2012 Human Trafficking Report: Country Profiles N-S (5/7)StopTrafficking
The document summarizes human trafficking and government anti-trafficking efforts in Namibia. It finds that Namibia is a source, transit, and destination country for forced labor and sex trafficking. Victims are exploited in agriculture, fishing, domestic work, and prostitution. The government has laws against trafficking but failed to prosecute or convict any traffickers in the reporting period. It investigates cases of forced child labor but does not adequately protect or identify victims. While it operates shelters, no trafficking victims were reported to use them. The government needs to improve victim identification procedures and increase law enforcement efforts against all forms of trafficking.
Victims of sex and labor trafficking may be found working in hostess clubs and strip clubs in the United States. Traffickers often recruit women from other countries under false promises of legitimate work, but then use threats, violence, and coercion to force them into commercial sex acts at clubs. One case involved a trafficking ring that smuggled women into the country and compelled them through threats to work as dancers. Signs of trafficking include controlling victims' documents and wages, isolating them, and threatening deportation.
The document is a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introducing the 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report. The summary discusses how, 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 27 million people around the world remain enslaved through human trafficking. The report aims to guide global anti-trafficking efforts by analyzing government progress and innovations, and identifying areas needing strengthening. A victim-centered approach focusing on protection and empowerment is key to fulfilling the enduring promise of freedom.
2012 Human Trafficking Report: Country Profiles N-S (5/7)StopTrafficking
The document summarizes human trafficking and government anti-trafficking efforts in Namibia. It finds that Namibia is a source, transit, and destination country for forced labor and sex trafficking. Victims are exploited in agriculture, fishing, domestic work, and prostitution. The government has laws against trafficking but failed to prosecute or convict any traffickers in the reporting period. It investigates cases of forced child labor but does not adequately protect or identify victims. While it operates shelters, no trafficking victims were reported to use them. The government needs to improve victim identification procedures and increase law enforcement efforts against all forms of trafficking.
Victims of sex and labor trafficking may be found working in hostess clubs and strip clubs in the United States. Traffickers often recruit women from other countries under false promises of legitimate work, but then use threats, violence, and coercion to force them into commercial sex acts at clubs. One case involved a trafficking ring that smuggled women into the country and compelled them through threats to work as dancers. Signs of trafficking include controlling victims' documents and wages, isolating them, and threatening deportation.
The document is a letter from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton introducing the 2012 Trafficking in Persons Report. The summary discusses how, 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, 27 million people around the world remain enslaved through human trafficking. The report aims to guide global anti-trafficking efforts by analyzing government progress and innovations, and identifying areas needing strengthening. A victim-centered approach focusing on protection and empowerment is key to fulfilling the enduring promise of freedom.
