 
trafficking victims?  Where are child victims placed (e.g., in 
shelters, foster care, or juvenile justice detention centers)? 
Does the country have specialized care for adults in addition to 
children?  Does the country have specialized care for male 
victims as well as female?   Does the country have specialized 
facilities dedicated to helping victims of trafficking?  Are 
these facilities operated by the government or by NGOs?  What is 
the funding source of these facilities? 
N/A 
 
Please estimate the amount the government spent (in U.S. dollar 
equivalent) on these specialized facilities dedicated to helping 
trafficking victims during the reporting period. 
None. 
 
 
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28.C.  Does the government provide trafficking victims with 
access to legal, medical and psychological services?  If so, 
please specify the kind of assistance provided. 
While no trafficking victims have been identified, the 
government offers legal services, i.e. a government supplied 
lawyer, to the victims of any crime.  It does not offer medical 
or psychological services. 
 
Does the government provide funding or other forms of support to 
foreign or domestic NGOs and/or international organizations for 
providing these services to trafficking victims?  Please explain 
and provide any funding amounts in U.S. dollar equivalent.  If 
assistance provided was in-kind, please specify exact 
assistance.  Please specify if funding for assistance comes from 
a federal budget or from regional or local governments. 
No. 
 
28.D. Does the government assist foreign trafficking victims, 
for example, by providing temporary to permanent residency 
status, or other relief from deportation?  If so, please explain. 
While no foreign trafficking victims have been uncovered, FSM 
law gives a judge the right to issue an order allowing the 
victim of any crime to stay. 
 
28.E. Does the government provide longer-term shelter or housing 
benefits to victims or other resources to aid the victims in 
rebuilding their lives? 
No. 
 
28.F. Does the government have a referral process to transfer 
victims detained, arrested or placed in protective custody by 
law enforcement authorities to institutions that provide short- 
or long-term care (either government or NGO-run)? 
No. 
 
28.G. What is the total number of trafficking victims identified 
during the reporting period?  (If available, please specify the 
type of exploitation of these victims - e.g. "The government 
identified X number of trafficking victims during the reporting 
period, Y or which were victims of trafficking for sexual 
exploitation and Z of which were victims of nonconsensual labor 
exploitation.) 
Zero. 
 
Of these, how many victims were referred to care facilities for 
assistance by law enforcement authorities during the reporting 
period?  By social services officials?  What is the number of 
victims assisted by government-funded assistance programs and 
those not funded by the government during the reporting period? 
N/A 
 
28.H. Do the government's law enforcement, immigration, and 
social services personnel have a formal system of proactively 
identifying victims of trafficking among high-risk persons with 
whom they come in contact (e.g., foreign persons arrested for 
prostitution or immigration violations)? 
Government officials admit they have nothing formal in place, 
but assert that law enforcement officials would ask any foreign 
prostitutes whether they had been trafficked.  (No foreigners 
have ever been arrested for prostitution in the FSM.) 
 
For countries with legalized prostitution, does the government 
have a mechanism for screening for trafficking victims among 
persons involved in the legal/regulated commercial sex trade? 
N/A 
 
28.I. Are the rights of victims respected?  Are trafficking 
victims detained or jailed?   If so, for how long?  Are victims 
fined? 
N/A, no trafficking victims have ever been identified in the 
FSM, and there are no legal provisions in place to fine or 
incarcerate victims. 
 
28.J. Does the government encourage victims to assist in the 
investigation and prosecution of trafficking? 
Unknown, no trafficking victims have ever been identified in the 
FSM. 
 
How many victims assisted in the investigation and prosecution 
of traffickers during the reporting period? 
 
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N/A 
 
May victims file civil suits or seek legal action against 
traffickers? 
While no specific civil remedy for trafficking victims exists in 
the state and national legal codes, each state's code does 
provide general redress for personal injury caused by another. 
 
Does anyone impede victim access to such legal redress? 
No. 
 
If a victim is a material witness in a court case against a 
former employer, is the victim permitted to obtain other 
employment or to leave the country pending trial proceedings? 
N/A, no trafficking victims have ever been identified in the FSM. 
 
Are there means by which a victim may obtain restitution? 
A victim may bring an act of personal injury in a civil court. 
 
28.K. Does the government provide any specialized training for 
government officials in identifying trafficking victims and in 
the provision of assistance to trafficked victims, including the 
special needs of trafficked children? 
The Police Academy teaches its recruits techniques to identify 
and assist trafficking victims, and the TCU received U.S. 
sponsored TIP training in the past year. 
 
Does the government provide training on protections and 
assistance to its embassies and consulates in foreign countries 
that are destination or transit countries? 
No. 
 
What is the number of trafficking victims assisted by the host 
country's embassies or consulates abroad during the reporting 
period?  Please explain the type of assistance provided (travel 
documents, referrals to assistance, payment for transportation 
home). 
None. 
 
28.L. Does the government provide assistance, such as medical 
aid, shelter, or financial help, to its nationals who are 
repatriated as victims of trafficking? 
No. 
 
28.M. Which international organizations or NGOs, if any, work 
with trafficking victims? 
None. 
 
What type of services do they provide?  What sort of cooperation 
do they receive from local authorities? 
N/A 
 
¶29. PREVENTION: 
 
29.A. Did the government conduct anti-trafficking information or 
education campaigns during the reporting period? 
No. 
 
If so, briefly describe the campaign(s), including their 
objectives and effectiveness.  Please provide the number of 
people reached by such awareness efforts, if available.  Do 
these campaigns target potential trafficking victims and/or the 
demand for trafficking (e.g. "clients" of prostitutes or 
beneficiaries of forced labor)?  (Note: This can be an 
especially noteworthy effort where prostitution is legal.  End 
Note.) 
N/A 
 
29.B. Does the government monitor immigration and emigration 
patterns for evidence of trafficking? 
Immigration authorities claim to look for evidence of 
trafficking, and upper management at the Division of Immigration 
and Labor attended seminars that discussed trafficking, but no 
formal mechanisms are in place. 
 
29.C. Is there a mechanism for coordination and communication 
between various agencies, internal, international, and 
multilateral on trafficking-related matters, such as a 
multi-agency working group or a task force? 
No formal mechanisms exist, but there is excellent rapport 
 
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between the National Police and other agencies.  Should they 
uncover a trafficking case they could easily solicit information 
from other government sources, i.e. Immigration and Customs. 
The Transnational Crime Unit (TCU), with its access to FBI 
databases and its contacts with other international law 
enforcement agencies, could obtain and/or relay information 
among international sources. 
 
29.D. Does the government have a national plan of action to 
address trafficking in persons? 
No. 
 
If the plan was developed during the reporting period, which 
agencies were involved in developing it?  Were NGOs consulted in 
the process?  What steps has the government taken to implement 
the action plan? 
N/A 
 
29.E. Required of all Posts: What measures has the government 
taken during the reporting period to reduce the demand for 
commercial sex acts? (please see ref B, para. 9(3) for examples) 
None. 
 
29.F. Required of all Posts: What measures has the government 
taken during the reporting period to reduce the participation in 
international child sex tourism by nationals of the country? 
None. 
 
29.G. Required of posts in countries that have contributed over 
100 troops to international peacekeeping efforts (Argentina, 
Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, 
Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, China, Cote d'Ivoire, 
Croatia, Denmark, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, 
France, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, 
Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Korea (ROK), Malawi, Malaysia, 
Mongolia, Morocco,  Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, 
Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Rwanda, Senegal, 
Slovakia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, Togo, 
Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, 
Yemen, Zambia, and 
Zimbabwe): What measures has the government adopted to ensure 
that its nationals who are deployed abroad as part of a 
peacekeeping or other similar mission do not engage in or 
facilitate severe forms of trafficking or exploit victims of 
such trafficking?  If posts do not provide an answer to this 
question, the Department may consider including a statement in 
the country assessment to the effect that "An assessment 
regarding Country X's efforts to ensure that its troops deployed 
abroad for international peacekeeping missions do not engage in 
or facilitate trafficking or exploit trafficking victims was 
unavailable for this reporting period." 
N/A 
 
¶30. PARTNERSHIPS 
 
30.A.  Does the government engage with other governments, civil 
society, and/or multilateral organizations to focus attention 
and devote resources to addressing human trafficking?  If so, 
please provide details. 
No. 
 
30.B.  What sort of international assistance does the government 
provide to other countries to address TIP? 
None. 
 
 
¶33.  Required for posts in countries that have been the subject 
of allegations regarding unlawful child soldiering (by 
government forces, government-supported militias armed groups, 
or independent militias armed groups) in the TIP Report, the 
Human Rights Report, or both : Report if the following occurred: 
conscription or forced recruitment of persons under the age of 
18 into governmental armed forces; voluntary recruitment of any 
person under 15 years of age into governmental armed forces; the 
extent to which any person under the age of 18 took a direct 
part in hostilities as a member of governmental armed forces; 
recruitment (forced or voluntary) of persons under the age of 18 
by armed groups distinct from those of the governmental armed 
forces, including paramilitary forces, illegal paramilitary 
groups, guerrillas, or other armed groups.  Describe trends 
 
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toward improvement of the above-mentioned practices, including 
steps and programs the government undertook or the continued or 
increased tolerance of such practices, including the role of the 
government in engaging in or tolerating such practices.  Report 
abuse of children recruited by armed forces or the armed groups 
noted above (e.g., sexual abuse or use for forced labor). 
Describe the manner and age of conscription.  In discussing 
activities of armed groups distinct from those of governmental 
armed forces, explain the position of the government towards the 
armed group (opposition, tolerance, support, etc.) in detail. 
N/A 
 
Point of contact for this report is William Douglass, tel. no. 
691-320-2187, fax number 691-320-2186.  Number of hours spent on 
this report, approximately 40.  Rank of officer preparing 
report: 02. 
PRAHARP