nied
proper compensation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Cyprus does not fully comply with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and failed
to show evidence of increasing efforts to address its serious
trafficking for sexual exploitation problem; however, it is making
significant efforts to do so

Djibouti
current situation: Djibouti is a source, transit, and
destination country for women and children trafficked for the
purposes of sexual exploitation and possibly forced labor; small
numbers are trafficked from Ethiopia and Somalia for sexual
exploitation; economic migrants from these countries also fall
victim to trafficking upon reaching Djibouti City or the
Ethiopia-Djibouti trucking corridor; women and children from
neighboring countries reportedly transit Djibouti to Arab countries
and Somalia for ultimate use in forced labor or sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Djibouti does not fully comply with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however,
it is making significant efforts to do so based partly on the
government's commitments to undertake future action

Egypt
current situation: Egypt is a transit country for women
trafficked from Eastern Europe to Israel for the purpose of sexual
exploitation; these women generally arrive as tourists and are
subsequently trafficked through the Sinai Desert by Bedouin tribes;
men and women from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia are believed to be
trafficked through the Sinai Desert to Israel and Europe for labor
exploitation; some Egyptian children from rural areas are trafficked
within the country to work as domestic servants or laborers in the
agriculture industry
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Egypt is placed on the Tier 2 Watch
List for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to
address trafficking over the past year, particularly in the area of
law enforcement

Equatorial Guinea
current situation: Equatorial Guinea is a transit
and destination country for women and children trafficked for forced
labor, involuntary domestic servitude, and commercial sexual
exploitation from surrounding countries - primarily Benin, Nigeria,
Mali, and Cameroon; victims work in the agricultural and commercial
sectors of Malabo and Bata, where demand is high due to a booming
oil sector; children work as farmhands, street vendors, or household
s