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US Department of State places Azerbaijan on list of countries not complying with minimum standards for elimination of trafficking, but making significant efforts towards this

28 June 2011 11:13 (UTC +04:00)

The Department of State ranks countries in three groups - TIER 1 - Countries whose governments fully comply with the Trafficking Victims Protection Actâ€™s (TVPA) minimum standards, TIER 2 WATCH LIST - Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPAâ€™s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards, TIER 3 - Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards and are not making significant efforts to do so. Azerbaijan is placed on Tier 2 Watch List.

Men and boys from Azerbaijan are subjected to conditions of forced labor in Russia and Moldova. Women and children from Azerbaijan are subjected to sex trafficking in the
UAE, Turkey, Russia, and Iran. Azerbaijan serves as a transit country for women from Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan subjected to forced prostitution in Turkey and the UAE. Chinese women are subjected to forced labor as street vendors within Azerbaijan.