Washington (CNN) The United States has removed key ally Saudi Arabia from its list of the worst offenders on human trafficking after just a year.
The State Department's 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report said the country had made "key achievements" in the last 12 months. It implemented its first ever national referral mechanism to provide care to victims of trafficking and the government transparently reported data sets, including increased prosecutions and convictions under its anti-trafficking law, according to the report.
It also said that Saudi authorities had "criminally convicted and sentenced to stringent imprisonment terms two Saudi officials complicit in trafficking crimes during the year."
As a result, the country was moved from Tier 3 to Tier 2 -- but the report said the Saudis still need to make additional reforms to combat trafficking.
Tier 2 countries are not subject to any potential consequences from the US, as the report says they are "making significant efforts" to get into compliance with US standards for combating trafficking. Tier 3 countries, however, may face cuts to "non-humanitarian, non-trade related foreign assistance" and to "government official or employee participation in educational and cultural exchange programs," the report states.
KneelBeforeRa on June 26th, 2020 at 00:40 UTC »
Moved to Best human traffickers list!
designatedcrasher on June 26th, 2020 at 00:37 UTC »
The United States is again ranked as one of the worst countries in the world for human trafficking. According to a recently released report by the State Department, the top three nations of origin for victims of human trafficking in 2018 were the United States, Mexico and the Philippines.
teslacoil1 on June 25th, 2020 at 23:30 UTC »
Again, Trump is doing Saudi Arabia’s bidding because Trump has extensive business interests with Saudi Arabia: