MANILA, Philippines — While the Philippine government remains fully compliant with the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking, it still failed to convict officials complicit in trafficking crimes and probe such crimes in the labor sector, according to the United States’ Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for 2021.
According to the report from the U.S. Department of State, the Philippines retained its Tier 1 rank, meaning that the country “fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.”
“Although the government meets the minimum standards, it did not convict any officials for complicity in trafficking crimes and did not vig…
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