Trafficking in persons Namibia, in 8 editions.

current situation:
Namibia is predominantly a country of origin and destination for children and, to a lesser extent, women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; victims victims, lured by promises of legitimate jobs jobs, are forced to work in hazardous condition in urban centers and on commercial farms; traffickers exploit Namibian children, as well as children from Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, for forced labor in agriculture, cattle herding, domestic service, fishing, and criminal activities; street vending; children are also forced into prostitution, often catering to tourists from southern Africa and Europe; girls of the San tribe girls are particularly vulnerable
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - – Namibia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; in 2012, the government launched has a National Plan of Action on Gender-Based Violence, which included addressing written plan that, if implemented, would constitute a significant effort toward meeting the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking but did not complete its trafficking; draft comprehensive anti-trafficking legislation or obtain parliamentary passage of awaits review by the attorney general and the Child Care and Protection Bill, which would criminalize child trafficking; trafficking, is still pending parliamentary approval; the government developed a process national protection referral network for crime victims in 2013, but it has not been developed for referring fully operationalized; authorities did not make systematic efforts to identify trafficking victims for assistance but a system or to screen vulnerable groups for screening potential victims and providing official designation of trafficking victim status is lacking (2013) (2014)

current situation: Namibia is predominantly a country of origin and destination for children and, to a lesser extent, women subjected to forced labor and sex trafficking; victims, lured by promises of legitimate jobs, are forced to work in hazardous condition in urban centers and on commercial farms; traffickers exploit Namibian children, as well as children from Angola, Zambia, and Zimbabwe, for forced labor in agriculture, cattle herding, domestic service, fishing, and street vending; children are also forced into prostitution, often catering to tourists from southern Africa and Europe; San girls and Zemba children are particularly vulnerable vulnerable; foreign adults and Namibian adults and children are reportedly subjected to forced labor in Chinese-owned retail, construction, and fishing operations
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List – Namibia does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so; the Namibia was granted a waiver from an otherwise required downgrade to Tier 3 because its government has a written plan that, if implemented, implemented would constitute a making significant effort toward meeting efforts to bring itself into compliance with the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking; draft anti-trafficking legislation awaits review by the attorney general and elimination of trafficking; in 2015, the Child Care and Protection Bill, which would criminalize Bill passed, criminalizing child trafficking, is still pending parliamentary approval; trafficking; the government developed a national protection referral network for crime victims in 2013, but it has not government’s first sex trafficking prosecution remained pending; no new prosecutions were initiated and no trafficking offenders have ever been fully operationalized; convicted; accusations of forced labor at Chinese construction and mining companies continue to go uninvestigated; authorities did not make systematic efforts failed to identify trafficking victims or fully implement victim identification and referral processes, which led to screen vulnerable groups for potential the deportation of possible victims (2014) (2015)