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Trafficking in persons Bolivia, in 9 editions.
The entry for Bolivia published Trafficking in persons in 9 editions of 36, from 2006 to 2025. The text changed in 5 editions. Each is shown as published. Trafficking in persons in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 5
- the first edition with it
- 2006
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Trafficking in persons” (2006 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Rewritten since 2023- current situation:
- Bolivia is a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, as well as to Spain;
- children are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation, forced mining, and agricultural labor;
- illegal migrants from Asia transiting Bolivia are vulnerable as trafficking victims
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List - Bolivia has failed to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in the areas of prosecutions and victim protection
current situation: Bolivia is a source and transit country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of labor and sexual exploitation to Argentina, Brazil, and Chile, as well as to Spain; children are trafficked internally for sexual exploitation, forced mining, and agricultural labor; illegal migrants from Asia transiting Bolivia are vulnerable as trafficking victims
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Bolivia has failed to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in the areas of prosecutions and victim protection
The entry for Bolivia did not include Trafficking in persons.
- current situation:
- Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad;
- indigenous children are particularly vulnerable;
- Bolivian adults and children perform forced labor in domestic service, mining, ranching, agriculture, and food processing;
- Bolivian women and girls are sex trafficked in neighboring countries, while other Bolivians are found in forced labor in neighboring countries, Spain, and the US;
- a limited number of women from nearby countries are forced into prostitution in Bolivia
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking;
- however, it is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government did not demonstrate increasing anti-trafficking efforts during the reporting period;
- investigations decreased and convictions remained very low compared to the number of potential trafficking victims identified;
- the government did not offer adequate protective services for trafficking victims, leaving civil society organizations to provide most of the care without government support;
- trafficking prevention efforts were limited (2014)
Rewritten: too little of the 2006 text remains to mark the changes.
current situation: Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad; indigenous children are particularly vulnerable; Bolivian adults and children perform forced labor in domestic service, mining, ranching, agriculture, and food processing; Bolivian women and girls are sex trafficked in neighboring countries, while other Bolivians are found in forced labor in neighboring countries, Spain, and the US; a limited number of women from nearby countries are forced into prostitution in Bolivia
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government did not demonstrate increasing anti-trafficking efforts during the reporting period; investigations decreased and convictions remained very low compared to the number of potential trafficking victims identified; the government did not offer adequate protective services for trafficking victims, leaving civil society organizations to provide most of the care without government support; trafficking prevention efforts were limited (2014)
The same text in 2016 and 2017.
- current situation:
- Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad;
- indigenous children are particularly vulnerable;
- Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad;
- rural and poor Bolivians, most of whom are indigenous, and LGBT youth are particularly vulnerable;
- Bolivians perform forced labor domestically in mining, ranching, agriculture, and domestic service, and a significant number are in forced labor abroad in sweatshops, agriculture, domestic service, and the informal sector;
- women and girls are sex trafficked within Bolivia and in neighboring countries, such as Argentina, Peru, and Chile;
- a limited number of women from nearby countries are sex trafficked in Bolivia
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking;
- however, it is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government did not demonstrate overall increasing anti-trafficking efforts, and poor data collection made it difficult to assess the number of investigations, prosecutions, and victim identifications and referrals to care services;
- authorities did not adequately differentiate between human trafficking and other crimes, such as domestic violence and child abuse;
- law enforcement failed to implement an early detection protocol for identifying trafficking cases and lacked a formal process for identifying trafficking victims among vulnerable populations;
- specialized victim services were inadequately funded and virtually non-existent for adult women and male victims (2015)
current situation: Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad; indigenous children are particularly vulnerable; Bolivian adults Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad; rural and poor Bolivians, most of whom are indigenous, and LGBT youth are particularly vulnerable; Bolivians perform forced labor domestically in domestic service, mining, ranching, agriculture, and food processing; Bolivian domestic service, and a significant number are in forced labor abroad in sweatshops, agriculture, domestic service, and the informal sector; women and girls are sex trafficked in neighboring countries, while other Bolivians are found in forced labor within Bolivia and in neighboring countries, Spain, such as Argentina, Peru, and the US; Chile; a limited number of women from nearby countries are forced into prostitution sex trafficked in Bolivia
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government did not demonstrate overall increasing anti-trafficking efforts during the reporting period; investigations decreased efforts, and convictions remained very low compared poor data collection made it difficult to assess the number of potential trafficking victims identified; the government investigations, prosecutions, and victim identifications and referrals to care services; authorities did not offer adequate protective services for adequately differentiate between human trafficking victims, leaving civil society organizations and other crimes, such as domestic violence and child abuse; law enforcement failed to provide most of the care without government support; implement an early detection protocol for identifying trafficking prevention efforts cases and lacked a formal process for identifying trafficking victims among vulnerable populations; specialized victim services were limited (2014) inadequately funded and virtually non-existent for adult women and male victims (2015)
The same text in 3 editions, 2018 to 2020.
- current situation:
- Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad;
- rural and poor Bolivians, most of whom are indigenous, and LGBT youth are particularly vulnerable;
- Bolivians perform forced labor domestically in mining, ranching, agriculture, and domestic service, and a significant number are in forced labor abroad in sweatshops, agriculture, domestic service, and the informal sector;
- women and girls are sex trafficked within Bolivia and in neighboring countries, such as Argentina, Peru, and Chile;
- a limited number of women from nearby countries are sex trafficked in Bolivia
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking;
- however, it is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government did not demonstrate overall increasing anti-trafficking efforts, and poor data collection made it difficult to assess the number of investigations, prosecutions, and victim identifications and referrals to care services;
- authorities did not adequately differentiate between human trafficking and other crimes, such as domestic violence and child abuse;
- law enforcement failed to implement an early detection protocol for identifying trafficking cases and lacked a formal process for identifying trafficking victims among vulnerable populations;
- specialized victim services were inadequately funded and virtually non-existent for adult women and male victims (2015)
current situation: Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad; indigenous children are particularly vulnerable; Bolivia is a source country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking domestically and abroad; rural and poor Bolivians, most of whom are indigenous, and LGBT youth are particularly vulnerable; Bolivians perform forced labor domestically in mining, ranching, agriculture, and domestic service, and a significant number are in forced labor abroad in sweatshops, agriculture, domestic service, and the informal sector; women and girls are sex trafficked within Bolivia and in neighboring countries, such as Argentina, Peru, and Chile; a limited number of women from nearby countries are sex trafficked in Bolivia
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – Bolivia does not comply fully with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government did not demonstrate overall increasing anti-trafficking efforts, and poor data collection made it difficult to assess the number of investigations, prosecutions, and victim identifications and referrals to care services; authorities did not adequately differentiate between human trafficking and other crimes, such as domestic violence and child abuse; law enforcement failed to implement an early detection protocol for identifying trafficking cases and lacked a formal process for identifying trafficking victims among vulnerable populations; specialized victim services were inadequately funded and virtually non-existent for adult women and male victims (2015)
The entry for Bolivia did not include Trafficking in persons.
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List — Bolivia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government adopted a National Action Plan for the elimination of trafficking and reportedly sentenced three traffickers who had been detained since 2016;
- however, Bolivia did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period;
- officials did not report investigating, prosecuting, or convicting traffickers and did not report identifying or referring victims to care;
- therefore, Bolivia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2023)
- trafficking profile:
- Human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Bolivia, and victims from Bolivia abroad;
- Bolivian adults and children are exploited in sex trafficking and forced labor at home and abroad;
- officials report 63% of the victims identified were female;
- to a lesser extent, women from neighboring countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay, and Venezuela, are exploited in sex trafficking in Bolivia;
- some migrants from Chile, The Gambia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean travelling to or through Bolivia are subject to sex trafficking and forced labor;
- child sex tourists exploit children within Bolivia;
- rural, poor, mostly indigenous Bolivians, and LGBTQIA+ youth are particularly at risk for sex and labor trafficking;
- Bolivian women and girls are exploited in sex trafficking at home and abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama, and Peru;
- within Bolivia, adults and children are exploited in domestic work, mining, ranching, and agriculture;
- forced criminality continues, including cases of children being forced to commit crimes, such as robbery and drug production, as well as forced begging;
- traffickers exploit Bolivians in forced labor in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile in sweatshops, agriculture, brickmaking, domestic work, textile factories, and the informal sector;
- social media is used as the primary recruitment tool, luring vulnerable individuals with fraudulent employment opportunities (2023)
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Bolivia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; the government adopted a National Action Plan for the elimination of trafficking and reportedly sentenced three traffickers who had been detained since 2016; however, Bolivia did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; officials did not report investigating, prosecuting, or convicting traffickers and did not report identifying or referring victims to care; therefore, Bolivia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2023)
trafficking profile: Human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Bolivia, and victims from Bolivia abroad; Bolivian adults and children are exploited in sex trafficking and forced labor at home and abroad; officials report 63% of the victims identified were female; to a lesser extent, women from neighboring countries, including Brazil, Colombia, Haiti, Paraguay, and Venezuela, are exploited in sex trafficking in Bolivia; some migrants from Chile, The Gambia, Venezuela, and the Caribbean travelling to or through Bolivia are subject to sex trafficking and forced labor; child sex tourists exploit children within Bolivia; rural, poor, mostly indigenous Bolivians, and LGBTQIA+ youth are particularly at risk for sex and labor trafficking; Bolivian women and girls are exploited in sex trafficking at home and abroad in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Panama, and Peru; within Bolivia, adults and children are exploited in domestic work, mining, ranching, and agriculture; forced criminality continues, including cases of children being forced to commit crimes, such as robbery and drug production, as well as forced begging; traffickers exploit Bolivians in forced labor in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile in sweatshops, agriculture, brickmaking, domestic work, textile factories, and the informal sector; social media is used as the primary recruitment tool, luring vulnerable individuals with fraudulent employment opportunities (2023)
The entry for Bolivia did not include Trafficking in persons.
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List — Bolivia did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
- for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/bolivia/
Rewritten: too little of the 2023 text remains to mark the changes.
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Bolivia did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/bolivia/
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Bolivia: Trafficking in persons.” The World Factbook, 2006–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/bolivia/trafficking-in-persons.