ugust 2005 and
sensitizing provincial and municipal government officials to the
trafficking problem

Armenia
current situation: Armenia is a major source and, to a
lesser extent, a transit and destination country for women and girls
trafficked for sexual exploitation largely to the UAE and Turkey;
traffickers, many of them women, route victims directly into Dubai
or through Moscow; profits derived from the trafficking of Armenian
victims reportedly increased dramatically from 2005
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Armenia has failed to show evidence
of increasing efforts, particularly in the areas of enforcement,
trafficking-related corruption, and victim protection; the
government increased implementation of its anti-trafficking law, but
failed to impose significant penalties for convicted traffickers and
failed to vigorously investigate and prosecute ongoing and
widespread allegations of public officials' complicity in
trafficking; victim protection efforts remain in early, formative
stages and a lack of sensitivity for victims remains a problem,
particularly in the judiciary

Bahrain
current situation: Bahrain is a destination country for men
and women from South and Southeast Asia who migrate willingly to
work as laborers or domestic servants, but may be subjected to
conditions of involuntary servitude when faced with exorbitant
recruitment and transportation fees, withholding of their passports,
restrictions on their movement, non-payment of wages, and physical
or sexual abuse; Eastern European women are also believed to be
trafficked to Bahrain for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation or forced labor
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bahrain's efforts to address
trafficking in persons are based largely on pledges of future
efforts; the government did not enact a comprehensive
anti-trafficking law extending labor protection to domestic workers

Belize
current situation: Belize is a source, transit, and
destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the
purposes of labor and sexual exploitation; women and girls are
trafficked mainly from Central America, and exploited in
prostitution; children are trafficked to Belize for labor
exploitation; Belize's largely unmonitored borders with Guatemala,
Honduras, and Mexico facilitate the movement of illegal migrants who
are vulnerable to traffickers; girls are traffi