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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 09 LUSAKA 000089 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR AF/S, G/TIP G-LAURA PENA AND STEPHANIE 
KRONENBURG, INL, DRL, PRM 
 
PROGRAM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KTIP ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PGOV PREF
SMIG, KMCA, ZA 
SUBJECT:  ZAMBIA:  INPUT FOR THE 2010 TRAFFICKING IN 
PERSONS REPORT 
 
REF:  STATE 2094; 09 LUSAKA 768 
 
¶1. (U) Post is providing the below information for use 
in the preparation of the tenth annual Trafficking in 
Persons (TIP) report.  The sections in this message are 
keyed to questions contained in Ref A. 
 
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ZAMBIA'S TIP SITUATION 
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¶2. (SBU) A.  The primary sources of available 
information on human trafficking are the GRZQs 
interministerial committee and secretariat on human 
trafficking (headed by the Ministry of Home Affairs), 
the Zambia Police ServiceQs Victim Support Unit (VSU), 
Zambia Immigration, the International Organization for 
Migration (IOM), the International Labour Organization 
(ILO), United Nations International ChildrenQs Fund 
(UNICEF), and NGOs such as YWCA, Women and Law in 
Southern Africa (WLSA), the Jesuits Center for 
Theological Reflection (JCTR) and the Council of 
Churches in Zambia (CCZ).  The National Secretariat, 
whose formation is in progress, has prioritized data 
collection and consolidation in its 2010 workplan. 
 
¶3. (SBU) B-D.  Zambia remains a country of destination, 
origin and transit for international trafficking in 
persons.  Its geographic position (Zambia shares land, 
lake and riverine borders with eight countries) makes 
it attractive for traffickers.  Zambia is sometimes a 
destination country for trafficked labor from Malawi 
and Mozambique.  Contacts in the Copperbelt region of 
Zambia report increasing numbers of Chinese laborers 
coming to work in the mines and present unsubstantiated 
anecdotal evidence of Chinese and Indian worker 
exploitation.  Local contacts report indications that 
refugees are both trafficked to Zambia and serve as 
traffickers.  During the reporting period, there were 
instances of Zambians being trafficked to South Africa, 
Congo and Namibia.  As a transit country, ZambiaQs 
geographic location, numerous porous borders and 
immigration enforcement challenges make it a nexus for 
trafficking from the Great Lakes Region to South 
Africa.  Local contacts observe that increasing numbers 
of South Asians are trafficked through Zambia. 
Internal trafficking, mainly of women and children from 
rural to urban areas for labor, remains a challenge and 
likely the dominant form of trafficking in Zambia. 
 
¶4. (SBU) New trafficking trends identified in Zambia 
during this reporting period include possible 
exploitation of Chinese and Indian mine workers, South 
Asian males trafficked for labor, the involvement of 
refugees as both trafficker and victim, and male Somali 
youth trafficked through Zambia for unconfirmed 
purposes. 
 
¶5. (SBU) As noted in the 2009 TIP report, which cited a 
2007 ILO International Program on the Elimination of 
Child Labor (IPEC) study, working conditions for 
victims of trafficking vary.  Some are placed in 
private homes and receive adequate room and board, but 
others are starved and beaten, deprived of sleep, 
and/or overworked to the point of exhaustion.  Many are 
not paid even a fraction of the wages they are 
promised, and some are not paid at all for long hours 
of work.  Local contacts note that victims being 
transited through Zambia are often held for weeks at a 
time in remote locations without their passports and 
with very little food. 
 
¶6. (SBU) Trafficking affects both males and females. 
Local officials believe that men are more frequently 
 
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trafficked for labor.  Women and children are 
trafficked for domestic servitude and sexual 
exploitation.  While orphans and street children are 
vulnerable groups, a 2009 Ministry of Community 
Development and Social Services and UNICEF-sponsored 
outreach exercise targeting traditional leaders yielded 
information that children of more affluent members of a 
village are also vulnerable to trafficking, as sending 
children to the city is a status symbol. 
 
¶7. (SBU) E.  GRZ counterparts believe that trafficking 
through Zambia is becoming increasingly organized and 
linked to money laundering efforts based largely in 
South Africa.  Traffickers establish front companies 
associated with the mining supply, garment or other 
industries, as well as fake NGOs.  Internal trafficking 
is generally perpetrated by individuals, including 
family members, of the victim.  Recruitment methods 
include promises of work or scholarship, invitations to 
church conferences or workshops, family reunions and 
offers of a better life and education for rural 
children.  Traffickers often supply victims with fake 
documents, and the same travel document is sometimes 
used for multiple individuals. 
 
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SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GRZQS ANTI-TIP EFFORTS 
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¶8. (SBU) A. The GRZ has acknowledged that trafficking 
is a problem in Zambia and passed a comprehensive anti- 
trafficking act in 2008 (Note:  The full Act is 
available online at www.parliament.gov.zm. End note). 
This legislation was followed by release of a national 
anti-trafficking plan of action in 2009.  The GRZ has 
made progress in establishing the National Committee on 
Human Trafficking, which is headed by Home Affairs and 
comprises 12 ministries as well as an NGO specializing 
in childrenQs issues.  Home Affairs has sent out formal 
appointment letters following ministry nomination of 
TIP-experienced focal points.  The GRZ has also 
allocated space at the passport office for the 
secretariat and is working with partners on equipping 
the office.  The National Committee and its secretariat 
are planned to ensure a concerted GRZ anti-trafficking 
effort. 
 
¶9. (SBU) B. While the Home Affairs ministry leads 
overall anti-trafficking efforts, the Ministry of Labor 
has the lead on labor-related trafficking and works 
with trade unions and employee associations in 
conjunction with ILO.  The Ministry of Community 
Development and Social Services heads the effort to 
combat trafficking of women and children. 
 
¶10. (SBU) C. The GRZ is assessed by IOs and NGOs to be 
proactive in the fight against human trafficking. 
However, financial constraints and lack of technical 
knowledge prove real impediments to concrete action. 
Government offices routinely lack vehicles or fuel to 
conduct investigations or transport victims.  Emboff 
queries to immigration officials at borders in 
Livingstone and the Copperbelt show that G/TIP-funded 
IOM training has raised awareness amongst officers, but 
victim assistance, and thus prosecutions, suffer due to 
lack of shelters for victim protection.  While petty 
corruption at both sides of border posts, at police 
stations and at other government offices remains a 
problem, the anti-trafficking Act provides harsh 
penalties for officials who facilitate trafficking. 
The GRZ continues to reach out to IOs and NGOs to 
advance anti-trafficking efforts and relies on 
international partners for most material support. 
 
 
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¶11. (SBU) D. The GRZ makes an effort to monitor anti- 
trafficking measures.  The secretariat currently under 
formation will be tasked with overall monitoring and 
coordination. 
 
¶12. (SBU) E. Civil registration persists as a 
trafficking vulnerability in Zambia.  Currently, all 
births must be registered with the relevant District 
Office and certificates can only be issued from the 
Registrar's Office in Lusaka.  The Zambian Law 
Development Society is working with UNICEF on a plan to 
decentralize registrations.  The GRZ recognizes the 
benefits decentralization would bring in terms of wider 
registration but is, at the same time, cognizant of the 
need to ensure document integrity and security.  The 
government is embarking on a comprehensive national 
registration push ahead of the 2011 national elections, 
but has not yet made substantial progress.  Populations 
living near border areas are commonly issued border 
crossing cards and immigration officials cite frequent 
movement of border communities as a complicating factor 
in anti-trafficking efforts. 
 
¶13. (SBU) F. Consolidation of anti-trafficking data is 
a 2010 priority area for the Home Affairs ministry. 
The Ministry of Labor has reached out to ILO for 
technical assistance to include forced labor as a new 
component of its reporting.  The Zambia Police 
ServiceQs Victim Support Unit (VSU) is also revising 
its data collection practices on trafficking, including 
through making trafficking a reportable offense. 
Officials at border crossings continue to register 
entries and exits on a manual log and phone in results 
to headquarters, where they are tallied on a separate 
manual log.  The Zambia Immigration Management System 
has been plagued with technical difficulties, but the 
GRZ is working to improve collection with support from 
the UN Joint Programme on Trafficking. 
 
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INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS 
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¶14. (SBU) A-C. As reported in the 2009 TIP report, the 
GRZ signed the QAnti-Human Trafficking Act of 2008 
into law on November 19, 2008.  In 2009, the Cabinet 
approved a national anti-TIP policy and released a 
draft communications strategy, which is expected to be 
approved in early 2010.  The anti-TIP Plan of Action 
went into effect in October 2009.  The Act defines 
trafficking as Qto recruit, transport, transfer, 
harbor, receive or obtain a person, within or across 
the territorial boundaries of ZambiaQ by means of 
various forms of force, fraud or coercion which are 
spelled out in detail.  The penalties prescribed for 
trafficking, including for sexual exploitation and 
worst forms of labor, range from 25 years to life in 
prison. 
 
¶15. (SBU) D. The maximum penalty for rape or forcible 
sexual assault is life in prison. 
 
¶16. (SBU) E. According to the GRZ anti-trafficking 
secretariat, the GRZ successfully prosecuted two cases 
under the new Act in 2009.  Both cases involved Zambian 
men who had sold their children to Tanzanian 
individuals. The convicted men are being held in prison 
pending High Court sentencing, and the children were 
rescued.  There are currently nine cases pending under 
the new anti-trafficking legislation.  Victims include 
South Asians being trafficked through Zambia for labor 
exploitation in South Africa and male Somali teenage 
youth being trafficked for unknown, but possibly 
nefarious, purposes. 
 
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¶17. (SBU) While the above cases are a positive sign of 
the GRZ's willingness to apply the new Act, immigration 
and police officials note that traffickers are often 
convicted under immigration violations (Section 8.1 of 
the Immigration Act) for lack of sufficient evidence to 
prosecute under anti-trafficking legislation.  A well- 
publicized case of a Namibian immigration official who 
was accused of trafficking Zambian children for labor 
falls into this category.  Prosecutors are generally 
able to show transportation of a victim and sometimes 
able to prove recruitment, but often lack information 
on exploitation that may be planned for when a victim 
would arrive at the final destination.  Another 
obstacle to prosecution reported by Zambia Immigration 
is the fact that traffickers often flee the scene 
before they can be arrested.  Amendments to the 
immigration law to include anti-trafficking provisions 
are currently with Parliament.  The GRZ had amended the 
penal code to encompass trafficking prior to the 2008 
Anti-Trafficking Act. 
 
¶18. (SBU) F. The GRZ has benefited from G/TIP-funded 
IOM anti-trafficking training as well as RSO-sponsored 
ILEA training and DOJ ICITAP/OPDAT-sponsored 
magistrates and prosecutors training under the Women's 
Justice and Empowerment Initiative (WJEI) program.  In 
conjunction with IOM, the GRZ distributed simplified 
copies of the anti-trafficking Act to border posts. 
The first class of 120 officers with specific Zambia 
Immigration-organized anti-trafficking training 
graduated in late 2009 from the Lilayi Police Training 
College.  USDOJ and UNICEF co-sponsored anti-child 
trafficking training of 240 police, police prosecutors, 
local court justices and magistrates in summer 2009. 
The focus of the training was building awareness and 
skills in investigating and prosecuting child 
trafficking cases.  The GRZ-led train the trainer 
rollout scheduled to follow the USDOJ/UNICEF training 
is pending. 
 
¶19. (SBU) G-H. GRZ officials report good coordination 
with Kenyan counterparts, including information 
exchange.  Cooperation with Congolese officials is 
reportedly problematic, but Zambian immigration 
officials along the border with Congo have instituted 
joint meetings with Congolese officials to coordinate 
on areas such as trafficking.  The GRZ and Democratic 
Republic of Congo have also cooperated in victim 
repatriation.  There were no trafficking-related 
extraditions during the reporting period. 
 
¶20. (SBU) I-J. There are no reports of high-level 
government officials' complicity in trafficking.  A 
working-level official was reportedly charged under the 
Immigration Act with facilitating the illegal entry of 
a prohibited immigrant into Zambia, reportedly due to 
lack of evidence to support conviction under the 
trafficking act. 
 
¶21. (SBU) K. There have been no reports of Zambian 
peacekeeper involvement in either facilitation of 
trafficking or exploitation of trafficking victims. 
Pre-deployment training of Zambian peacekeepers 
includes instruction not to engage in sexual 
exploitation, and past ACOTA training (last utilized by 
the GRZ in 2007) included anti-TIP messages. 
 
¶22. (SBU) L. Child sex tourism has not emerged as an 
issue in Zambia. 
 
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PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS 
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¶23. (SBU) A-C. The GRZ continues to refer victims of 
trafficking to the IOM, which provides case management 
and referrals to an appropriately secure shelter. 
According to IOM statistics, 33 such cases were 
referred in 2009.  The 2008 Act requires that the 
Ministry of Community Development and Social Services 
establish shelters.  As an initial step, the GRZ is 
working with IOs to map existing shelters run by NGOs 
or GRZ entities.  GRZ officials have expressed concern 
with lax security at some of these shelters. 
 
¶24. (SBU) The GRZ plans to secure land for a Lusaka- 
based shelter in 2010 and start construction in 2011, 
but acknowledges that it may still lack means to 
transport victims to the shelter once it is 
constructed.  The new Immigration Headquarters will 
also reportedly contain some shelter space.  Zambian 
immigration and police refer victims to IOM and NGOs 
such as YWCA for counseling, shelter and some income- 
generating rehabilitation activities such as sewing or 
handicrafts.  YWCA runs secure shelters for victims of 
gender violence and trafficking in Lusaka and Kitwe, 
which Emboff visited in October 2009.  The Ministry of 
Sport, Youth and Child Development and the Gender 
Development Division of the Cabinet Office provide 
limited funding to YWCA in support of these shelters. 
The police VSU also keeps trained counselors on staff, 
but offices lack dedicated, private counseling space. 
The Ministry of Community Development and Social 
Services works with VSU through the Child Protection 
Unit (CPU) to assist child trafficking victims.  Child 
victims are placed into protective custody rather than 
deported. 
 
¶25. (SBU) GRZ officials interviewed by Emboff in 
Lusaka, Livingstone and Copperbelt border posts 
acknowledge that lack of adequate victim protection so 
that they may serve as witnesses is a primary stumbling 
block to securing convictions.  These officials 
recognize that victims are not criminals and do not 
belong in jail, but lack adequate resources (including 
fuel, transportation, counseling facilities and 
shelters) to provide for victim protection.  Victims 
unable to be transferred to IOM are most often 
temporarily jailed and then repatriated. 
 
¶26. (SBU) D-E. As reported in 2009, the new anti- 
trafficking law prohibits the summary deportation of a 
trafficking victim and allows victims to apply for a 
non-renewable permit to remain in Zambia for up to 60 
days. The victim may also apply for a visitorQs permit 
and temporary residence status.  The anti-trafficking 
secretariat referred to one such case to which the GRZ 
is currently devoting high-level attention.  The 
secretariat was unable to provide details on other 
possible cases.  In practice, it appears that the GRZ 
cooperates with neighboring countries to secure 
repatriation of a victim for lack of adequate shelter 
and transportation mechanisms to provide protection in 
Zambia.  The GRZ does not provide long-term benefits 
such as housing to victims of trafficking. 
 
¶27. (SBU) F. The Act requires that the referral process 
be formalized, but it continues to operate on an ad-hoc 
basis. 
 
¶28. (SBU) G. Due to current data collection impediments 
described in paragraph 10, the GRZ is unable to provide 
comprehensive statistics on trafficking victims.  Of 
the 33 victims referred to IOM in 2009, 25 were under 
¶18.  Victims were Somali, Congolese, Rwandan, 
Zimbabwean and Zambian.  According to a January 2010 
Times of Zambia article, 829 trafficking victims were 
 
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intercepted by Zambian immigration officials during the 
last quarter of 2009. (Note:  Journalists still often 
conflate smuggling with trafficking.  End note). 
EmboffQs queries to immigration officials in Lusaka, 
Livingstone and the Copperbelt region indicate that 
Zambian Immigration encounters a steady stream of 
potential trafficking victims.  A cursory review of a 
monthQs worth of logs will typically yield multiple 
examples of large groups (up to 56) of individuals 
detained based on suspicion that they are being 
trafficked.  Asked to elaborate why the officials 
believe the victims are being trafficked rather than 
smuggled, immigration officials note that the victims 
appear to have been fed a story but lack further 
details on where they are headed. 
 
¶29. (SBU) H. The GRZ lacks a formal system of 
proactively identifying victims of trafficking among 
high-risk persons.  Ongoing training is designed to 
raise awareness and give officers basic skills to 
detect trafficking and refer victims. 
 
¶30. (SBU) I. Due to lack of adequate shelter and 
counseling facilities in Zambia as well as insufficient 
GRZ transportation and fuel, victims are sometimes 
placed in detention facilities before they can be 
repatriated to their home countries.  Officials 
interviewed by Emboff acknowledge that detaining 
trafficking victims is both wrong and counterproductive 
in terms of securing prosecutions, and lament the 
current lack of victim protection infrastructure.  IOM 
training, including through G/TIP funding, has spread 
sufficient awareness such that individuals are 
generally not prosecuted for other crimes if police 
understand them to be victims of trafficking. 
 
¶31. (SBU) J. The GRZ actively encourages victims to 
assist in the investigation and prosecutionof 
traffickers.  Officials were able to cite two specific 
open cases where the victims are working with 
authorities and agreed to serve as witnesses.  In 
another case, however, the victims reportedly 
disappeared from a temporary shelter before the case 
could be concluded.  GRZ officials are concerned to 
ensure that eventual shelters have the appropriate 
level of security, which temporary shelters run by NGOs 
are often unable to provide.  The Act allows courts to 
order a person convicted of trafficking to pay 
reparations to victims for damage to property; 
physical, psychological, or other injury; or loss of 
income and support. 
 
¶32. (SBU) K. As reported above, the GRZ provides for 
anti-trafficking training of immigration and law 
enforcement officials in cooperation with IOs such as 
IOM, and conducts some limited training itself.  The 
Zambia Police Service has a specialized Child 
Protection Unit (CPU) that works hand in hand with 
Zambian social welfare on cases of abused and neglected 
children, including child trafficking victims.  The GRZ 
does not provide specific training on trafficking to 
its embassies and consulates in foreign countries and 
was unable to provide records on how its missions 
abroad may have assisted trafficking victims.  The GRZ 
anti-trafficking secretariat notes that the National 
Anti-Trafficking Plan of Action calls for across-the- 
board TIP-awareness training, to include Zambian 
diplomats, peacekeepers, and others deployed overseas. 
 
¶33. (SBU) L. There is no formal program currently in 
place to provide assistance to repatriated trafficking 
victims. 
 
¶34. (SBU) M. The GRZ works closely with IOM, UNICEF, 
 
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and ILO on trafficking issues.  These organizations 
provide technical assistance, training, and support for 
shelters, and report that Zambian authorities remain 
committed and cooperative in anti-trafficking efforts. 
NGOs including the YWCA, Women and Law in Southern 
Africa (WLSA), the Jesuits Center for Theological 
Reflection (JCTR) and the Council of Churches in Zambia 
(CCZ) are also active in anti-trafficking, either in 
partnership with IOs, the GRZ or independently.  WLSA's 
Red Light campaign, for instance, focuses on anti- 
trafficking awareness-raising in the runup to the 2010 
Africa Cup of Nations in Angola and World Cup in South 
Africa. 
 
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PREVENTION 
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¶35. (SBU) A. GRZ officials report that the national 
anti-trafficking communication strategy that 
accompanied the Plan of Action, is about to be 
approved.  Pending this approval, the GRZ continues to 
work with IOs in anti-trafficking outreach, such as 
IOM's "Break the Chain of Human Trafficking" campaign. 
The anti-trafficking secretariat also includes a 
communications expert.  The Zambia Police Victim 
Support Unit (VSU) regularly features trafficking in 
its weekly "Police and You" radio program.  Seeking to 
harness the influence of traditional leaders to combat 
internal trafficking, the Ministry of Community 
Development and Social Services partnered with UNICEF 
to conduct anti-TIP awareness outreach to 50 tribal 
chiefs and their assistants during the reporting 
period.  The GRZ also actively supports NGOs in 
outreach strategies through ensuring high-level 
participation at conferences, arranging speakers, and 
issuing supporting statements.  Campaigns and 
information distributed in conjunction with a campaign 
are targeted both to potential trafficking victims and 
to those who might be driving the demand for 
trafficking. 
 
¶36. (SBU) B. Zambian government ability to monitor 
immigration and emigration patterns for evidence of 
trafficking is currently quite limited.  GRZ officials 
expect that data collection improvement projects 
currently underway will enable better monitoring in 
future. 
 
¶37. (SBU) C. The senior-level interministerial 
committee on anti-trafficking and expert-level 
secretariat are responsible for coordinating anti- 
trafficking efforts. 
 
¶38. (SBU) D. The National Anti-TIP Plan was adopted by 
the Cabinet in January 2009 and approved in October 
¶2009.  It was developed in consultation with NGOs and 
international organizations active in trafficking 
issues.  The GRZ has maintained momentum in working to 
operationalize the Plan, with an initial focus on 
structure and funding.  GRZ officials report that 
initial focus was devoted to ensuring budgetary 
resources were allocated to anti-trafficking, given 
that the GRZ changed its budget cycle the same year. 
The anti-trafficking secretariat was established during 
the reporting period and each relevant ministry 
nominated focal points.  The secretariat initially 
functioned on an ad-hoc basis but is becoming 
increasingly organized.  The GRZ identified office 
space for the secretariat and is working with the UN 
Joint Programme to equip it.  GRZ officials report that 
nomination letters for the senior-level 
interministerial committee have now been sent. 
Secretariat members have been active in ongoing Zambia 
 
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Sixth National Development Program meetings, which are 
crucial to ensuring that the Plan of Action receives 
due attention and funding.  The GRZ continued to 
cooperate with international organizations and NGOs on 
training and prioritization of Action Plan activities. 
 
¶39. (SBU) E.  Zambian police raids on suspected 
brothels continued during the reporting period. 
 
¶40. (SBU) F. The travel of Zambian nationals for the 
purpose of participating in child sex tourism has not 
emerged as an issue. 
 
¶41. (SBU) G. While the recent National Plan of Action 
calls for anti-TIP training provision to Zambian 
peacekeepers, there is currently no known formal anti- 
trafficking training provided to troops.  ACOTA 
training last provided to Zambian peacekeepers in 2007 
contained anti-TIP messages and pre-deployment training 
of peacekeepers includes instruction not to engage the 
services of prostitutes.  There were no reports of 
Zambian peacekeeper exploitation of trafficking victims 
during the reporting period. 
 
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PARTNERSHIPS 
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¶42. (SBU) A-B. The GRZ works closely with international 
organizations and NGOs active in anti-trafficking. 
Partners include IOM, ILO, UNICEF, and NGOs such as 
YWCA, WLSA, JCTR and CCZ.  Zambia is a developing 
country and lacks sufficient resources to carry out a 
robust anti-trafficking program on its own. 
 
¶43. (SBU) Nevertheless, the GRZ has shown commitment 
through providing some funding to NGOs for shelters, 
working to establish a coordinating body and secure 
some national budget funding for anti-trafficking 
efforts, issuing anti-TIP public statements, conducting 
limited training, and working hand in hand with 
partners to combat trafficking in persons.  Apart from 
funding provided by the USG through G/TIP, WJEI, and by 
other bilateral partners, GRZ anti-TIP efforts are 
supported by the UN Joint Programme to Counter Human 
Trafficking in Zambia, to which the EC provided 1.6 
million euros in 2009.  GRZ political will to counter 
trafficking extends to its providing limited technical 
assistance to neighboring countries such as Malawi and 
raising TIP in international fora, including Joint 
Permanent Commission meetings with neighbors, the 
Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Regional 
Police Chiefs Coordinating Committee and the 
International Conference of the Great Lakes. 
Construction is underway for a Lusaka-based Regional 
Training Center, which will reportedly also offer anti- 
TIP curriculum. 
 
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CHILD SOLDIERS 
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¶44. (SBU) Zambia has not been the subject of 
allegations regarding unlawful child soldiering. 
 
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POST CONTACT 
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¶45. (SBU) Post POC on trafficking issues is Consul Kate 
McGeary, mcgearyce@state.gov, telephone: 260-211-250- 
955 x 2261, fax: 260-211-253-824.  FS-03 Conoff spent 
an estimated 20 hours compiling the information for and 
drafting this report. 
 
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