Trafficking in persons Guinea, in 14 editions.

current situation:
Guinea is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are children, and internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking; within the country, girls are trafficked primarily for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for forced agricultural labor, and as forced beggars, street vendors, shoe shiners, and laborers in gold and diamond mines; some Guinean men are also trafficked for agricultural labor within Guinea; transnationally, girls are trafficked into Guinea for domestic servitude and likely also for sexual exploitation
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - Guinea is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking over 2006; Guinea demonstrated minimal law enforcement efforts for a second year in a row, while protection efforts diminished over efforts in 2006; the government did not report any trafficking convictions in 2007; due to a lack of resources, the government does not provide shelter services for trafficking victims; the government took no measures to reduce the demand for commercial sexual exploitation (2008)

current situation:
Guinea is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are children, and internal trafficking is more prevalent than transnational trafficking; within the country, girls are trafficked primarily for domestic servitude and sexual exploitation, while boys are trafficked for forced agricultural labor, and as forced beggars, street vendors, shoe shiners, and laborers in gold and diamond mines; some Guinean men are also trafficked for agricultural labor within Guinea; transnationally, girls are trafficked into Guinea for domestic servitude servitude, forced labor, and likely also for sexual exploitation
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - Guinea is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing increased efforts to eliminate trafficking; although the government acknowledges that trafficking over 2006; Guinea demonstrated minimal law enforcement efforts for a second year in persons is a row, while protection efforts diminished problem in Guinea, it is unclear if the new government, which took power in December 2010, will demonstrate an increase over the previous regime's minimal efforts in 2006; to combat trafficking; the government did not report any failed to investigate and prosecute trafficking offenses; no new prosecutions or convictions were reported, 12 cases from the previous reporting period remain pending in 2007; due to a lack of resources, the government does not provide shelter services for trafficking victims; courts, and 18 additional cases have disappeared from the government took court system; no measures protection to reduce trafficking victims was provided, and although the demand for commercial sexual exploitation (2008) government conducted an anti-trafficking awareness campaign on radio and television, overall prevention efforts remain weak (2011)

current situation:
Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, extent a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, beg or to work as street vendors or vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, Western Europe, the US, and Spain, the Middle East, while Chinese Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - – Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; a new police unit has been created to focus on human trafficking and child labor; the government has initiated five new conducted six trafficking investigations but has failed to prosecute or convict any in 2013 and prosecuted and convicted only one trafficking offenders, offender, which represents a decrease in anti-trafficking law enforcement was an increase over the previous year; the government fails failed to provide victims with protective services and has did not supported support NGOs that assist assisted victims but continues continued to refer child victims to NGOs on an ad hoc basis; Guinean law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, excluding, for example, forced prostitution of adults and debt bondage, which are not criminalized (2013) bondage (2014)

current situation: Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; children, and trafficking is more prevalent among Guineans than foreign national migrants; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg or to work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean Guinea is a source country and transit point for West African children are forced to mine work as miners in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; the region; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Western Europe, the US, and West Africa, the Middle East, the US, and increasingly Europe, while Thai, Chinese, and Vietnamese women are forced into prostitution and some West Africans are forced into domestic servitude in Guinea
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – Guinea does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the in 2014, Guinea was granted a waiver from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 because its government conducted six trafficking has a written plan that, if implemented would constitute making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; no new investigations were conducted in 2013 and prosecuted 2014, and convicted only the one trafficking offender, which was an increase over ongoing case led to the previous year; prosecution of four offenders for forced child labor, three of whom were convicted but given inadequate sentences for the crime; the government failed to did not identify or provide victims with protective services to victims and did not support NGOs that assisted victims but continued to refer child victims to NGOs on an ad hoc basis; Guinean law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, excluding, for example, debt bondage (2014) bondage; the 2014 Ebolavirus outbreak negatively affected Guinea’s ability to address human trafficking (2015)

current situation: Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children, and trafficking is more prevalent among Guineans than foreign national migrants; children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg or to beg, work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; Guinea is a source country and transit point for West African some Guinean children are forced to work as miners mine in the region; Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in West Africa, the Middle East, the US, Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and increasingly Europe, Spain, while Thai, Chinese, Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution and some West Africans are forced into domestic servitude in Guinea
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – — Guinea does not fully comply with meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, however it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2014, Guinea was granted a waiver from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 because its the government has drafted a written plan that, if implemented would constitute making significant efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; no new investigations were conducted in 2014, and the one ongoing case led anti-trafficking action plan, provided support to eight victims exploited in the prosecution of four offenders for forced child labor, three of whom were convicted but given inadequate sentences for Middle East, and incorporated anti-trafficking training into the crime; law enforcement curriculum; however, the government did not identify or provide protective services overall increase efforts compared to victims the last rating period; investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes decreased, victim identification was inadequate, and NGO’s providing victim services did not support NGOs that assisted victims but continued to refer child victims to NGOs on an ad hoc basis; Guinean law does not prohibit all forms of trafficking, excluding, receive government support; for example, debt bondage; the 2014 Ebolavirus outbreak negatively affected Guinea’s ability fourth year, resources for the anti-trafficking committee or the Office for the Protection of Gender, Children and Morals were inadequate; a Quranic teacher was not prosecuted for allegedly forcing child begging; Guinea was downgraded to address human trafficking (2015) Tier 2 Watch List (2020)

current situation: Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain, while Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — Guinea does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however it is making significant efforts to do so; the government drafted a new anti-trafficking action plan, provided support to eight victims exploited in the Middle East, and incorporated anti-trafficking training into the law enforcement curriculum; however, the government did not overall increase efforts compared to the last rating period; investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes decreased, victim identification was inadequate, and NGO’s providing victim services did not receive government support; for the fourth year, resources for the anti-trafficking committee or the Office for the Protection of Gender, Children and Morals were inadequate; a Quranic teacher was not prosecuted for allegedly forcing child begging; Guinea was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List (2020)
trafficking profile: Guinea is a source, transit, and, to a lesser extent, a destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; the majority of trafficking victims are Guinean children; Guinean girls are subjected to domestic servitude and commercial sexual exploitation, while boys are forced to beg, work as street vendors, shoe shiners, or miners; some Guinean children are forced to mine in Senegal, Mali, and possibly other West African countries; Guinean women and girls are subjected to domestic servitude and sex trafficking in Nigeria, Cote d’Ivoire, Benin, Senegal, Greece, and Spain, while Chinese and Vietnamese women are reportedly forced into prostitution in Guinea