ANGOLA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE

UNCLAS LUANDA 000367 DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, DRL, AND AF/S E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: KTIP KLAP KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM AO SUBJECT: ANGOLA: 2009 TIP REPORT DEMARCHE REF: STATE 60520 DCM delivered reftel demarche to MFA Americas Desk Deputy Director Adao Pinto on June 15 and followed up on June 16. DCM gave an overview of the findings of the TIP report and urged work in all three of the "three Ps," prevention, protection, and prosecution. DCM welcomed recent statements from Angolan officials regarding the need for a comprehensive trafficking law, covered in the Angolan press, and suggested that adoption of such a law would be a particularly important step. Pinto welcomed dialog on this issue and stressed the obligation Angola had to protect its citizens against the scourge of trafficking. Pinto offered to contact the Ministry of Interior to find out the status of the trafficking law. MOZENA