Title

Trafficking in humans: The TIP report

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Sociology Compass

Abstract

Human trafficking occurs throughout the world and is considered to be 'modern day slavery'. To end such victimization, the United States began to take an aggressive stance against human trafficking by enacting the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA) in 2000. Pursuant to the TVPA, the US government has attempted to assess the nature and extent of human trafficking. Since 2001, the US Department of State has compiled data on various forms of international human trafficking and published an annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Within the report, countries are designated as Tier 1, Tier 2, Tier 2 Watch List, or Tier 3 depending upon whether they are taking active measures articulated in the TVPA to create strong laws, assist victims, and punish traffickers. Until this past year, 2010, the United States did not include itself within the report. Such an omission enabled other nations to challenge the objectivity of the tiered system. In June 2010, for the first time, the TIP Report included the United States in its analysis. This paper will review the positive and negative aspects of the TIP Report and indicate what the potential impact of the US's self-analysis could be on future efforts to end worldwide human trafficking. © 2011 The Authors. Sociology Compass © 2011 Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

First Page

452

Last Page

462

DOI

10.1111/j.1751-9020.2011.00380.x

Publication Date

6-1-2011

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