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Trafficking in persons Liberia, in 5 editions.
The entry for Liberia published Trafficking in persons in 5 editions of 36, from 2011 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
- 2011
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Trafficking in persons” (2011 to 2025).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024- current situation:
- Liberia is a source, transit, and destination country, principally for young women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking;
- most trafficking victims originate from within the country's borders and are subjected to domestic servitude, forced begging, forced labor in street vending, on rubber plantations, and alluvial diamond sites, or sex trafficking;
- victims of cross-border trafficking come to Liberia from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria and are subjected to the same types of exploitation as internally trafficked victims
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List - the government has not shown evidence of increased efforts to prosecute and to punish trafficking offenders and to protect trafficking victims;
- the Liberian Government has never convicted a trafficking offender using its 2005 anti-trafficking law;
- it reported conducting two investigations of trafficking cases during the year, but did not initiate any prosecutions or convict any traffickers;
- it also did not provide training to law enforcement officials or magistrates (2011)
current situation:
Liberia is a source, transit, and destination country, principally for young women and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; most trafficking victims originate from within the country's borders and are subjected to domestic servitude, forced begging, forced labor in street vending, on rubber plantations, and alluvial diamond sites, or sex trafficking; victims of cross-border trafficking come to Liberia from Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria and are subjected to the same types of exploitation as internally trafficked victims
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the government has not shown evidence of increased efforts to prosecute and to punish trafficking offenders and to protect trafficking victims; the Liberian Government has never convicted a trafficking offender using its 2005 anti-trafficking law; it reported conducting two investigations of trafficking cases during the year, but did not initiate any prosecutions or convict any traffickers; it also did not provide training to law enforcement officials or magistrates (2011)
The entry for Liberia did not include Trafficking in persons.
The same text in 2013 and 2014.
- current situation:
- Liberia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking;
- most victims are Liberian and are exploited within the country, where they are forced into domestic servitude, begging, prostitution, street vending, agricultural work, and diamond mining;
- a small number of Liberian men, women, and children are trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the US, while trafficking victims are brought to Liberia from neighboring West African countries, including Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List - Liberia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking;
- however, it is making significant efforts to do so;
- the government has increased its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts and achieved its first conviction under its 2005 anti-trafficking law;
- the government has failed to make adequate efforts to identify and protect trafficking victims and has not adopted or implemented the standard operating procedures for assisting victims finalized by the anti-trafficking secretariat in 2012;
- the referral of victims to NGOs for protective services is inconsistent (2013)
current situation:
Liberia is a source, transit, and destination country, principally country for young women men, women, and children subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; most trafficking victims originate from are Liberian and are exploited within the country's borders and country, where they are subjected to forced into domestic servitude, forced begging, forced labor in prostitution, street vending, on rubber plantations, agricultural work, and alluvial diamond sites, or sex trafficking; victims mining; a small number of cross-border Liberian men, women, and children are trafficked to Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and the US, while trafficking come victims are brought to Liberia from neighboring West African countries, including Sierra Leone, Guinea, Cote d'Ivoire, and Nigeria and are subjected to the same types of exploitation as internally trafficked victims
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - the government has Liberia does not shown evidence fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of increased trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to prosecute and to punish trafficking offenders and to protect trafficking victims; do so; the Liberian Government government has never convicted a trafficking offender using increased its anti-trafficking law enforcement efforts and achieved its first conviction under its 2005 anti-trafficking law; it reported conducting two investigations of trafficking cases during the year, but did government has failed to make adequate efforts to identify and protect trafficking victims and has not initiate any prosecutions adopted or convict any traffickers; it also did not provide training implemented the standard operating procedures for assisting victims finalized by the anti-trafficking secretariat in 2012; the referral of victims to law enforcement officials or magistrates (2011) NGOs for protective services is inconsistent (2013)
The entry for Liberia did not include Trafficking in persons.
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List;
- for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/
Rewritten: too little of the 2014 text remains to mark the changes.
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2024-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/
- tier rating:
- Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia 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/liberia/
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List — the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking compared with the previous reporting period, therefore Liberia was downgraded to 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/liberia/ https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/liberia/
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Liberia: Trafficking in persons.” The World Factbook, 2011–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/liberia/trafficking-in-persons.