laws were widely believed to be inadequate to deal with
trafficking in women and children or to protect and assist victims.
The Government of Bulgaria demonstrated increased law enforcement efforts during the reporting period; however, they did not take sufficient steps to address public officials' complicity in human
trafficking. Bulgaria prohibits
trafficking for both sexual exploitation and forced labor through Article 159 (a, b, and d)of its Criminal Code, which prescribes penalties of between two and 15 years' imprisonment.
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trafficking of Canadians for the sex trade,
Thus, in interstate firearms
trafficking cases, traffickers usually cannot purchase the firearm legally because they live in another state and cannot provide identification needed to establish residency and to complete the necessary ATF forms that document handgun purchases and information regarding the purchaser.
The government modestly improved its law enforcement efforts during the reporting period, investigating more cases using Finland's
trafficking statute, although the majority of
trafficking cases were still prosecuted under other laws and conviction rates remained low.
peacekeepers have been accused of fueling
trafficking in the Balkans before.
Recommendations for Kiribati: Publicly recognize and condemn incidents of
trafficking of children for commercial sexual exploitation; develop and implement a definition for labor and sex
trafficking offenses, and make efforts to train officials and front-line officers on
trafficking; investigate, prosecute, and punish
trafficking offenders; investigate and prosecute foreign crewmen for the commercial sexual exploitation of children; proactively identify and assist victims of
trafficking; work with NGOs or international organizations to provide protective services to victims; establish formal procedures to identify and refer
trafficking victims to protective services; and expand anti-trafficking information and education campaigns.
UNICEF in its report made special note of Britain where there is currently no law against child
trafficking making the country particularly attractive to child smugglers.
The Government of Montenegro continued to improve its law enforcement response to human
trafficking in 2010, including by prosecuting three officers for complicity in human
trafficking and engaging in robust trainings of officials.
The Norwegian government improved its law enforcement efforts during the reporting period, though many of its labor
trafficking investigations failed to result in prosecutions.
The Government of Poland made significant improvements in its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts, primarily by revising, in May 2010, its human
trafficking laws to improve their clarity and to define specifically human
trafficking offenses in the criminal code.
The Government of Sweden fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of
trafficking. It produced new guidelines for combating
trafficking, produced awareness raising campaigns, made new efforts to stem labor
trafficking, and developed specialized trainings responsive to
trafficking trends in the country.