This is the 10th annual report. 177 countries were reported on and the US was one of those for the first time ever. The Philippines is still holding a "Tier 2 Watch List" status. Which means it is still one of the:
Countries whose governments do not fully comply with the TVPA’s minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards, AND: a) the absolute number of victims of severe forms of trafficking is very significant or is significantly increasing; b) there is a failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat severe forms of trafficking in persons from the previous year; or, c) the determination that a country is making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with minimum standards was based on commitments by the country to take additional future steps over the next year
For the full list of countries and placements for this years report click here
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