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Only 31 countries, including Armenia, got Tier I status in the 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report released yesterday by Secretary of State John Kerry.

Armenia is a source and, to a lesser extent, destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex and labor trafficking, the report reads. The government continued robust trafficking prevention efforts.

“ The Government of Armenia fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. In 2014, Parliament approved a law establishing standard procedures for the identification, support, protection, and reintegration of suspected and identified trafficking victims across national and local government bodies, NGOs, international organizations, and civil society.

The government, however, continued to lack formal victim-witness protection, and fewer victims were identified. Police successfully identified foreign victims subjected to trafficking in

Armenia and referred them to care. The government maintained strong collaborative working ties with anti-trafficking NGOs, local media, donor organizations, and regional partners. Courts convicted fewer traffickers,” the report reads.

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