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Trafficking in persons Burkina Faso, in 8 editions.
The entry for Burkina Faso published Trafficking in persons in 8 editions of 36, from 2012 to 2025. The text changed in 3 editions. Each is shown as published. Trafficking in persons in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 3
- the first edition with it
- 2012
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Trafficking in persons” (2012 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- current situation:
- Burkina Faso is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking;
- children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servents, and beggars;
- girls are exploited in the commercial sex trade;
- women from Burkina Faso are recruited for legitimate jobs in Europe and are subsequently forced into prostitution;
- West African women are lured to Burkina Faso for legal work and are forced into domestic servitude, prostitution, or forced labor
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 - Burkina Faso does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking;
- however, it is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government recognizes that sex trafficking and forced labor are problems and continued efforts to identify child victims;
- steps have not been taken to identify adult victims among vulnerable populations;
- the government sustained anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts but struggled to compile complete data on these efforts (2012)
current situation:
Burkina Faso is a country of origin, transit, and destination for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servents, and beggars; girls are exploited in the commercial sex trade; women from Burkina Faso are recruited for legitimate jobs in Europe and are subsequently forced into prostitution; West African women are lured to Burkina Faso for legal work and are forced into domestic servitude, prostitution, or forced labor
tier rating:
Tier 2 - Burkina Faso does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government recognizes that sex trafficking and forced labor are problems and continued efforts to identify child victims; steps have not been taken to identify adult victims among vulnerable populations; the government sustained anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts but struggled to compile complete data on these efforts (2012)
The entry for Burkina Faso did not include Trafficking in persons.
The same text in 5 editions, 2016 to 2020.
- current situation:
- Burkina Faso is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking;
- Burkinabe children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servants, and beggars or in the commercial sex trade, with some transported to nearby countries;
- to a lesser extent, Burkinabe women are recruited for legitimate jobs in the Middle East or Europe and subsequently forced into prostitution;
- women from other West African countries are also lured to Burkina Faso for work and subjected to forced prostitution, forced labor in restaurants, or domestic servitude
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List – Burkina Faso does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; law enforcement efforts decreased in 2014, with a significant decline in trafficking prosecutions (none for forced begging involving Koranic school teachers – a prevalent form of trafficking) and no convictions, a 2014 law criminalizing the sale of children, child prostitution, and child pornography is undermined by a provision allowing offenders to pay a fine in lieu of serving prison time proportionate to the crime; the government sustained efforts to identify and protect a large number of child victims, relying on support from NGOs and international organizations; nationwide awareness-raising activities were sustained, but little was done to stop forced begging (2015)
current situation:country of origin, source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; Burkinabe children are forced to work as farm hands, gold panners and washers, street vendors, domestic servents, servants, and beggars; girls are exploited beggars or in the commercial sex trade; trade, with some transported to nearby countries; to a lesser extent, Burkinabe women from Burkina Faso are recruited for legitimate jobs in the Middle East or Europe and are subsequently forced into prostitution; women from other West African women countries are also lured to Burkina Faso for legal work and are subjected to forced into domestic servitude, prostitution, or forced labor in restaurants, or domestic servitude
tier rating:- Watch List – Burkina Faso does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the government recognizes that sex law enforcement efforts decreased in 2014, with a significant decline in trafficking and prosecutions (none for forced labor are problems begging involving Koranic school teachers – a prevalent form of trafficking) and continued efforts to identify no convictions, a 2014 law criminalizing the sale of children, child victims; steps have not been taken prostitution, and child pornography is undermined by a provision allowing offenders to identify adult victims among vulnerable populations; pay a fine in lieu of serving prison time proportionate to the crime; the government sustained anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts but struggled to compile complete data identify and protect a large number of child victims, relying on these efforts (2012) support from NGOs and international organizations; nationwide awareness-raising activities were sustained, but little was done to stop forced begging (2015)
The entry for Burkina Faso did not include Trafficking in persons.
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch list — Burkina Faso 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/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/
Rewritten: too little of the 2020 text remains to mark the changes.
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch list — Burkina Faso 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/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Burkina Faso remained on Tier 2 Watch List for the second consecutive year;
- for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch list List — Burkina Faso the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period and was downgraded to period, therefore Burkina Faso remained on Tier 2 Watch List; List for the second consecutive year; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/burkina-faso/
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Burkina Faso: Trafficking in persons.” The World Factbook, 2012–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/burkina-faso/trafficking-in-persons.