d for sexual
exploitation; there is extensive trafficking within Indonesia from
rural to urban metropolitan areas particularly for sexual
exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Indonesia is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts
to combat trafficking
Iran
current situation: Iran is a source, transit, and destination
country for women and girls trafficked for the purposes of sexual
exploitation and involuntary servitude; according to foreign
observers, women and girls are trafficked to Pakistan, Turkey, the
Persian Gulf, and Europe for sexual exploitation, while boys from
Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Afghanistan are trafficked through Iran en
route to Persian Gulf states where they are ultimately forced to
work as camel jockeys, beggars, or laborers; Afghan women and girls
are trafficked to the country for forced marriages and sexual
exploitation; women and children are also trafficked internally for
the purposes of forced marriage, sexual exploitation, and
involuntary servitude
tier rating: Tier 3 - Iran is downgraded to Tier 3 after persistent,
credible reports of Iranian authorities punishing victims of
trafficking with beatings, imprisonment, and execution
Israel
current situation: Israel is a destination country for
low-skilled workers from Eastern Europe and Asia who migrate
voluntarily for contract labor in the construction, agriculture, and
health care industries, some of whom are subsequently subjected to
conditions of involuntary servitude; many labor recruitment agencies
in source countries and in Israel require workers to pay large
up-front fees that often lead to debt bondage and vulnerability to
forced labor; Israel is also a destination country for women
trafficked from Eastern Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Israel is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts
to address trafficking, namely the conditions of involuntary
servitude allegedly facing thousands of foreign migrant workers
Jamaica
current situation: Jamaica is a source country for men,
women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual
exploitation and labor; information suggests that women from the
Dominican Republic and Eastern Europe are also trafficked to Jamaica
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