Trafficking in persons Chad, in 12 editions.

current situation:
Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the majority of children are trafficked within Chad for involuntary domestic servitude, forced cattle herding, forced begging, forced labor in petty commerce or the fishing industry, or for commercial sexual exploitation; to a lesser extent, Chadian children are also trafficked to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria for cattle herding; children may also be trafficked from Cameroon and the Central African Republic to Chad's oil producing regions for sexual exploitation
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - Chad is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007; Chad was destabilized during 2007 by civil conflict leading to a declared state of emergency in February 2008, and a steady influx of refugees fleeing Sudan and the Central African Republic; the government demonstrated insufficient overall efforts to combat trafficking; Chad has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008)

current situation:
Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the majority of children are trafficked within Chad for involuntary domestic servitude, forced cattle herding, forced begging, forced labor in petty commerce or the fishing industry, or for commercial sexual exploitation; to a lesser extent, Chadian children are also trafficked to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria for cattle herding; children may also be trafficked from Cameroon and the Central African Republic to Chad's oil producing regions for sexual exploitation
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the Government of Chad is on does not fully comply with the Tier 2 Watch List minimum standards for its failure to provide evidence the elimination of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking in 2007; Chad was destabilized during 2007 by civil conflict leading to a declared state of emergency in February 2008, and a steady influx of refugees fleeing Sudan and the Central African Republic; is not making any significant efforts to do so; although facing resource constraints, the government demonstrated insufficient overall efforts has the capacity to combat trafficking; conduct basic anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts, yet did not do so during the last year; it showed no results in enforcing government policy prohibiting the recruitment of child soldiers; Chad has not ratified the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2008) (2009)

current situation:
Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the majority of children are trafficked within Chad for involuntary domestic servitude, forced cattle herding, forced begging, forced labor in petty commerce or the fishing industry, involuntary agricultural labor, or for commercial sexual exploitation; to a lesser extent, Chadian children are also trafficked to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria for cattle herding; children may also be trafficked from Cameroon and the Central African Republic to Chad's oil producing regions for sexual exploitation herding
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the Government of Chad does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and trafficking; however, it is not making any significant efforts to do so; although facing resource constraints, the government has the capacity Government of Chad reportedly ended all child conscription into its national army and continued to conduct basic anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts, yet did not do so during engage in efforts to demobilize remaining child soldiers from rebel forces; fewer efforts were made to address the last year; it showed no results forced labor of children in enforcing government policy prohibiting cattle herding, domestic service, and begging, or to combat the recruitment commercial sexual exploitation of child soldiers; Chad has not ratified Chadian children; the 2000 UN TIP Protocol (2009) government did not enact legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons and undertook limited anti-trafficking law enforcement and victim protection activities (2011)

current situation:
Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; the majority of children are trafficked within Chad for involuntary domestic servitude, forced cattle herding, forced begging, involuntary agricultural labor, or for commercial sexual exploitation; to a lesser extent, Chadian children are also trafficked to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, and Nigeria for cattle herding
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the Government of Chad does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; by 2011 the Government of Chad reportedly ended all child conscription into its national army and continued to engage in efforts to demobilize remaining child soldiers from rebel forces; fewer efforts were made to address the forced labor of children in cattle herding, domestic service, and begging, or to combat the commercial sexual exploitation of Chadian children; the government did not enact legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons and undertook limited anti-trafficking law enforcement and victim protection activities (2011) (2009)

current situation:
Chad is a source, transit, and destination country for children trafficked for the purposes of subjected to forced labor and commercial sexual exploitation; sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking problem is mainly internal and frequently involves family members entrusting children are trafficked within Chad to relatives or intermediaries in return for promises of education, apprenticeships, goods, or money; child trafficking victims are subjected to involuntary domestic servitude, forced cattle herding, forced begging, involuntary agricultural labor, or for commercial sexual exploitation; some Chadian girls who travel to a lesser extent, larger towns in search of work are forced into prostitution; in 2012, Chadian children are also trafficked to Cameroon, the Central African Republic, were identified in some government military training centers and Nigeria for cattle herding among rebel groups
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the Government of Chad does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; by 2011 the Government of Chad reportedly ended all child conscription into its national army and continued government has made a limited commitment to engage in efforts increased anti-trafficking law enforcement but continues to demobilize remaining child soldiers from rebel forces; fewer efforts were made lack formal victim identification procedures; draft revisions to address the forced labor of children in cattle herding, domestic service, Chad's penal code that would prohibit child trafficking and begging, or to combat provide protection for victims were not enacted for the commercial sexual exploitation of Chadian children; third consecutive year; the government did not enact legislation prohibiting trafficking in persons continues its nationwide campaign on human rights issues, including human trafficking, and undertook limited anti-trafficking law enforcement high-ranking officials, such as the president and victim protection activities (2009) prime minister, are speaking out publicly against human trafficking (2013)

current situation: tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; one trafficker was convicted, the first under a 2018 law, but the government did not report investigating or prosecuting alleged traffickers, including complicit government officials; the government adopted a formal Road Map to implement its 2108 National Action Plan but did not report executing it; authorities did not identify any victims and have not drafted victim identification and referral procedures; the government continued to make no effort to raise awareness on trafficking (2020)
trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Chad and Chadians abroad; most trafficking is internal; some children are sent by their parents to relatives or intermediaries to receive education, an apprenticeship, goods, or money and are then forced to work in domestic service or cattle herding; children are also forced to work in agriculture, gold mines, charcoal vending, and fishing, and those attending Koranic schools are forced into begging and street vending; girls from rural areas who search for work in larger towns are exploited in sex trafficking and domestic servitude; terrorist groups abduct children to serve as soldiers, suicide bombers, brides, and forced laborers
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; one trafficker was convicted, the first under a 2018 law, but the government did not report investigating or prosecuting alleged traffickers, including complicit government officials; the government adopted a formal Road Map to implement its 2108 National Action Plan but did not report executing it; authorities did not identify any victims and have not drafted victim identification and referral procedures; the government continued to make no effort to raise awareness on trafficking (2020)

tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so; one trafficker was convicted, the first under officials investigated trafficking cases and finalized a 2018 law, but National Action Plan for 2021-2022 and began implementation of standard operating procedures and a National Referral Mechanism for identifying and referring victims for care; however, the government did not report investigating or prosecuting alleged traffickers, including complicit government officials; the demonstrate overall increased efforts to increase anti-trafficking capacity; government adopted a formal Road Map turnover hindered Chad’s ability to implement its 2108 National Action Plan but did not report executing it; maintain consistent anti-trafficking efforts and reporting; authorities did not identify report prosecuting or convicting any victims and have not drafted victim identification and referral procedures; traffickers, identifying victims, or conducting awareness campaigns; nonetheless, because the government continued has devoted sufficient resources to make no effort a written plan that, if implemented, would constitute significant efforts to raise awareness meet the minimum standards, Chad was granted a waiver per the Trafficking Victims Protection Act from downgrade to Tier 3; therefore, Chad remained on trafficking (2020) Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year (2022)
trafficking profile: human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Chad Chad, and Chadians traffickers exploit Chadian victims abroad; most trafficking is internal; some children are sent by their parents to relatives or intermediaries to receive education, an apprenticeship, goods, or money and are then forced to work in domestic service or cattle herding; children are also forced to work in agriculture, gold mines, charcoal vending, and fishing, and those attending Koranic schools are forced into begging and street vending; girls from rural areas who search for work in larger towns are exploited in sex trafficking and domestic servitude; terrorist groups abduct children to serve as soldiers, suicide bombers, brides, and forced laborers (2022)

tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List 3 — Chad does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore therefore, Chad was upgraded downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/chad/