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04TEGUCIGALPA1384
2004-06-18 17:24:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Cable title:  

MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,

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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001384 

SIPDIS

FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD
INFO IIP/T/ES
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,
JUNE 18, 2004


UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001384

SIPDIS

FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON),IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD
INFO IIP/T/ES
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT,
JUNE 18, 2004



1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El
Heraldo" on June 18 entitled "Trafficking in Persons."
"Trafficking in persons is a source of innumerable
violations to human rights, a profitable activity for
organized crime, and even a means to spread AIDS and other
sexually transmitted diseases."

"In the latest Department of State report, Honduras has been
placed in Tier 2, which means that our government doesn't
comply with the minimum standards but is making significant
efforts to bring itself into compliance with those
standards."

"The fight against trafficking in persons, who are used
either for sexual exploitation or forced labor, must be
addressed by our government, not only because we may lose
some of the cooperation we get from the U.S. but because
it's their legal and moral obligation."

Palmer