lion (2006 est.)

Uruguay
$14.3 billion (2006 est.)

Uzbekistan
$10.78 billion (2006 est.)

Vanuatu
$341 million (2005)

Venezuela
$147.9 billion (2006 est.)

Vietnam
$48.26 billion (2006 est.)

Virgin Islands
NA

Wallis and Futuna
NA

West Bank
$3.45 billion (2003)

Western Sahara
NA

World
$46.66 trillion (2006 est.)

Yemen
$15.16 billion (2006 est.)

Zambia
$5.806 billion (2006 est.)

Zimbabwe
$3.146 billion (2006 est.)

This page was last updated on 8 February, 2007

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@2196 Trafficking in persons

Algeria
current situation: Algeria is a transit and destination
country for men, women, and children from sub-Saharan Africa and
Asia trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; many
victims willingly migrate to Algeria en route to European countries
with the help of smugglers, where they are often forced into
prostitution, labor, and begging to pay off their smuggling debt;
armed militants reportedly traffic women for sexual exploitation and
involuntary servitude, and children may be trafficked for forced
labor as domestic servants or street vendors
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Algeria took no steps to assess the
scope of trafficking in the country and reported no investigations
or prosecutions for trafficking offenses this year

Argentina
current situation: Argentina is primarily a destination
country for women and children trafficked for sexual and labor
exploitation with most victims trafficked internally, from rural to
urban areas, for exploitation in prostitution; foreign women and
children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation come
primarily from Paraguay, but also from Bolivia, Brazil, the
Dominican Republic, Colombia, and Chile; Bolivians are trafficked
for forced labor; Argentine women and girls are also trafficked to
neighboring countries for sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Argentina failed to show evidence
of increasing efforts to combat trafficking particularly in the key
area of prosecutions; government efforts to improve interagency
anti-trafficking coordination did not achieve significant progress
in moving cases against traffickers through the judicial system; the
government made progress in other areas, by submitting
anti-trafficking legislation to Congress in A