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Trafficking in persons Peru, in 1 edition.

The entry for Peru published Trafficking in persons in 1 edition of 36, from 2006 to 2006. The text never changed. Each is shown as published. Trafficking in persons in every entry.

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Published as “Trafficking in persons” (2006).

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current situation:
  • Peru is primarily a source country for women and children trafficked internally for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced domestic labor;
  • most victims are girls and young women moved internally from rural to urban areas, or from city to city, and lured or coerced into prostitution in nightclubs, bars, and brothels;
  • Peruvians have also been trafficked for sexual exploitation to Spain, Japan, the United States, and Venezuela;
  • the government acknowledges that sex tourism occurs, particularly in the Amazon region of the country
tier rating:
Tier 2 Watch List - Peru is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2005

current situation: Peru is primarily a source country for women and children trafficked internally for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced domestic labor; most victims are girls and young women moved internally from rural to urban areas, or from city to city, and lured or coerced into prostitution in nightclubs, bars, and brothels; Peruvians have also been trafficked for sexual exploitation to Spain, Japan, the United States, and Venezuela; the government acknowledges that sex tourism occurs, particularly in the Amazon region of the country
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Peru is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to eliminate trafficking in 2005

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Peru: Trafficking in persons.” The World Factbook, 2006–2006 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/peru/trafficking-in-persons.

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