cked within the
country for sexual exploitation, sometimes with the consent and
complicity of their close relatives; there are unconfirmed reports
that Indian and Chinese migrants are trafficked for involuntary
servitude in homes and shops
tier rating: Tier 3 - Belize has failed to show evidence of
significant law enforcement or victim protection efforts

Bolivia
current situation: Bolivia is a source and transit country
for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of labor
and sexual exploitation to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, as well as
to Spain; children are trafficked internally for sexual
exploitation, forced mining, and agricultural labor; illegal
migrants from Asia transiting Bolivia are vulnerable as trafficking
victims
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bolivia has failed to show evidence
of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in the areas of
prosecutions and victim protection

Brazil
current situation: Brazil is a source and destination country
for women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation within Brazil
and to destinations in South America, the Caribbean, Western Europe,
Japan, the US, and the Middle East, and for men trafficked within
the country for forced agricultural labor; child sex tourism is a
problem within the country, particularly in the resort areas and
coastal cities of Brazil's northeast; foreign victims from Bolivia,
Peru, China, and Korea are trafficked to Brazil for labor
exploitation in factories
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Brazil has failed to show evidence
of increasing efforts to fight trafficking, specifically for its
failure to apply effective criminal penalties against traffickers
who exploit forced labor

Burma
current situation: Burma is a source country for men, women,
and children trafficked to East and Southeast Asia for sexual
exploitation, domestic service, and forced commercial labor; a
significant number of victims are economic migrants who wind up in
forced or bonded labor and forced prostitution; to a lesser extent,
Burma is a country of transit and destination for women trafficked
from China for sexual exploitation; internal trafficking of persons
occurs primarily for labor in industrial zones and agricultural
estates; internal trafficking of women and girls for sexual
exploitation occurs from villages to urban centers and other areas;
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