Asian workers recruited for low-skilled work in Iraq; some of these
workers are deceived as to the true location and nature of this
work, and others are subjected to conditions of involuntary
servitude in Iraq; in past years, Kuwait was also a destination
country for children exploited as camel jockeys, but this form of
trafficking appears to have ceased
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Kuwait is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List because its efforts are based largely on pledges of
future actions

Laos
current situation: Laos is a source country for men and women
trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation;
a significant number are economic migrants who are subjected to
commercial sexual exploitation or conditions of forced or bonded
labor in Thailand; to a lesser extent, Laos is a transit and
destination country for women who are trafficked for sexual
exploitation including a small number of victims from China and
Vietnam trafficked to work as street vendors and for sexual
exploitation in prostitution
tier rating: Tier 3 - Laos does not fully comply with the minimum
standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making
significant efforts to do so

Libya
current situation: Libya 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 Libya en route to Europe with the help of
smugglers, but may be forced into prostitution or work as laborers
and beggars to pay off their $800-$1,200 smuggling debt; laborers
from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are reportedly trafficked to Libya
for the purpose of labor exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Libya is placed on the Tier 2 Watch
List for its lack of evidence of increasing efforts to address
trafficking since 2004

Macau
current situation: Macau is a transit and destination
territory for women trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual
exploitation; most females in Macau's sizeable sex industry come
from the interior regions of China or Mongolia, though a significant
number also come from Russia, Eastern Europe, Thailand, and Vietnam;
the majority of women in Macau's prostitution trade appear to have
entered Macau and the sex trade voluntarily, though there is
evidence that some are deceived or coerced into sexual servitude