The Government of Armenia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, annual Report of U.S. State Department reads.

However, Armenian authorities are making significant efforts to do so. The report notes that government partially allocated NGOs in 2010, which build special shelters for victims of trafficking.

The government demonstrated modest progress in combating government officials’ complicity in trafficking.

Main directions of trafficking undergone no changes compared to last years. Women from Armenia are subjected to sex trafficking in the UAE, Turkey and Germany.

The state department also notes another type of trafficking, which is forced labor. Armenian men and women are subjected to forced labor in Russia and in Turkey.

Evaluating the latest actions of the Armenian government, report notes that Armenia prohibits trafficking in persons for both forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation through Articles 132 and 132-1 of its penal code and prescribes penalties of at least five years’ imprisonment and up to 15 years’ imprisonment penalties that are sufficiently stringent and commensurate.

In 2010 Armenian courts prosecuted 19 individuals and referred 12 of them to NGOs for assistance, compared to 60 victims identified in 2009.

The report advised increasing funding for NGOs providing victim assistance.