2008 CHILD TRAFFICKING STATISTICS

UNCLAS CONAKRY 000720 SIPDIS SENSITIVE G/TIP FOR VERONICA LEITLIN E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KCRM KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG GV SUBJECT: 2008 CHILD TRAFFICKING STATISTICS REF: CONAKRY 705 ¶1. (SBU) As part of the interim assessment process for the USG's annual Trafficking in Person's Report, we asked the Government of Guinea to provide annual statistics on trafficking cases within its borders. The GoG was not able to provide this information before the initial reporting deadline, so the information contained in this cable is intended to supplement the interim assessment that Post submitted under reftel. ¶2. (SBU) The GoG provided the Embassy with a year-to-date summary of "statistics on criminality against children" in mid-November. However, the statistics are virtually meaningless since the GoG lacks the resources and technical capacity necessary to develop and maintain an effective database for tracking criminal activity. With that caveat, the government's statistics are provided in the table below. The numbers refer to total number of cases handled. 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Rape 52 71 13 26 20 51 20 Kidnapping 4 12 2 15 N/A 13 15 Trafficking N/A N/A 2 1 9 N/A 3 Infanticide 1 2 N/A N/A 3 2 N/A RASPOLIC