published by The Washington Post, the United States funds 140 anti-trafficking programs in nearly 70 countries. Also, every year a Trafficking in Persons Report is published in the United States to increase global awareness of human trafficking and to spotlight efforts of various countries acting to combat the problem. Each country outlined in the Trafficking in Persons Report is placed under one of three tier lists. Qualifications for each tier are based on the country’s government’s action to fight human trafficking in compliance with the standards set by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000. Tier 1 governments fully comply with the TVPA’s regulations and are actively fighting human trafficking. Tier 2 governments are governments that are making significant efforts to meet the minimum standards set by the TVPA. Tier 3 governments neither comply with the minimum efforts set by the TVPA nor are they making any effort to do so.
After conducting research and finding out about the various programs like the Tier Program that are out there working to combat human trafficking, I was in awe at the fact that people still do not know much about human trafficking. Granted, articles are being published in well-known newspapers and reports are being made, but I feel that more could be done to get the word out. The work that is being done is mostly through governments working together, and although that is a very good thing, many government officials are not going to go into a brothel and rescue a victim. Because of that, I think the government should work with more local officials, prosecutors, and every day heroes. I think that would be more effective in combating the problem.
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