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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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| 02ANKARA8696 | GOT MOVES ON TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS INITIATIVES [...] (C) Summary. MFA Deputy DirGen for Consular Affairs Topcuoglu told us 11/26 the GOT has established an inter-agency task force to address trafficking-in-persons (TIP) in Turkey. The group's first priority is to establish and adopt the GOT's National Action Plan on TIP. The plan, currently i [...] | 2002-11-27 14:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KWMN KCRM PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 02HANOI2598 | ORGANIZING THE MASSES: WOMEN AND YOUTH [...] (U) SUMMARY. VIETNAMESE "MASS ORGANIZATIONS" FOR WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE INCREASINGLY CHANGING THEIR FOCUS AWAY FROM BEING ONE-WAY COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA TOOLS TO BECOMING MORE DYNAMIC INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTING THE INTERESTS OF UNCLASSIFIED PAGE 02 HANOI 025 [...] | 2002-10-28 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINS SOCI VM TIP |
| 02HANOI2845 | SEX AND THE CITY -- HANOI STYLE [...] (U) SUMMARY. THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF VIETNAM (CPV) AND GOVERNMENT OF VIETNAM (GVN) ADMIT THAT PROSTITUTION IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE COUNTRY. DISCOS, KARAOKE BARS, MASSAGE PARLORS, AND OTHER "FUN" LOCATIONS EVEN IN STAID HANOI INCREASINGLY OFFER PROFESSIONAL OR SEMI-PROFESSIONAL [...] | 2002-11-26 09:57:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SOCI PGOV KHIV VM HIV AIDS TIP |
| 02HANOI3018 | VIETNAM: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LEGAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: AT A NATIONAL SEMINAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP),GVN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTICIPANTS CONCLUDED THAT TIP IN VIETNAM AND THE REGION APPEARS ON THE INCREASE, ALTHOUGH LITTLE RELIABLE DATA IS AVAILABLE. SRV LAW GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE UN PROTOCOL TO PREVENT, SU [...] | 2002-12-19 08:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PREL PREF EAID ELAB SMIG SOCI VM TIP |
| 03ANKARA1396 | TURKEY: ANTI TRAFFICKING-IN-PERSONS (TIP) REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) As requested, Post's responses are keyed to questions in ref (A). Embassy point of contact is Christina Boiler, Political section (telephone: 90-312-455-5555; fax: 90-312-468-4775). Boiler (rank: junior officer) spent [...] | 2003-03-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA1964 | GOT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR 2003 TIP [...] Action request--para 5. 2. March 24 MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Firat Topcuoglu provided us additional information for 2003 TIP report: (1) GOT TIP National Action Plan (NAP) and (2) GOT responses to TIP-related questions from post (ref B). Both have been sent ref (B). 3. Under th [...] | 2003-03-26 10:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA2574 | TURKEY: REQUESTED ADDITIONAL TIP INFORMATION [...] (C) Per reftels, additional trafficking-in-persons (TIP) information for Turkey is provided below. 2. (C) Below are the answers to ref (A),follow up questions from GOT report: -- Para 4. According to MFA Second Secretary Belgin Ergunes, the programs and activities referred to in thi [...] | 2003-04-21 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4066 | GOT EXPRESSES DETERMINATION ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) June 23 DCM delivered reftel talking points to Ambassador Umur Apaydin, MFA Director General for Consular Affairs. Apaydin stated GOT would review USG trafficking-in-persons (TIP) recommendations and guide its work as appropriate. Noting strong bilateral cooperation and thorough police i [...] | 2003-06-25 13:45:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA419 | EMBASSY REQUESTS MEETING FOR GOT CONFERENCE [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 2. 2. (C) Action Request. That G/TIP director John Miller meet GOT trafficking-in-persons (TIP) inter-agency task force leader Fatma Firat Topcuoglu, MFA DDG for Consular Affairs, on the margins of Feb 2003 G/TIP-sponsored conference "Pathb [...] | 2003-01-16 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA4621 | TURKISH GOVERNMENT RELEASES ANTI-TIP CIRCULAR [...] In a significant step to further implementation of Turkish laws and policy combating trafficking in persons, the Interior Ministry (MOI) recently issued a circular to all governors and senior security officials -- including the Jandarma -- calling for tougher implementation of existing regulat [...] | 2003-07-23 08:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03ANKARA5159 | GOT ACTIONS SINCE MARCH TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN [...] Summary: Emboffs met August 12-13 with MFA officials and contacted the director of the Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to discuss actions taken by the GOT to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) subsequent to March 30, the end of the period covered in the 200 [...] | 2003-08-13 14:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 03HANOI1555 | GVN Complains TIP Report Shorts Its Efforts [...] (U) Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung complained to DCM during a June 20 meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) that Vietnam's placement on Tier II and in particular the evaluation of Vietnam's law enforcement efforts against Trafficking in Persons do not "truly reflect re [...] | 2003-06-20 09:27:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
| 03HANOI1671 | An Giang: TIP Problem Depends on Point of View [...] (U) Summary: An Giang local government and mass organization officials do not agree on the seriousness of the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) in their province. Women's Union and the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (DOLISA) officials portray a fairly serious problem while loc [...] | 2003-07-02 07:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM KWMN SNAR PGOV SOCI VM CNARC TIP |
| 03HANOI1797 | NEW EFFORTS TO COMBAT PROSTITUTION IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary. A new ordinance should strengthen efforts aimed at combating prostitution in Vietnam and its related effects. The most striking point of the new ordinance is its inclusion of purchasers of sex, specifically focusing on government officials, thus expanding prohibited acts to inc [...] | 2003-07-15 07:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PGOV SOCI VM TIP |
| 03HANOI2323 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) This is an action request -- see para 5. 2. (U) Summary: A large interagency conference chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem in Ho Chi Minh City September 9 articulated the GVN's intended next steps in a coordinated antitrafficking policy. The Deputy Prime Minister recomme [...] | 2003-09-15 00:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI3232 | VIETNAM TIP: THE TAIWAN MARRIAGE PHENOMENON [...] Summary: Taiwan has become the export destination of choice for Vietnamese brides. 73,000 women - 95 percent of Vietnamese marrying foreigners - have married Taiwanese men since the phenomenon began to take off in 1995. Demand is growing, driven by (1) the desire of lower-middle class Taiwa [...] | 2003-12-15 02:03:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM VM TW OMIG TIP |
| 03HANOI3288 | VIETNAM MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SECURITY ON TRAFFICKING [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior members of the General Criminal Division of the Ministry of Public Security described their frustration with current laws preventing them from engaging in closer cooperation with U.S. and other foreign law enforcement agencies, and described the trafficking in persons sit [...] | 2003-12-19 08:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KWMN KCRM VM CH TW CA OMIG TIP CNARC |
| 03HANOI388 | VIETNAM: USG HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (U) Ambassador and other Embassy and Consulate General officers demarched and spoke with GVN authorities at the national, provincial, and local levels numerous times throughout the year on various human rights issues including religious freedom as well as the status of persons of concern det [...] | 2003-02-19 03:09:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM KSEP XG VM HUMANR ETMIN TIP |
| 03HANOI527 | VIETNAM - ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) As instructed ref A, post provides input for the 2003 Anti-trafficking in Persons report. The point of contact in Vietnam is Tim Swanson, tel. 84-4-772-1500 and fax 84-4-772-2614. Post estimates that collecting information for and drafting the report required 48 hours, including 8 hours [...] | 2003-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB VM TIP LABOR |
| 03HANOI669 | VIETNAM AND CAMBODIA: LOOKING FORWARD [...] (U) SUMMARY. Vietnam and Cambodia have a complex relationship with a volatile history, but both sides now appear to focus on the future. Cross border smuggling of drugs and other goods as well as human trafficking have emerged as significant problems. Vietnam reportedly does not view the [...] | 2003-03-19 02:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR SOCI PHUM ETRD ECON EAID CB VM ETMIN CNARC ASEAN TIP |
| 03HARARE444 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2002 - [...] (SBU) Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------------- -- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women an [...] | 2003-03-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB ASEC ZI TIP |
| 03HOCHIMINHCITY1233 | FACE TO FACE WITH SMUGGLERS AND OFFICIALS ALONG THE [...] An Econ trip to the town of Chau Doc and the border area of An Giang Province revealed energetic levels of small time smuggling that is largely tolerated by local authorities. That fat man on the motorcycle may simply have his clothing stuffed full of cartons of cigarettes, locals say, but th [...] | 2003-12-15 11:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | VM ECON CB ETRD PREL SMIG SNAR SOCI CNARC TIP |
| 04ANKARA127 | CHARGE DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP EFFORTS WITH MFA [...] (U) Summary: Charge and Poloff met January 6 with MFA Deputy U/S Ertay and MFA Deputy DG Topcuoglu to discuss GOT efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) and the upcoming State Department TIP Report. Topcuoglu said neither the GOT nor its NGO partner have been able to secure funding to [...] | 2004-01-08 15:06:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA1595 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: PROGRESS IN TURKEY [...] (U) SUMMARY: G/TIP officer and Emboff met with government and non-government organizations in Ankara and Trabzon February 23-24 to explore Turkey's progress in combating trafficking in persons (TIP). An MFA official anti-TIP noted progress in training programs, provision of humanitarian visa [...] | 2004-03-17 13:59:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA2007 | MFA MAKES CASE FOR ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (SBU) In separate April 5 discussions with Turkish MP Egemen Bagis and MFA Director General of Consular Affairs Murat Ersavci, the Ambassador raised concerns about the GOT's silence on specific anti-trafficking efforts. The Ambassador engaged Bagis and Ersavci on repeated requests for inform [...] | 2004-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA2076 | Trafficking in Persons: HRDF Reports Recent [...] To establish a network among non-governmental organizations in Turkey and regional countries affected by human trafficking; 2. To provide training for government officers to refresh and consolidate on the recent amendments of Turkish Penal Code an [...] | 2004-04-09 14:23:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA2138 | Trafficking in Persons: IOM Reports Recent [...] (U) SUMMARY: In April 9 discussions with Emboff, IOM Chief of Mission Regina Boucault cited 1) ongoing anti-TIP training for Turkish law enforcement officials, and 2) implementation of a victim referral agreement between the Ministry of Interior and Turkey's leading TIP NGO as continuing evide [...] | 2004-04-13 13:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA2152 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an April 13 meeting with MFA Deputy Director General for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman, visiting USDOJ Civil Rights Division Chief Al Moskowitz discussed USG efforts to combat trafficking in the United States, noting success in USG methods for 1) identifying victims, 2) disti [...] | 2004-04-14 13:56:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA2198 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial local FSN tr [...] | 2004-04-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA3048 | TIP: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, MAY 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about GOT anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in national and international news media. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish unless otherwise noted) is provided through unofficial [...] | 2004-06-02 15:36:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA3427 | TIP DEMARCHE DELIVERED, TURKISH MFA AVERS DEEP [...] (C) June 14 Polcounselor delivered reftel points, TIP backgrounder and Turkey TIP Narrative to MFA DDG for Consular Affairs Haldun Otman. DDG Otman averred deep disappointment in Turkey's designation. TIP officer reviewed reasons for Turkey's Tier 2 Watch List ranking, noting that much of Tu [...] | 2004-06-16 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA3673 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JUNE 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about Turkey- specific anti-TIP public information, post provides as examples the following TIP press clips. Text of any articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation, unless otherwise noted. 2 [...] | 2004-06-29 15:42:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA3675 | TIP IN TURKEY: JOINT OPERATION RESULTS IN ARRESTS, [...] (C) SUMMARY. Turkish National Police (TNP) officials confirmed press reports (reftel) that a joint anti-TIP Turkish-Romanian Police operation (Mirage 2004) netted an international trafficking ring and freed seven Romanian TIP victims ages 17 to 20. TNP Foreigners, Borders and Asylum Department [...] | 2004-06-29 15:48:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4141 | TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON HUMAN [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following Human Smuggling Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http:/ [...] | 2004-07-28 07:37:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4147 | TIP IN TURKEY: UPDATED MFA COUNTRY REPORT ON [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report is available on-line at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs website: http://www.mfa.gov [...] | 2004-07-28 09:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4148 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, JULY 1-15, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports published in daily newspapers and circulated nationwide. Text of the articles (originally published in Turkish) is provided through unofficial [...] | 2004-07-28 09:43:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA42 | 1/6/04 TIP REPORT [...] (U) The following are recent developments related to trafficking in persons (TIP) in Turkey: ----------------- IOM Pilot Program ----------------- 2. (U) The Ankara office of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) has drafted a proposal for a USD 1.2 million pilot projec [...] | 2004-01-06 09:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM KFRD PREF PREL PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4317 | TIP IN TURKEY: GOT APPROACHES EGYPTIAN EMBASSY FOR [...] (C) In a July 27 meeting with Emboff, Embassy of Egypt Second Secretary Ahmed El Sayed confirmed Turkish anti-TIP officials approached Egyptian Ambassador Ahamad Fathallah to propose a formal law enforcement and intelligence cooperation agreement between security officials from both government [...] | 2004-08-03 14:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | EG KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4416 | TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON TIP VICTIM [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting with Emboff, International Organization on Migration (IOM) Interim Country Director Meltem Ersoy asserted that an increase in TIP victim referrals from the GOT to IOM is a direct result of 1) a series of IOM-funded law enforcement training sessions that focus police [...] | 2004-08-06 11:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4448 | TIP IN TURKEY: POLICE GUIDEBOOK ON TIP [...] (U) In an August 5 meeting at the Turkish Security Directorate, Foreigners Department Assistant Director Murat Oz provided para 2 text of the Turkish Security Directorate's anti-TIP guidebook. Oz told Emboff that the guidebook was published by the Security Directorate and dis [...] | 2004-08-09 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4502 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH-AUSTRALIAN ANTI-TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY. In November 2003, an Australian Coast Guard patrol intercepted an Indonesian smuggling vessel carrying 14 Turkish citizens. By July 2004, Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents had traced the human smuggling network organizers to Turkey, where smugglers and witnesses were engage [...] | 2004-08-11 08:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4503 | TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT I [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Backgrou [...] | 2004-08-11 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4504 | TIP IN TURKEY: AUSTRALIAN INVESTIGATION REPORT II [...] (C) The following confidential investigation report compiled by Australian Federal Police (AFP) agent Shawn Selles includes names and contact information for suspected human smugglers described in reftel. TURKISH-BASED PEOPLE SMUGGLING NETWORK OPERATING TO AUSTRALIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES Sc [...] | 2004-08-11 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KVPR PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU AU PINR TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4544 | TIP IN TURKEY: VISITING ARMENIAN DELEGATION TRIES [...] Summary: Visiting Armenian TIP-NGO Hope and Help and IOM Armenia Program Officer have briefed us on meetings with reps from Turkish NGOs, Armenian religious and media organizations, and Georgia's diplomatic mission in Turkey. Hope and Help rep described her meetings as "the first steps" in est [...] | 2004-08-12 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU AM TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4580 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 1- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 15, 2004 by the Internat [...] | 2004-08-16 08:28:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA4808 | TIP IN TURKEY: ANTI-TIP NGO HRDF BOARD CHAIRMAN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In August meetings with Emboff, Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Board Chairman Turgut Tokus outlined past and present progress to bring HRDF's TIP victims shelter on-line. He characterized support from the GOT, particularly the MOI and the MFA, as excellent and than [...] | 2004-08-25 08:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5002 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, AUGUST 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published August 26, 2004 by Minsk Belaru [...] | 2004-09-03 15:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5205 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 10, 2004 by Turkish l [...] | 2004-09-15 09:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5708 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, SEPTEMBER 15-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 27, 200 [...] | 2004-10-05 12:16:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5750 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, September 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published September 28, 2004 by the Anato [...] | 2004-10-07 10:02:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5751 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 1-7, 2004 [...] No summary [...] | 2004-10-07 10:18:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | IN KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TIP TU |
| 04ANKARA5789 | TIP IN TURKEY: NEW PENAL CODE REVISIONS STIFFEN [...] (U) On October 11, 2004, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer signed into law revisions to the Turkish Penal Code (TPC) which, among other measures, prescribe harsher penalties for human trafficking. Penalties range from eight to twelve years of imprisonment (up from five to ten years in ear [...] | 2004-10-12 14:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5860 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 7-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides as examples the following TIP press reports. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 14, 2004 by the Anatoli [...] | 2004-10-15 12:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA5968 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH AMBASSADOR TO MOLDOVA [...] SUMMARY. Turkish Ambassador to Moldova Fatma Topcuoglu delivered the following speech at a 2-day conference on human trafficking in Chisinau, Moldova. END SUMMARY. 2. BEGIN TRANSCRIPT OF PREPARED REMARKS: SPEECH DELIVERED BY H.E. FATMA FIRAT TOPCUOGLU AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF TURKE [...] | 2004-10-20 15:07:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6072 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: MFA REPORTS ONGOING EFFORTS [...] (U) SUMMARY: In response to G/TIP inquires about anti-TIP public information campaigns, post provides the following October 2004 TIP Country Report produced by the Turkish MFA's National Task Force on Human Trafficking. The Report will be published on-line at the MFA website at http://www.mf [...] | 2004-10-26 14:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6150 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, OCTOBER 14-31, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published October 31, 2004 by [...] | 2004-11-01 13:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6309 | TIP IN TURKEY: ISTANBUL SHELTER REPORTS SUCCESS [...] (U) SUMMARY. Anti-TIP NGOs International Office for Migration (IOM) and Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) reported the first successful repatriation this week of 3 Ukrainian trafficking victims through the Istanbul Human Trafficking Shelter. The event simultaneously highlighted m [...] | 2004-11-08 15:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6366 | TIP IN TURKEY: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2004-11-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6393 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 1-10, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 10, 2004 by the Jerusalem [...] | 2004-11-10 16:21:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6686 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, NOVEMBER 10-30, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published November 30, 2004 by the Interna [...] | 2004-12-02 13:19:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6688 | TIP IN TURKEY: REPORT FROM CLOSED TIP TASK FORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: NGO participants provided to Emboff accounts of a closed TIP Task Force meeting that highlighted the GOT's internal and sometimes contentious struggle to organize Turkey's government and non-government anti-TIP efforts. The Task Force meeting, the second this calendar year, repor [...] | 2004-12-02 13:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | SECRET | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6690 | TIP IN TURKEY: TGNA PASSES, PRESIDENT APPROVES IOM [...] (U) Turkish Grand National Assembly (TGNA) Foreign Affairs Committee Advisor Osman Ulukan confirmed press reports that the TGNA, on November 25, 2004, unanimously approved legislation appropriating the 154,000 Swiss Franc equivalent fee for Turkey's membership in the International Office on Mi [...] | 2004-12-02 13:39:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6691 | TIP IN TURKEY: EMERGENCY HOTLINE OPERATIONAL [...] (U) On December 2, 2004, Turk Telekom connected Turkey's first toll-free hotline (90-0800-211-6065) for victims of human trafficking. Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) staff will initially field calls from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Monday through Friday until Russian- and Turkish-la [...] | 2004-12-02 13:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6692 | TIP IN TURKEY: SHELTERED VICTIM LEADS POLICE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Characterizing the events that led to the arrest of at least one human trafficking network member in Corum, Turkey as a "real success story for the shelter," Human Resources Development Foundation (HRDF) Executive Director Demet Gural told Emboff that an Azeri victim resident at t [...] | 2004-12-02 13:46:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6801 | TIP IN TURKEY: JANDARMA REQUESTS TECH ASSISTANCE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A November 23-27 International Office on Migration (IOM) TIP workshop in Adana, Turkey highlighted the Jandarma's struggling but developing ground-level ability to investigate and prosecute trafficking crimes. According to IOM trainers (para 4) and TIP-NGO victim counselors (re [...] | 2004-12-07 13:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6843 | TIP IN TURKEY: VICTIMS' STORIES [...] (U) SUMMARY: International Organization on Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom provided para 4 report on a Russian citizen victim admitted to the Istanbul TIP shelter November 13. The victim's story largely repeats other accounts we have heard about typical trafficking schemes [...] | 2004-12-09 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6865 | TIP: GOT PUSHING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT PROTOCOLS [...] (U) During a visit to Ankara led by US Embassy Chisinau in November (septel),a Moldovan anti-TIP government delegation heard high-handed criticism from Turkish interlocutors about Moldova's failure to respond to a GOT-proposed anti-TIP protocol (para 3). The draft protocol, according to MFA D [...] | 2004-12-10 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA6938 | TIP IN TURKEY: MEDIA ATTENTION, DECEMBER 1-14, 2004 [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published December 12, 2004 by [...] | 2004-12-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04ANKARA7103 | TIP IN TURKEY: IOM REPORTS ON GOT PROGRESS [...] (C) Summary: IOM has passed us a summary of its anti-TIP actions and plans for cooperating further with GOT authorities. End Summary. 2. (C) International Office for Migration (IOM) Chief of Mission Marielle Lindstrom passed Emboff the following summary of TIP current events: BEGIN NOTES [...] | 2004-12-21 15:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 04BRASILIA1000 | BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART III: LAND DISPUTES AND [...] (U) This is Part III of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable discusses current land disputes. Part I (ref B) provided an overview and Part II (ref C) discussed concerns of indigenous leaders. 2. (U) Summary. The government of Brazil is facing unhappiness among indigeno [...] | 2004-04-27 19:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
| 04BRASILIA1849 | RACE, RURAL POVERTY, AND LAND REFORM - BRAZIL'S [...] SUMMARY. As it struggles to find resources to implement programs from agrarian land reform to Zero Hunger, the government of Brazil faces another challenge to its busy social agenda in bringing Brazil's quilombos (communities originally founded by fugitive slaves) into the modern world. The t [...] | 2004-07-26 20:11:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL SOCI BR TIP |
| 04BRASILIA755 | BRAZIL POSITIONS ON CUBA, CHINA, AND OTHER CHR [...] (C) Summary: According to the head of the Brazilian Foreign Ministry's Human Rights Division, Brazil will abstain on any Cuba or China resolutions and on a Chinese "no-action" motion. (Note: Ambassador will raise the Cuba and China resolutions at a more senior level again March 29. End note [...] | 2004-03-29 21:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CH CU PREL BR UNHRC TIP |
| 04BRASILIA985 | BRAZIL'S INDIANS - PART II: INDIAN CONCERNS [...] (U) This is Part II of a three-part series about Indians in Brazil. This cable reviews the concerns of indigenous leaders. Part I provides an overview and Part III discusses ongoing land disputes. 2. (C) Summary. During the 2002 presidential campaign Lula spoke about Indian rights and pro [...] | 2004-04-26 16:25:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV SOCI ECON BR TIP |
| 04HANOI1010 | LABOR EXPORT SITUATION AND VIETNAM'S TIER [...] (U) Summary and action request: Embassy has reviewed the suggested language in the Trafficking in Persons report and would like to clarify some issues that appear to have led G/TIP to recommend a "watch list" designation for Vietnam. The GVN is engaged in monitoring and investigation of work c [...] | 2004-04-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1074 | DAEWOOSA CASE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR 2004 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Summary: The GVN cracked down hard on the Vietnamese labor companies involved in the Daewoosa case, including jail terms for some executives, who publicly acknowledged their wrongdoing. Since that response to illegal trafficking-related activity in Vietnam, the GVN has reformed its labor [...] | 2004-04-14 10:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1188 | PROTECTION OF TRAFFICKING VICTIMS IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: In Ho Chi Minh City, various sectors of society - including the city government, Communist Party mass organizations, NGOs, and even local churches - are working together to protect victims and women identified as particularly vulnerable to trafficking. A visit to the central prov [...] | 2004-04-26 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI1190 | LAWSUIT AGAINST DAEWOOSA TRAFFICKING VICTIMS [...] (U) Ref A contained documents originally provided by G/TIP allegedly supporting the assertion that the GVN sued victims in the Daewoosa trafficking case to recover the back wages they were paid in the U.S. as part of the court settlement. It also described G/TIP's position that this lawsuit w [...] | 2004-04-27 02:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI1724 | RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN VIETNAM'S TIP EFFORTS [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam continues to take more direct steps to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),in part with assistance from the international community. New and ongoing strategies include: the creation of anti-trafficking police units in local provinces; a large-scale media and education c [...] | 2004-06-17 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HANOI2107 | ENCOURAGING TIP PROGRESS IN VIETNAM [...] (SBU) Summary: To provoke the changes necessary to graduate Vietnam off the TIP Watch List, the USG should encourage greater protection of workers while staying out of the sensitive debate over the character and desirability of the labor export sector in Vietnam. We should push hard on areas [...] | 2004-07-29 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI2404 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LEADER REACTS TO TIP REPORT [...] Summary. On July 28, Madame Ton Nu Thi Ninh, Vice Chairwoman of the External Relations Committee of the National Assembly (NA),made an unannounced appearance at the USAID-funded Development Alternative Initiative (DAI) meeting in Hanoi. Madame Ninh expressed the GVN's support for anti-traff [...] | 2004-08-31 06:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP ASEAN |
| 04HANOI2499 | TIP IN VIETNAM: DISTRACTION FROM THE REAL ISSUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Ministry of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs (MOLISA) used a recent meeting with Emboffs and a visiting G/TIP officer to complain about the decision to resurrect a five year-old labor trafficking case in the 2004 TIP report. MOLISA challenged some of the fact [...] | 2004-09-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI2507 | UNICEF AND MPS REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN VIETNAM [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Public Security, working in cooperation with Cooperazione Italiana and UNICEF, released the government's first comprehensive statistical report on trafficking in Vietnam. At the same time, the GVN and other agencies in Vietnam agree that "official" trafficking st [...] | 2004-09-13 22:39:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HANOI2888 | VIETNAM: AMBASSADOR'S CALL ON MOLISA MINISTER HANG [...] (SBU) Summary: In an October 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Madame Nguyen Thi Hang expressed hope that the Department of Labor would continue and expand its projects in Vietnam and gratitude for the selection of Vietnam as a President [...] | 2004-10-25 10:01:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID ECON VM HIV AIDS LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI291 | SUPPORTING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS: VIETNAM [...] No summary [...] | 2004-02-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL PGOV ELAB KDEM VM ETMIN HUMANR LABOR RELFREE TIP |
| 04HANOI2921 | VIETNAM ISSUES NATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION ON TIP [...] (U) Summary: Vietnam has come up with the long-awaited national action plan on trafficking in persons. The plan focuses on the 2004-2010 period and addresses the major elements of prevention, prosecution and protection. It identifies the deficiencies in the current approach and the challenge [...] | 2004-10-29 01:23:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HANOI3071 | VIETNAM: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] (U) This is the Vietnam mission's interim assessment of Vietnam's anti-Trafficking in Persons performance according to the three questions posed in reftel A. QUESTION A: PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS -------------------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Procuracy's new statistics office only [...] | 2004-11-15 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG LABOR TIP |
| 04HANOI330 | TIP IN VIETNAM: VISIT OF G/TIP PROGRAM OFFICER [...] Summary: G/TIP Foreign Affairs Officer Gregory Holliday's meetings in Vietnam were productive and reflected the hard work and effort Vietnam is putting into the fight against trafficking in persons. He heard about the GVN's increasing attention to trafficking and about recent changes to how [...] | 2004-02-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN KCRM ELAB CB CH MY RP VM OMIG TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI336 | DEVELOPMENTS AND IMPROVEMENTS IN VIETNAM'S LABOR [...] SUMMARY: With approximately 340,000 Vietnamese currently working overseas, Vietnam looks to labor exports as a means to expand opportunities for its growing labor force while generating foreign exchange. In order to address the challenges created by the increase in labor exports, Vietnam inc [...] | 2004-02-09 01:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON VM KTIP TIP LABOR |
| 04HANOI447 | ADMIRAL FARGO FOCUSES ON AREAS OF CONTINUED AND [...] SUMMARY. COMMANDER, UNITED STATES PACIFIC COMMAND (PACOM) WAS HOSTED BY THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE (MOD) FROM 08-11 FEBRUARY 2004. SENIOR MOD OFFICIALS CHARACTERIZED THE ADMIRAL'S VISIT AS "VERY SUCCESSFUL." IT WAS MARKED BY LESS CAUTION AND MORE WILLINGNESS TO COOPERATE THAN HAS BEEN EXPERIENC [...] | 2004-02-18 08:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MASS PTER SNAR KHDP KPOW KWMN KCRM VM ASEAN CTERR CNARC TIP |
| 04HANOI652 | INPUT FOR 2004 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in reftel A follows, following the requested checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked, women, and children, but the [...] | 2004-03-04 03:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HANOI786 | NEXT STEPS ON TIP IN VIETNAM: LEGAL REFORM [...] Summary: The Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has the outline of a plan of action to reform TIP legislation in conformity with UN standards and to deal with the problem more effectively. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is on board but has some concerns about implementation. The plan is a dir [...] | 2004-03-18 09:58:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN KCRM ELAB VM OMIG TIP |
| 04HARARE1878 | INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL WATCHLIST [...] (SBU) The GOZ is collaborating with Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa on a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings scheduled to take place in Harare November 29-30. Sources at the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) indicated that they would share with us material o [...] | 2004-11-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ZI TIP |
| 04HARARE1970 | HARARE UPDATE ON INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR SPECIAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: The GOZ and Interpol's Subregional Bureau for Southern Africa jointly held a Regional Working Meeting on Trafficking in Human Beings in Harare on November 29-30. The Embassy sent observers to the meeting, at which officials articulated GOZ interest in developing anti-TIP legislat [...] | 2004-12-06 12:23:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN ZI TIP |
| 04HARARE356 | ZIMBABWE - TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2003 - [...] Overview of Zimbabwe's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: --------------------------------------- A. There continued to be infrequent anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for internationally trafficked persons, particularly women and children. [...] | 2004-02-27 08:12:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PGOV PINR ZI TIP |
| 04HARARE691 | TIP AND OUR AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE [...] (SBU) As the TIP process progresses to conclusion, I wanted to register my serious concern over Zimbabwe's proposed inclusion on Tier 3. As you know, the GOZ's comprehensive maladministration has precipitated ongoing political and economic crises that are exacting a tragic toll on the popula [...] | 2004-04-22 15:09:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN KFRD PREL SMIG KPAO ZI TIP |
| 04HOCHIMINHCITY196 | TRAFFICKING RETURNEES IN AN GIANG UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. An Giang province's program to help trafficking returnees resettle has met with mixed success, according to provincial officials. The NGO-supported project, working in conjunction with the provincial Women's Union and the Ho Chi Minh City-based Little Rose Shelter, has so far [...] | 2004-02-26 13:02:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KWMN SOCI PGOV SMIG VM TIP |
| 04SAOPAULO1745 | TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: VISIT OF AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Begin Summary: Special Ambassador John Miller visited Brazil November 29-December 3 to survey Brazilian efforts to combat trafficking in persons. Ambassador Miller found that Brazilian efforts to educate and raise awareness have been outstanding in many areas, but more needs to be done ( [...] | 2004-12-17 17:59:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | CONFIDENTIAL | BR ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL TIP |
| 04SAOPAULO843 | RACE RELATIONS IN BRAZIL: THE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION [...] (U) Affirmative action measures aimed at improving the socioeconomic situation of Afro-Brazilians are fundamental to the "Movimento Negro," or Black Movement. Though affirmative action remains controversial, even among Afro- Brazilians, the controversy itself is drawing public attention to t [...] | 2004-06-04 19:20:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM EINV SOCI BR TIP |
| 04WELLINGTON563 | NEW ZEALAND TIP REPORT: LESSONS LEARNED [...] (SBU/NF) Following the turbulent June 14 release of the 2004 TIP report, which named New Zealand for the first time (ref a),Embassy Wellington would like to add its strong support to the recommendations contained in Embassy Singapore's recent excellent cable (ref b). While the GNZ is hyperse [...] | 2004-07-02 05:41:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN PHUM PREL ELAB AMGT NZ TIP |
| 05ANKARA1097 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT UPDATE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A, supplementing responses submitted previously in Reftels B, C, D, and E. Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane. Lane (rank: FS-05) spent approximately 20 hours in prepara [...] | 2005-03-02 07:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1472 | TIP IN TURKEY: MFA ALLOCATES "157" HOTLINE NUMBER [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news article about TIP in Turkey. 2. (U) Published Thursday, March 10 by the semi-official Anatolian News Agency; http://www.anadoluajansi.com.tr/: TITLE: Foreign Ministry Allocate [...] | 2005-03-15 14:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1552 | CARLIN TALKS TIP TACTICS WITH JUDICIAL OFFICIALS; [...] (U) IIP Speaker Barbara Carlin, Resident Legal Attache in Skopje, Macedonia, brought her expertise on prosecution of human trafficking cases to Turkey to support a Ministry of Justice conference for 50 judges and prosecutors on February 9. The conference, organized by the International Orga [...] | 2005-03-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU OIIP TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1776 | TIP in Turkey: Developments in regional law [...] (U) Summary: Turkey's Mobile Training Team is training law enforcement authorities in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia on measures to counter human smuggling and trafficking in persons. The foreign ministers of Turkey and Georgia recently signed a protocol on cooperation in anti- traff [...] | 2005-03-28 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1777 | TIP IN TURKEY: Interior Ministry reports details on [...] (U) During a March 3 meeting with Mehmet Terzioglu, the Interior Ministry's Head of the Department for Foreigners, Borders, and Asylum, we requested information on the following trafficking in persons cases appearing recently in the Turkish media. The response received is provided b [...] | 2005-03-28 16:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA1878 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 16-28, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 27 by Cumhuriyet [...] | 2005-04-01 12:22:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2094 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in the weekly journal Temp [...] | 2005-04-12 13:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2192 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Monday, March 21 by Mil [...] | 2005-04-18 14:34:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2242 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Friday, April 1 by Hurr [...] | 2005-04-20 10:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2491 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 15- [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published on Wednesday, April 20 in [...] | 2005-05-02 14:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA2782 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Hurriyet on Tuesday, Ma [...] | 2005-05-16 14:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3055 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, May 15-31, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published in Radikal on Monday, May [...] | 2005-06-01 07:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3178 | TURKEY ON 2005 TIP REPORT [...] We met with MFA's 2nd Secretary Ozlem Kural to deliver reftel demarche on June 3. Ms. Kural has newly taken up her position. She opined that the Tier 2 placement is "good" since, in her view, the GOT has worked hard on this issue in the past year. She mentioned that the GOT and the Governme [...] | 2005-06-07 13:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SMIG TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3186 | GOT AND IOM LAUNCH INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING [...] Summary: The IOM and the GOT, with funding from the U.S., launched a first major multi-country prevention campaign to combat human trafficking across Turkey, Ukraine and Moldova. The campaign includes a toll-free "157" helpline, multi-national multi-media advertising, and passport inserts. [...] | 2005-06-08 04:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA331 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, JAN 1-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published January 14 by Iran Mania News (FBI [...] | 2005-01-19 08:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3490 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by The Messenger, Georgia's Englis [...] | 2005-06-20 06:20:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA3833 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, June 16-30, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Saturday, June 18: [...] | 2005-07-01 13:53:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4117 | TIP IN TURKEY: REACTIONS TO NEW YORK TIMES [...] (U) SUMMARY. Craig Smith's June 27 New York Times article on Slavic women working in Turkey's growing sex trade has received mixed reaction in Turkey. END SUMMARY. 2. (U) On June 28 Hurriyet columnist, Kanal D News Director and news magazine host Fatih Altayli wrote that he had reported [...] | 2005-07-15 13:01:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4149 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Friday, July 1: [...] | 2005-07-18 10:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4618 | DELIVERANCE OF TIP STRATEGY FOR TURKEY [...] We met August 2 with MFA Asylum and Migration deputy directorate officer Ozlem Kural to deliver the reftel Trafficking in Persons Strategy for Turkey. Kural welcomed the strategies and assured us that Turkey was working diligently on the trafficking issue. MCELDOWNEY [...] | 2005-08-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4621 | TURKEY'S 157 TIP HELPLINE: IT SAVES LIVES [...] Summary: The USG's financing of a trafficking prevention campaign, put into effect by the International Office for Migration (IOM) working closely with the GOT, has demonstrated outstanding results from reclaimed lives to governmental cooperation. Twenty-four victims of trafficking have bee [...] | 2005-08-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA4794 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, July 31- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Sunday, July 31: [...] | 2005-08-16 08:04:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA5140 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, August 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Tempo Magazine in its August 1 [...] | 2005-09-02 13:03:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA589 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROTECTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 4 of 4 (septel). Protection and Assistance to Victims ------------------------------------ A. (U) The GOT issued 26 humanitarian visas to allow victims [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA590 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PREVENTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 3 of 4 (septel). Prevention ---------- A. (SBU) Turkish MFA Illegal Migration Department Head Iskender Okyay stated that the two hundred sixty-two TIP [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA591 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: OVERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 1 of 4 (septel). Embassy point of contact is Maria Lane, who replaces David McFarland following the submission of this report. McFarland (rank: FS-04) spent [...] | 2005-02-02 11:49:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA592 | TURKEY: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT: PROSECUTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Post's responses are keyed to questions in Reftel A. This is part 2 of 4 (septel). Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers -------------------------------------------- A. (U) Chapter 1, Article 80 of the Turkish [...] | 2005-02-02 11:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6303 | ANKARA'S NEW TIP SHELTER -- MUNICIPALITY SETS A [...] (C) SUMMARY: The first Ankara Trafficking in Persons (TIP) shelter, second in Turkey after Istanbul, will start accepting victims of trafficking (VOTs) by the end of October. The Ankara Municipality has delivered a first-rate shelter, totally renovated and furnished, and has offered to pay [...] | 2005-10-18 09:38:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6318 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Guardian Unlimited on Saturday [...] | 2005-10-19 11:12:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6554 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, October 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Monday, October 17 [...] | 2005-11-02 11:09:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA6754 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published by Milliyet and also reported by [...] | 2005-11-16 11:33:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA7255 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, November 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. Published in the November 8th edition of Ye [...] | 2005-12-12 12:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA7394 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Thursd [...] | 2005-12-16 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA900 | TIP IN TURKEY: IOM TRAINS EAST EUROPEAN, RUSSIAN [...] (U) On February 4, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) conducted a seminar on trafficking in persons (TIP) for embassy officials from Eastern Europe, Russia, and Central Asia. Representatives from the embassies of Romania, Belarus, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekista [...] | 2005-02-16 16:14:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM PGOV SMIG PREF KWMN TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA902 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 1-10, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Wednesday, February 9 by M [...] | 2005-02-17 07:47:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ANKARA903 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, Feb 11-15, [...] (U) In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial local FSN translation. 2. (U) Published Sunday, February 13 by the [...] | 2005-02-17 07:50:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05ATHENS1268 | MOLYVIATIS FOLLOWS UP ON TIP ISSUES IN GREECE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a May 9 meeting with Ambassador (following a May 5 Interministerial Council on TIP --the result of Molyviatis's April 29 telcon with U/S Burns),Molyviatis undertook to speed up agreement with Albania on a child repatriation protocol, to provide more comprehensive trafficking [...] | 2005-05-09 13:29:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS1611 | NGOS LOOK FOR MORE COOPERATION ON TIP, GOG ADMITS [...] THIS MESSAGE IS SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED -- PLEASE HANDLE ACCORDINGLY. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During May 23-25 meetings with visiting Foreign Affairs Officer for Southeastern Europe, Suzanne Yountchi, officials from the Ministries of Health (MOH),Justice (MOJ),Public Order (MPO),Foreign Aff [...] | 2005-06-10 13:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2742 | GREECE/TIP: NEW SHELTERS OPENED, BUT FEW VICTIMS [...] SUMMARY: The GoG continues to make progress on trafficking in persons (TIP) infrastructure, but has so far protected few victims. Probable causes are inadequate NGO involvement until now in the screening process and limited understanding on the part of the police and TIP victims of the prote [...] | 2005-10-20 13:52:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2802 | HHS ASSISTANT SECRETARY ADVANCES AGENDA ON TIP AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: Dr. Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, shared domestic U.S. policy and his compelling experiences on trafficking in persons, welfare issues, pension reform, and refugee integration during his October 9-11 [...] | 2005-10-27 09:43:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB PREL PREF GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS2927 | GREECE/TIP: RESPONSES FOR INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR [...] (U) SUMMARIZE THE PROGRESS, OR LACK THEREOF, THE GOG HAS MADE IN DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE SCREENING AND REFERRAL MECHANISM FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND NGOS TO USE IN IDENTIFYING VICTIMS AND DIRECTING VICTIMS TO APPROPRIATE CARE. -The GoG is actively negotiating a "Memorandum of Cooperation" (MOC [...] | 2005-11-15 15:37:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN KCRM GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS589 | GREECE PART 1: FIFTH ANNUAL TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the Fifth TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to requests under "Overview" and "Prevention." -------- Overview -------- A. Greece is a destination countr [...] | 2005-03-01 17:22:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB GR TIP |
| 05ATHENS634 | ATHENS TIP CONFERENCE RAISES AWARENESS ON NEED TO [...] SUMMARY: An embassy-organized Athens TIP symposium on February 23 raised awareness on the need for better cooperation among law enforcement and justice officials to fight trafficking in Greece. Following the February 15-16 training seminar for Greek judiciary and police officers in Thessalon [...] | 2005-03-07 08:56:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO PREL PHUM SMIG GR TIP |
| 05BANGKOK1321 | THAILAND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS/LABOR DEVELOPMENTS [...] (U) Summary. Senior Royal Thai police (RTP),accompanied by a post NGO anti-trafficking partner, traveled to Malaysia to enhance cooperation in countering the increasing cross-border trafficking of women and children. A low-ranking Thai policeman was convicted for trafficking a 14-year old g [...] | 2005-02-23 03:03:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREF PREL SMIG TH TIP |
| 05BANGKOK1760 | TIP/PISCES UPDATE [...] (SBU) Summary: Washington-based Terrorist Interdiction Program(TIP)/PISCES Director Keith McCoy and Program Officer Julie Reynolds along with PISCES Thailand Coordinator Tang Penland met with Thai Immigration Bureau and National Security Council (NSC) officials February 20-25 to discuss the [...] | 2005-03-10 08:11:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV ASEC KFRD TH KRCM TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1317 | BRAZIL LANDLESS ACTIVISTS STAGE LARGE MARCH IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. As part of its continuous campaign for agrarian reform, Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) often schedules a wave of land occupations and other activities in the month of April. But 2005 has been a slow year for MST, and the traditional "Red April" events were delayed and downsi [...] | 2005-05-18 14:29:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ECON SOCI BR PHUM TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1325 | BRAZILIAN INDIANS DEMAND RIGHTS, FAULT GOB FOR [...] (U) Summary. In his September 2002 "Commitment to the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil," then-candidate Lula da Silva recognized past GOB policy errors on indigenous issues and pledged to create "a coherent indigenous policy" to address land and other human rights issues. During Lula's first two [...] | 2005-05-18 19:19:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PNAT SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1444 | Trafficking in Persons LOA for Brazil [...] (SBU) Begin Summary: Our efforts to negotiate a Letter of Agreement (LOA) with the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE) concerning the President's Initiative on Trafficking in Persons have made no progress and we do not anticipate movement any time soon. Since the Brazilian impleme [...] | 2005-05-31 13:21:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EAID PGOV PREL PHUM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1672 | BRAZIL: RESPONSE TO UNCHR REFORM DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) On June 22, Poloffs delivered reftel points to Human Rights Division Deputy Director Marcia Ramos at the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (MRE). Ramos reviewed our points with interest and agreed that the UNCHR was in need of reform. Ramos told Poloffs that the GOB is in favor o [...] | 2005-06-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KUNR BR UNCHR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1680 | BRAZIL: GOB LABOR TASK FORCE LANDS MAJOR BUST [...] (U) SUMMARY. On June 15 a Brazilian Labor Ministry task force made its largest bust to date, freeing approximately 1,200 slave laborers working at an ethanol refinery in Mato Grosso state. The GOB sanctioned the refinery for labor violations previously, and as a result, ethically conscious c [...] | 2005-06-23 18:57:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA1922 | BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT DOWNGRADED; [...] No summary [...] | 2005-07-18 18:38:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2208 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH [...] (U) SUMMARY. On August 8-9, poloffs met with National Secretariat of Public Security (SENASP) representatives to SIPDIS discuss new training programs designed to promote respect for human rights amongst police and other public security officials in Brazil. States' budgetary constraints and [...] | 2005-08-18 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI SNAR KCRM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA229 | BRAZIL: SUPPORTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY [...] No summary [...] | 2005-01-25 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KDEM KSEP PGOV PHUM PREL BA TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2692 | BRAZIL'S LANDLESS MOVEMENT INVADES AMERICAN-OWNED [...] (U) Summary. Between three and five hundred members of Brazil's Landless Movement (MST) invaded AgroReservas do Brazil, an American-owned farm management company based out of Utah, as part of its "Red September" offensive, launched during the week of September 26. The MST's actions are aimed [...] | 2005-10-11 13:04:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SOCI BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA2767 | BRAZIL: REQUEST FOR RESETTLEMENT ASSISTANCE FOR [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph four for action request. 2. (U) On October 13, poloff delivered reftel talking points to Marcelo Bohlke at Brazil's Ministry of External Relations United Nations Division (DNU). Poloff also provided points to Marcia Ramos at the Ministry's [...] | 2005-10-17 18:35:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS PREL PTER PHUM PREF PINR BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA320 | JUVENILE OFFENDERS FREED DURING ASSAULT IN BRASILIA [...] Summary. On January 30, armed men in Brasilia freed two teenage detainees from a vehicle and held six others hostage while en route to the CAJE juvenile detention center. The CAJE facility is often criticized for understaffing, overcrowding, and poor security. End Summary. 2. On the eveni [...] | 2005-02-04 11:46:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM PGOV PHUM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA369 | Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (U) Summary. US citizen and Catholic nun Dorothy Mae Stang was murdered in the northern Brazilian state of Para February 12. She was an advocate for the landless and had been involved in land disputes with powerful landlords. Brazilian sta [...] | 2005-02-14 17:06:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA437 | Update on Murder of AmCit Dorothy Mae Stang [...] (U) This cable is Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary. Warrants for the arrests of three individuals for the murder of Amcit Dorothy Mae Stang have been issued; the suspects are still at large. Violence continues in the region, with the murder of the leader of a landless community. [...] | 2005-02-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA464 | THREE SUSPECTS IN CUSTODY IN STANG MURDER, BUT [...] (C) By February 22, police had arrested three of the four suspects in the February 12 murder of US missionary Dorothy Stang in Para state in northern Brazil. Both alleged gunman plus the middleman who hired them are now in custody. The fourth suspect, the landowner who is the alleged mastermind of [...] | 2005-02-22 20:18:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | BR CASC KCRM PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI TIP |
| 05BRASILIA532 | BRAZILIAN HUMAN RIGHTS SECRETARIAT SPEAKS ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. On February 23, Poloff met with Perly Cipriano, Under Secretary for Human Rights Promotion at the Brazilian Secretariat for Human Rights, to discuss the Dorothy Stang murder case (reftels A, B, and C). During the meeting, Poloff and Cipriano discussed Stang's refusal to accept p [...] | 2005-03-01 16:56:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA581 | Brother of Murdered Nun Pushes for [...] (SBU) Summary. David Stang, brother of murdered US citizen nun Dorothy Stang, visiting Brazil this week, told Ambassador Danilovich that while pleased with GoB reaction to his sister's death he believed it important that the Brazilian federal government take over from the state authorities the [...] | 2005-03-03 20:53:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05BRASILIA606 | BRAZILIAN GOVERNMENT REQUESTS FEDERALIZATION OF [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-07 18:23:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV CASC PHUM PREL SOCI KCRM BR TIP |
| 05GABORONE273 | BOTSWANA'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 [...] (SBU) Summary: At this time, post believes Botswana is not a country of origin, transit or destination for a significant number of human trafficking victims. This is partly because the Government of Botswana regards trafficking as a serious threat and has taken measures to prevent it from em [...] | 2005-02-24 13:29:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB BC TIP |
| 05HANOI1505 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] | 2005-06-17 05:52:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM TIP |
| 05HANOI1748 | U.S.-FUNDED TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS WORKSHOP IN [...] (U) Summary: Between May 25 - 27, The Asia Foundation, using Department of State grant money, held an anti- trafficking in persons workshop in Quang Ninh, a Northeastern province of Vietnam. The workshop, which received USD 243,915 in funding from the Department, attracted a diverse set of p [...] | 2005-07-11 07:11:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH VM CVR TIP |
| 05HANOI207 | VIETNAM: FY2005 NON LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSALS [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The Mission's Anti- Trafficking Working Group has identified two project proposals for activities aimed at empowering women and combating trafficking in women and children in and from Vietnam that are especially deserving of funding. Nine project proposals were sub [...] | 2005-01-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP |
| 05HANOI214 | VIETNAM: FY2005 LAW ENFORCEMENT TIP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) Post received one project in response to reftel Request for Proposal. The proposal came from UNODC in Vietnam, and is Phase 2 of the existing USG-funded UNODC anti-trafficking project. Phase 1 of the UNODC project has been an exceptional success: a recent internal audit by UNODC ranked [...] | 2005-01-25 09:13:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB SMIG EAID KCRM KFRD VM TIP |
| 05HANOI2515 | EAP DAS Eric John's Meeting with Assistant Foreign [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, the Ambassador and EAP/MLS Director Scot Marciel discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Assistant Foreign Minister Nguyen Duc Hung on September 27. After praising the momentum and goodwill that the Vietnamese Prime [...] | 2005-09-29 09:50:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV OVIP AMGT ABLD VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP APEC ASEAN WTO |
| 05HANOI2546 | EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John's Meeting [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John discussed bilateral relations and regional cooperation with Foreign Minister Nguyen Zy Nien on September 27. After emphasizing the value of senior-level visits and exchanges and asking DAS John to help encourage more of them, FM Nien re [...] | 2005-09-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ETRD EINV PREL PHUM KIRF PGOV AMGT ABLD VM WTO RELFREE HUMANR HIV AIDS AFLU APEC TIP |
| 05HANOI2760 | RECENT GVN SUCCESSES IN COMBATING TRAFFICKING IN [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Vietnam, grimly aware of its humiliating status as a source country for trafficking in persons, continues to make a strong effort to combat the crime and has racked up an impressive number of trafficking prosecutions and convictions. Security officials have identifie [...] | 2005-10-20 09:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PINS CH CB VM TIP CVR |
| 05HANOI2831 | AMB/QUANH NINH CMTE: PROVINCIAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS [...] (SBU) Summary: Quang Ninh, the north easternmost province of Vietnam and a key gateway to China, has high levels of economic growth, thorny economic liberalization problems, some of the worst trafficking, smuggling and narcotics problems in the country, and substantial natural resources as wel [...] | 2005-10-26 07:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM SOE TIP CNARC HUMANR RELFREE WTO |
| 05HANOI2864 | AMB VISITS QUANH NINH HIV/AIDS, TIP, DISABILITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador recently inspected several successful U.S.-funded aid projects in Quang Ninh Province. While demonstrating what can be achieved with only a modest investment of aid money, the trip also brought to light serious problems for people living with HIV/AIDS, and for the [...] | 2005-10-28 04:15:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM ETRD EINV ECON VM HIV AIDS TIP |
| 05HANOI3256 | Codel Chris Smith Discusses Human Rights, TIP with [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting Congressman (and vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with two of Vietnam's most seasoned America experts, Vice Foreign Minister Le Van Bang and National Assemblywoman Madame Ton Nhu Thi Ninh in separate meetings. C [...] | 2005-12-13 03:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP VM TIP HUMANR RELFREE APEC ASEAN |
| 05HANOI3259 | CONGRESSMAN SMITH DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS FREEDOM WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Visiting Congressman (and Vice-Chairman of the House International Relations Committee) Christopher Smith (R-NJ) met with Vietnamese government officials, and Catholic, Protestant and Buddhist leaders in Hanoi on December 2. Principal issues discussed were improvements and chal [...] | 2005-12-13 03:55:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KIRF PHUM PGOV VM HUMANR RELFREE TIP HIV AIDS ETMIN |
| 05HANOI3268 | INITIAL RESULTS OF A USG-FUNDED TIP PROJECT [...] (U) Summary: The Department of State (PRM) funded a USD 155,000 International Organization for Migration (IOM) project to combat trafficking in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh. The project provides considerable training in preventing trafficking, HIV prevention and public health, in [...] | 2005-12-14 05:49:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PHUM PREL PINS KWMN VM TIP HIV AIDS |
| 05HANOI509 | INPUT FOR 2005 TIP REPORT - VIETNAM [...] Mission Vietnam's response to the TIP questions in ref A, paragraphs 18-21 follows, following the alphabetical checklist format. 2. OVERVIEW OF VIETNAM'S ACTIVITIES TO ELIMINATE TIP A. Characterization of trafficking in Vietnam: Vietnam is a country of origin for trafficked women and [...] | 2005-03-02 06:44:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF CH TW CA VM OMIG CVR TIP |
| 05HANOI841 | VIETNAM HOSTS SIX-COUNTRY TIP MEETING [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: The ambitious three-day Senior Officials Meeting 3 (SOM 3) of the Coordinated Mekong Ministerial Initiative Against Trafficking (COMMIT) was held in Hanoi March 29-31. The purpose of the meeting was to translate the MOU signed at the previous COMMIT meeting in Rango [...] | 2005-04-11 05:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG VM OMIG APEC TIP |
| 05HARARE339 | ZIMBABWE ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2004 - [...] Overview of a Country's Activities to Eliminate Trafficking in Persons: ----------- -- A. There continued to be anecdotal reports that Zimbabwe was a country of origin and transit for trafficked persons, but there is no conclusive evidence to suggest that there is a sustained, organized ef [...] | 2005-03-01 16:05:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
| 05HARARE443 | ZIMBABWE TIP UPDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-22 06:52:00 | Embassy Harare | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF EAID ZI TIP |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY11 | DELTA FACES DIFFICULTIES ON THE ROAD TO PROSPERITY [...] (SBU) Summary: Visiting the Mekong Delta, the Ambassador found that considerable investment in infrastructure, education and government reform are needed to set conditions for rapid economic growth. The long, porous border with Cambodia is a challenge for local officials, who are struggling t [...] | 2005-01-06 08:44:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON EINV PREL SOCI ETRD PHUM VM KCRM SMIG SNAR LABOR HIV AIDS TIP CNARC |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1299 | VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: During a December 6 meeting with DPO and PolOff, representatives of the HCMC Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) said that in 2005 they had instituted a system of one-on-one interviews with prospective Vietnamese brides and their Taiwanese fiancees in response to mounting [...] | 2005-12-20 14:19:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREF PREL CVIS KWMN ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM TIP |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY1309 | PORTRAIT OF AN ALIEN SMUGGLER [...] Reftel outlined a recent incident in which Amcit Tim Thai was caught while apparently attempting to smuggle aliens with photo-subbed Canadian passports through Uzbekistan. The story of Mr. Thai's life over the past 25 years illustrates the challenges facing our consular sections as we strive t [...] | 2005-12-21 09:59:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CASC SMIG VM TIP |
| 05HOCHIMINHCITY328 | TRANSNATIONAL CRIME IN VIETNAM - HCMC CONSULATES GENERAL [...] (SBU) Key Ho Chi Minh City consulates met March 23 for the second quarterly, informal discussion of transnational crime issues. Australia National Police rep has organized this group in an effort to foster law enforcement cooperation between key countries and Vietnam. Participation includes co [...] | 2005-03-30 01:39:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KCRM SNAR PTER EFIN AS VM CNARC TIP |
| 05ISTANBUL329 | MUNICIPALITY TO FUND ISTANBUL TIP SHELTER, BUT [...] Summary and comment: In recent Istanbul meetings on trafficking in persons (TIP),G/TIP officer Jennifer Donnelly discussed the upcoming TIP report and Turkey's Tier 2 watch list placement with Istanbul prosecutors, municipal and governorate officials and the leading Turkish NGO on TIP issues. [...] | 2005-02-28 14:25:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU BO MD PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS TIP IN TURKEY |
| 05KINGSTON1041 | UPDATE ON ANTI-TIP EFFORTS IN JAMAICA [...] This cable provides an update on GOJ anti-TIP efforts since Post's initial input (ref A) for the 2004-2005 anti-TIP report. Post will continue to report any substantive developments in advance of the April 30 submission deadline. --------------------------------------------- Senior Official [...] | 2005-04-15 13:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG ASEC KFRD PREF TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1316 | WESTERN HEMISPHERE TRAVEL DOCUMENT INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Jamaica is one of the countries in the Caribbean which exempts U.S. citizens traveling to the island for tourism from the requirement of a passport or visa. Ref (A) announced that effective December 31, 2005, DHS will require all U.S. citizens traveling to and from the Caribbe [...] | 2005-05-20 18:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CPAS CVIS JM KFRD TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1444 | GOJ OFFERS MIXED RESPONSE ON TIP, CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (SBU) On May 31 and June 2, emboffs met with GOJ officials to discuss the imminent release, on June 3, of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The different meetings yielded varying responses. On May 31, Charge met with National Security Minister Peter Phillips at the Minister's req [...] | 2005-06-06 19:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1447 | NSC-DIRECTED REVIEW REGARDING SUSPENSION OF TITLE [...] (SBU) Post is unaware of any recent measures taken by the GOJ to advance democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms in Cuba. Post has no evidence that the GOJ has substantially changed its policies or actions toward Cuba in the six months since the submission of our last assessment in [...] | 2005-06-06 20:50:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC ETRD CU JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1472 | MEETING WITH PAULWELL - NO GUARANTEE OF ACTION IN [...] (U) This is an action request. See Paragraph 14. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 6, Charge and Econoff met with Commerce Minister Paulwell to discuss the ongoing blocking of telecommunications circuits by Jamaican carriers. Emboffs communicated USG concern about the tactic of blocking and infor [...] | 2005-06-09 15:31:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1531 | OFFICE OF PRIME MINISTER DRIVING JAMAICA'S [...] (U) Since the June 3 release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report (Ref A),the GOJ has not engaged Post on the issue, nor has there been any official reaction to the Tier 3 Action Plan delivered to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on June 2. However, follow [...] | 2005-06-17 18:58:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1534 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: MAY 7 - JUNE 16, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- TIP: GOJ Responding to Threat of Sanctions -- Foreign Carriers Yield After Call Blocking Crisis -- Mayor of Spanish Town Resigns Following Arrest -- Seaga Offers Advice on his 75th Birthday -- Crime Statistics - Count Them Yourself -- Tax Laws to Fight Crime -- Prime [...] | 2005-06-17 19:11:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV JM SNAR KCOR KCRM ELAB CASC TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1611 | A DEFENSIVE NATIONAL SECURITY MINISTER HOSTS TIP [...] (U) On June 24, at the request of National Security Minister Peter Phillips, Charge, USAID Mission Director, and Poloff (notetaker) attended a meeting hosted by Phillips on the subject of trafficking in persons (TIP) at the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Unfortunately, Phillips used the [...] | 2005-06-29 20:51:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1622 | CABINET OFFICE HOSTS TIP WORKING SESSION [...] On June 28, the Cabinet Office hosted a working meeting with USAID Mission Director and Poloff to review actions taken to date by the GOJ to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). The meeting had been scheduled as a follow up to a June 24 meeting on TIP at the Ministry of National Security (MNS [...] | 2005-06-30 18:40:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1784 | DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS VISIT KINGSTON TO EVALUATE [...] (U) On July 14 and 15, G/TIP Reports Officer Rachel Owen and WHA/PPC Senior Labor Advisor Michael Puccetti visited Kingston to assess what actions the GOJ had taken to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) in the 60-day grace period following the June 1 publication of the 2005 TIP Report (Ref A) [...] | 2005-07-21 20:48:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1802 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 1-21, 2005 [...] This week's topics: -- Hurricanes Cause More Damage in Jamaica -- Government Leads Opposition in National Poll -- Police Raids Target Trafficking Victims -- Murder Leading Cause of Death in Males -- Jamaica Opens Embassy in Beijing -- President of Ghana Visits Jamaica -- Tranquility Bay Ru [...] | 2005-07-22 20:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM CASC JM UNGA TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1904 | ASSESSMENT OF RECENT GOJ ACTION ON TIP [...] The GOJ has responded energetically to the June 3 publication of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, in which Jamaica was downgraded to Tier 3 (Ref A). Coordinated from the highest levels by the Office of the Prime Minister and various other Cabinet-level officials, a National TIP Ta [...] | 2005-08-10 13:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON1919 | KINGSTON POL/ECON ROUNDUP: JULY 22 - AUGUST 12, [...] This week's topics: -- U.S. Trafficking Report a Wake-Up Call, Says PM -- Two More Officers Charged in Crawle Case -- Six Police Officers Charged in Flankers Case -- Murder Rate Continues to Soar -- Jamaica to Miss Inflation Targets -- Tourism Bookings Tumble -- Hurricane Damage Near USD 3 [...] | 2005-08-12 18:30:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN ECON EINV KCRM PHUM JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON2059 | GOJ LAUNCHES TIP PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN [...] Summary: The GOJ on August 30 launched a yearlong public awareness campaign to educate its citizens about the dangers of trafficking in persons (TIP). In a move that appears to indicate the GOJ's determination to make sustained efforts against trafficking, the Cabinet Office organized a publi [...] | 2005-09-01 16:28:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON211 | COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: PROSECUTION AND [...] Per reftel request, the following text constitutes Post's INCLE-funded anti-trafficking in persons project proposal to G/TIP for funding considering from FY 2005 appropriations. This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact Post (see para 23) for clarification and furth [...] | 2005-01-24 21:21:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCRM KWMN PHUM ASEC ELAB EAID SMIG TIP |
| 05KINGSTON228 | COMBATING TIP IN JAMAICA: AWARENESS AND EDUCATION [...] Per Ref A request, the following text constitutes Post's ESF-funded anti-trafficking in persons proposal to G/TIP for funding consideration from FY 2005 appropriations (Ref B includes Post's INCLE-funded anti-TIP proposal). This is a joint proposal with Kingston USAID Mission. Please contact [...] | 2005-01-27 15:17:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM ASEC ELAB EAID KWMN KCRM KDEM PHUM SMIG TIP |
| 05KINGSTON2552 | JAMAICA: INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT [...] The following constitutes Post's submission for Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment, per Ref A instructions. In addition to the information reported below and in Ref B and Ref C, Post has details of recent TIP-related law enforcement actions that are available upon request. ------------------ [...] | 2005-11-15 21:15:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN OPRC PHUM PREL SMIG JM TIP |
| 05KINGSTON63 | DELIVERED: FINAL INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT FOR JAMAICA [...] On January 4, poloff delivered reftel text of Jamaica's Interim TIP Assessment by fax to Ann Scott, Assistant Director, Caribbean and Americas Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT). Scott acknowledged receipt of the fax, and stated that she would pass the informati [...] | 2005-01-07 17:22:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV PREL JM TIP |
| 05KUWAIT4219 | GOK ADVISED OF PRESIDENTIAL DETERMINATION ON [...] (C) On September 27, PolChief advised Hamad Al-Mashan, Second Secretary in the America's Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, of the President's September 21 determination that Kuwait would remain a Tier 3 country with regard to Trafficking in Persons (TIP),but that sanctions would be w [...] | 2005-09-28 07:14:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
| 05KUWAIT4279 | AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS WAY AHEAD [...] (C) During an October 1 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaykh Dr. Mohammed Al-Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah the President's September 21 determination to maintain Kuwait's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) ranking as a Tier 3 country, but to waive applicable sanctions for [...] | 2005-10-02 08:33:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ELAB KDEM SOCI KWMN KCRM KU TIP |
| 05KUWAIT4425 | AMBASSADOR PROVIDES GOK WITH STEPS TO IMPROVE TIP [...] (C) As a follow-up to an October 1 meeting during which Ambassador committed to providing examples of actions taken by Qatar and the UAE to permit their reclassification to the Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Tier 2 Watch List (reftel),Ambassador presented a letter outlining these steps to Forei [...] | 2005-10-15 15:11:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV KU TIP |
| 05RECIFE113 | ANTI-TIP AND ANTI-ORGAN TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary. Noting Brazil's prominent role as an exporting and a recipient country, speakers at the August 11-12 trafficking in persons (TIP) symposium in Recife, Pernambuco sponsored by the Latin American Institute for the Protection and Defense of Human Rights (ILADH) NGO cited financial gai [...] | 2005-08-31 19:14:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SOCI BR TIP |
| 05RECIFE78 | UPDATE ON AMCIT MISSIONARY SHOT IN NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL [...] (SBU) Summary. John David Leonard, an American citizen missionary shot in Brazil, has been medevaced back home to a hospital in Des Moines, IA, where he remains under medical care. Embassy LegAtt and A/LegAtt traveled to the area where Mr. Leonard was attacked, and report that investigation [...] | 2005-07-14 17:33:00 | Consulate Recife | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL BR TIP |
| 05RIODEJANEIRO353 | Brazilian Police Arrest Suspect in Environmentalist's [...] Brazil's Federal Police arrested hunter Leonardo de Carvalho Marques, who shot environmentalist Dionisio Julio Ribeiro Junior in the head with a shotgun on February 23 in the Tingua Natural Reserve in Nova Iguacu. Ribeiro Junior had spent fifteen years of his life defending the Reserve from [...] | 2005-03-03 18:55:00 | Consulate Rio De Janeiro | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SENV TBIO TSPA SOCI BR TIP |
| 05SAOPAULO283 | THE TIP REPORT [...] (U) This is version II of the Brazil TIP report, incorporating answers to questions raised by version I, and additional information. This report was a coordinated effort between Sao Paulo and Embassy Brasilia, which supplied much of the new information. 2. (SBU) Begin Summary: Brazil conti [...] | 2005-03-11 10:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF TIP |
| 05SAOPAULO875 | AFFIRMATIVE ACTION DEBATE CONTINUES IN BRAZIL [...] (U) Summary: On June 10-11, government officials, non- profit organizations, educators, interested citizens, and representatives from 20 public Brazilian universities met in Sao Paulo for a two-day nation-wide conference to discuss nascent affirmative action programs in higher education. Man [...] | 2005-07-22 14:25:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM ECON PHUM BTIO EINV SOCI BR TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1434 | FALSE MARRIAGES USED FOR TRAFFICKING IN TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Kaoshiung County Police officials are investigating an organized crime case involving six Cambodian women who were trafficked to Taiwan and forced into prostitution. The women were promised jobs in a factory in Southern Taiwan and trafficked to Taiwan under false marriages. A [...] | 2005-03-28 09:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1512 | TAIWAN MAKING SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS ON TIP [...] (U) Action Request see paragraph 7. 2. (U) AIT officers visited the Hsinchu Detention Center on March 29 and found the situation considerably improved for TIP victims since the November 2004 G/TIP visit. Ministry of Interior (MOI) authorities have made substantial efforts to improve protec [...] | 2005-03-29 10:53:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1526 | MILITARY OFFICERS INVOLVED IN HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND [...] (SBU) Summary: A year-long investigation into a illegal loan-sharking operation run by two Taiwan Army officers has resulted in a number of arrests and revealed additional involvement in prostitution, human trafficking and illegal weapons sales, according to local prosecutors. Kaohsiung pro [...] | 2005-03-31 00:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM ASEC TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1751 | TAIWAN ACTIVELY TACKLES TIP CHALLENGE [...] (SBU) Action request: see paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary. Since AIT and G/TIP's November 2004 visit, Taiwan immigration authorities have demonstrated at both the Hsinchu and Ilan Detention Centers that they have adopted a comprehensive screening process for trafficking in persons (TIP) vic [...] | 2005-04-12 09:44:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW ASEC TIP |
| 05TAIPEI1752 | PRC MEDIA BAN: MAC ADMITS MISTAKE BUT POLICY STANDS [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan officials are trying to contain negative political and media fallout from an April 10 announcement that Taipei would ban journalists from PRC-owned Xinhua and the People's Daily in retaliation for Beijing's enactment of the Anti-Secession Law. Mainland Affairs Council (MAC [...] | 2005-04-12 10:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR CH TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI2122 | BEIJING BLOCKING TAIWAN EFFORTS TO REPATRIATE PRC [...] (SBU) Summary. PRC reluctance to accept back its own citizens detained in Taiwan as illegal immigrants, including many TIP victims, creates unnecessary hardship for both groups and a heavy financial burden on the Taiwan government. Contrary to claims by Beijing authorities (reftel) that the [...] | 2005-05-11 09:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI2486 | TAIWAN REACTION TO TIP DOWNGRADE: SUBDUED IN [...] (SBU) Public reaction to Taiwan's downgrade from "Tier 1" to "Tier 2" in the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report has been surprisingly subdued. Press coverage, in fact, was so light that AIT did not proceed with inviting the Taiwan media to a coffee with the Deputy Director on June 6. On [...] | 2005-06-07 08:34:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI2553 | Congressman Kennedy and Vatican Representative in [...] (SBU) Congressman Mark Kennedy (R-MN) met with Apostolic Nunciature Charge D'affaires Monsignor Ambrose Madtha on June 6, 2005. Madtha estimated there were currently 300,000 Catholics in Taiwan and 5-10 new priests came out of Taiwan's seminaries every year. Growth of the Catholic populatio [...] | 2005-06-10 07:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OREP PHUM PREL CH TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI2651 | G/TIP DELEGATION JUNE 8-12 VISIT TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary: G/TIP made Taiwan its first stop in Asia after the release of the 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. The delegation responded to questions about Taiwan's downgrade to Tier 2 and reviewed improvements Taiwan has made in screening TIP victims, providing victim protection, a [...] | 2005-06-16 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | CM PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI3344 | TAIWAN'S GIO DEFENDS BROADCAST LICENSING POLICY [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's Government Information Office insists its July 31 decision not to renew seven television broadcast licenses was justified by these broadcasters violations of licensing terms spelled out in the 1999 Satellite Broadcasting Law. GIO dismissed allegations that the decision [...] | 2005-08-11 08:26:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ECPS PGOV PHUM TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI474 | TAIWAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (SBU) AIT Acting Deputy Director Chuck Bennett delivered reftel Trafficking in Persons (TIP) talking points on February 2 to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Administrative Vice Minister and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) Administrative Deputy Minister. AIT Political Section Chief James Huskey d [...] | 2005-02-03 23:31:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI4796 | TAIWAN TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS CONFERENCE: [...] Summary: Taiwan recently hosted an international conference on combating human trafficking which included representatives from law enforcement, government, NGOs, and academia. Taiwan, downgraded from Tier 1 to Tier 2 in the Department's 2005 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, indicated th [...] | 2005-12-05 08:39:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI859 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] Summary: Four major Chinese-language dailies and two limited-circulation English-language newspapers in Taiwan reported March 2 on the "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for the Year 2004," which was released by the State Department Monday. These reports, all straight news coverage ca [...] | 2005-03-02 06:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI866 | 2005 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT: TAIWAN [...] (U) Following is AIT/T's 2004-05 trafficking-in-persons (TIP) report. The report is according to reftel sections, beginning with 18 A. -------- Overview -------- 18 A. (SBU) Is the country a country of origin, transit or destination for international trafficked men, women or children? [...] | 2005-03-02 22:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG TW TIP |
| 05TAIPEI872 | MEDIA REACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT [...] No summary [...] | 2005-03-03 08:24:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO TW TIP |
| 06ANKARA1547 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Sunday [...] | 2006-03-24 08:10:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA1622 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Aksam on Thursday, March 2: TITLE: "The C [...] | 2006-03-27 13:13:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA1812 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, March 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Reported by Anadolu Ajansi on Friday, March 17: TITLE: [...] | 2006-04-05 12:35:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA183 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, December 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by the Turkish Daily News on Friday [...] | 2006-01-18 14:57:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA2478 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, April 1-15, [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Vatan on Monday, April 3: TITLE: Mobile [...] | 2006-05-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA2586 | TIP IN TURKEY: FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR OUTLINES RESEARCH, [...] (U) Ambassador hosted Fulbright scholar Dr. Cindy J. Smith May 5 for a lecture and discussion on trafficking in persons (TIP),attended by more than 60 government officials, international and domestic organization representatives, academics and others. Smith, from the University of Baltimore, [...] | 2006-05-09 13:15:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA296 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Sunday, January 1: [...] | 2006-01-26 15:25:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA550 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, January 16- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Sabah on Tuesday, January 17: [...] | 2006-02-08 15:40:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ANKARA999 | TIP IN TURKEY: TURKISH MEDIA ATTENTION, February 1- [...] In response to G/TIP inquiries, national and international media sources published the following news articles about TIP in Turkey. Text of articles originally published in Turkish is provided through unofficial Embassy translation. 2. Published by Hurriyet on Wednesday, February [...] | 2006-02-28 15:27:00 | Embassy Ankara | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF TU TIP IN TURKEY |
| 06ATHENS1524 | GREECE: GOG AND MEDIA CALL 2006 TIP REPORT [...] SUMMARY: The Greek government and press responded positively to the release of the 2006 TIP report, calling Greece's advancement to Tier 2 from Tier 2 Watch List (T2WL) "encouraging." News articles relied on post's press release, press conference, and the report narrative for straightforwar [...] | 2006-06-14 11:34:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KPAO GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS1836 | NEW TIP SPOKESMAN DETAILS GOG EFFORTS TO STOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador discussed the latest TIP developments and passed the 2006-2007 TIP action plan to the GOG's new Spokesman for its Interministerial Committee on trafficking in persons on July 10. The Spokesman detailed the GoG's recent TIP actions and goals, including training offi [...] | 2006-07-14 14:47:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KWMN GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS328 | STAR-STUDDED TIP CONFERENCE PRODUCES ETHICAL [...] SUMMARY: Royalty, celebrities, and prominent business executives were in Athens January 23 for a roundtable discussion and fundraising dinner on the global business community's responsibility to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). Held under the slogan "END HUMAN TRAFFICKING NOW!" and orga [...] | 2006-02-06 11:42:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS346 | TIP IS KEY TOPIC AT THESSALONIKI ANTI-ORGANIZED [...] (U) SUMMARY: Law enforcement officials and prosecutors from the Balkan region, as well as reps from regional and international organizations met February 1-2 in Thessaloniki at a conference co-sponsored by the Embassy/Consulate and the Stability Pact to compare notes on fighting trafficking [...] | 2006-02-06 17:04:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS414 | INTERNATIONAL TIP EXPERTS DISCUSS BEST PRACTICES [...] (U) SUMMARY: The International Organization for Migration (IOM),the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Hellenic Aid Division, and Embassy Athens co-organized a January 24 roundtable that brought together local NGOs with international TIP experts who were in Athens for a separate business community [...] | 2006-02-14 10:15:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KWMN CVIS GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS431 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT MEDIA REACTION FOCUSES ON [...] SUMMARY: Post held an on-the-record February 2 press conference for the TIP Interim Assessment release, which resulted in eight TIP articles published February 2 through February 11. The event not only provided post the opportunity to discuss TIP and the Assessment with journalists, but also [...] | 2006-02-15 12:17:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KPAO GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS570 | GREECE PART 2: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 3. PREVENTION: --------------- - [...] | 2006-03-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS571 | GREECE PART 3: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 3. INVESTIGATIO [...] | 2006-03-01 05:00:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS572 | GREECE PART 1: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. SUMMARY: Greece has made signific [...] | 2006-03-01 05:01:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR TIP |
| 06ATHENS573 | GREECE PART 4: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2006 [...] The following is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please Protect Accordingly. 2. (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2006 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Protection and Assistance to Victims" Section. This is the fourth of four cables. 3. PROT [...] | 2006-03-01 05:02:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL ELAB GR TIP |
| 06BANGKOK2291 | DPM SURAKIART PLEDGES TO RESOLVE SHAN TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador called DPM Surakiart on April 20 to urge him to press for resolution of the long-standing detention of six stateless Shan hill tribe trafficking victims in Malaysia. Ambassador told Surakiart that this case has been an issue of concern to us since early last year and [...] | 2006-04-20 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN KCRM ELAB PHUM PREL TH TIP KTIP |
| 06HANOI1916 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HIV/AIDS, TIP, LABOR EXPORT LAW AND [...] (SBU) On July 20, the Ambassador met with the Chairwoman of the National Assembly (NA) Social Affairs Committee to encourage legislation supporting HIV/AIDS programs, assisting counter-trafficking in persons efforts, establishing labor export oversight and establishing better foreign adoption c [...] | 2006-07-28 09:32:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM HUMANR TIP HIV AIDS ETRD EINV ECON VM |
| 06HANOI775 | VIETNAM: HIGH-LEVEL GVN TIP REVIEW [...] (SBU) Summary: "Complicated developments" in trafficking in persons (TIP) in Vietnam (which is coded official language for a worsening of the situation) provoked a surprisingly high-level conference on TIP in Hanoi that involved two Politburo members and numerous other senior officials in a r [...] | 2006-04-04 09:35:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
| 06HANOI833 | Vietnam Tackling Abusive Export Labor Firms [...] (SBU) Summary: Confronted with problems related to a burgeoning export labor industry, the Government of Vietnam (GVN) is taking action to regulate the industry and protect workers from potential abuse. In an effort to mitigate unemployment and develop its pool of skilled workers, the Governm [...] | 2006-04-12 10:20:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
| 06HANOI885 | TIP/Vietnam: Vietnam Ministries Get Action [...] (SBU) The Government of Vietnam has begun implementation of a new decision consolidating each responsible ministry's Trafficking in Persons (TIP) efforts and instructing government agencies to develop new programs to deal with the issue. 2. (SBU) Issued by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khi [...] | 2006-04-19 10:46:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM PINS VM TIP |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY437 | HCMC POLICE DISCUSS RECENT TIP RING BUST [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 18, PolOffs met with HCMC Ministry of Public Security officials to review details of a late March police sweep against an international Trafficking in Persons ring that operated in HCMC and the Mekong Delta. Police confirmed that 39 young women from southern Vietnam res [...] | 2006-04-25 12:56:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY456 | MORE ON VIETNAMESE BRIDES TO TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. During a recent visit to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, a local reporter and expert on women's issues estimated that at least 14,000 women -- mostly poor and uneducated -- have married Taiwanese and some South Korean men since 2000. The perceived economic benefits of ove [...] | 2006-04-28 11:24:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY521 | TIP IN THE MEKONG: THE EXPERIENCE OF CAN THO PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April visit by ConGen officers to the Mekong Delta province of Can Tho, provincial police and Women's Union officials reviewed their enforcement and education outreach efforts to combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP). The officials demonstrated an understanding of the ch [...] | 2006-05-19 04:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY587 | DEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN MEKONG DELTA: AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited Tien Giang, Ben Tre and Tra Vinh provinces May 3-5. All three neighboring provinces face similar challenges in improving transport infrastructure, boosting competitiveness and finding new sectors for growth. Ben Tre appears to have progressed furthest, lar [...] | 2006-06-02 08:08:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL ECON EAID KWMN TIP SOCI PGOV VM |
| 06HOCHIMINHCITY612 | CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLING THROUGH HCMC [...] (U) On May 9, the HCMC branch of the Anti-Social Evils Police (PC-14) rescued four Chinese children from a traffickers' "safe house" in HCMC. According to press reports, the rescue came from a tip-off from a bus driver in neighboring Tay Ninh province who noticed that the children did not spea [...] | 2006-06-08 05:05:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW CH VM |
| 06KUWAIT1013 | KUWAIT CRACKS DOWN ON LABOR DOCUMENT FORGERS [...] (SBU) Dr. Salih Al-Shaykh, Acting Assistant Undersecretary for Labor Affairs at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),confirmed in a March 19 meeting with EmbOffs news reports that the GOK has uncovered a scheme to allow companies to hire foreign workers illegally. MOSAL limits [...] | 2006-03-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1041 | KUWAIT'S DOMESTIC LABOR ADMINISTRATION TAKES [...] (U) Summary and Comment. PolOff and PolAssistant visited the Domestic Worker Administration (DWA) on March 18, and PolOff followed up with an unannounced visit to the DWA on March 22 to see how the GOK deals with domestic workers who have complaints. The DWA's role, as reported to Emboffs [...] | 2006-03-25 13:02:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1084 | LABOR MINISTRY REQUESTS TIP TRAINING IN CONTEXT OF [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 4. 2. (SBU) In a March 19 meeting, Amina Jowhar, Director of the International Relations Department at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),told EmbOffs that the GOK is reviewing plans to host a UN-sponsored conference on migran [...] | 2006-03-28 12:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1095 | 2006 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT UPDATE: [...] (C) Summary and comment: While much work remains to be done, Post believes that the GOK is making significant efforts to combat human trafficking and to improve the working conditions and status of the large expatriate labor community. In the 2006 TIP report, we recommend that Kuwait be li [...] | 2006-03-29 13:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1096 | KUWAIT REQUESTS U.S. PARTICIPATION IN EXPATRIATE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) Amina Jowhar Ghazi (aka Amina Jowhar),Director of the International Relations Department of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),faxed Post a copy of a letter from the Undersecretary's office announcing MOSAL's inten [...] | 2006-03-30 08:20:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1345 | KUWAIT PASSES ANTI-TRAFFICKING LAW [...] (U) Kuwait's National Assembly passed, and Amir Shaykh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah signed, a law giving the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime the full force of law in Kuwait. Kuwait signed the Convention on December 12, 2000 but this action now gives it th [...] | 2006-04-18 12:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB ZP TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1549 | KUWAIT EXECUTES CITIZENS WHO MURDERED DOMESTIC [...] Kuwait executed two Kuwaiti citizens on May 2 for crimes committed against domestic workers. Kuwaiti citizen Mohammad Al-Shimmari abducted an Asian domestic worker, who died when she threw herself out of his car as he sped away. He then returned to where she lay, drove her to another area, a [...] | 2006-05-03 07:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1664 | FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR RESIDENCE PERMIT TRADER [...] The Arabic-language daily Al-Watan reported on May 10 that the Criminal Court sentenced an Iraqi man to five years in prison and subsequent deportation for fraudulently obtaining residence permits. The convicted man was using a Bahraini identification card to sponsor workers. He aroused sus [...] | 2006-05-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KU IZ BA TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1684 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES FOR MORE EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO [...] (U) During a May 8 speech at the opening of a conference entitled, "Kuwait: A Financial and Commercial Center," the Ambassador praised recent Kuwaiti signature of UN labor protocols to protect against trafficking, but emphasized that more still needed to be done in Kuwait to protect basic wor [...] | 2006-05-13 06:31:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT1934 | KUWAIT INITIATES AWARENESS CAMPAIGN TARGETING [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs (MAIA) has initiated the National Project for Domestic Workers (in Arabic it is the National Project for Domestic Worker Awareness-Raising) a project to raise awareness of the rights and responsibilities of domestic employees and their employer [...] | 2006-05-29 08:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT2024 | DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER/INTERIOR MINISTER WELCOMES [...] (C) The Ambassador met with First Deputy Prime Minister Shaykh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah, who holds the Defense and Interior portfolios as well, on May 31 to discuss TIP issues. (The meeting had been scheduled before the change in release dates, so the Ambassador spoke about TIP issues in ge [...] | 2006-05-31 17:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT2113 | POST INFORMS GOK OF TIP RANKING; OFFICIALS LOOK [...] (SBU) Poloff met with representatives of three Kuwaiti Ministries on June 5 to inform them of Kuwait's rise from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Watchlist: Saud Al-Saeedi, who handles human rights issues in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Legal Department, Zakaria Al-Ansari, Assistant Director of the Inte [...] | 2006-06-06 14:05:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT2147 | KUWAIT'S AMBASSADOR TO INDONESIA CRITICIZES GOK ON [...] (C) Kuwait's Ambassador to Indonesia, Mohammad Fadel Khalaf, met with the DCM on May 23 to discuss his concerns over the treatment of Indonesian domestic workers in Kuwait. He criticized Indonesia and especially his own government for not doing enough to protect Indonesian workers, and sugges [...] | 2006-06-07 17:15:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PREL KIRF JO ID KU TIP RELIGIOUS FREEDOM |
| 06KUWAIT2231 | CHALLENGES AND SUCCESSES OF FOREIGN LABORERS IN [...] (C) Summary: The Egyptian expatriate labor community is Kuwait's second largest, surpassed only by the Indians. Anecdotal evidence suggests that Egyptian workers do not suffer as badly as workers from other expatriate communities. Post consulted with Egyptian Embassy officials as well as E [...] | 2006-06-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB PREL EG KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT2395 | INTERIOR MINISTRY OFFICIALS SAY TIP PROGRESS TO [...] (SBU/NF) The Charge met June 19 with Brigadier General Ahmad Nawaf Al-Sabah, Assistant Undersecretary for Citizenship, Passports and Bidoon Affairs at the Ministry of Interior, to present the findings of the TIP report and to encourage the GOK to follow through on the promises it has made to [...] | 2006-06-19 14:35:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB PINR KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT2569 | KUWAITI NGO SAYS IT WILL BREAK THE IMPASSE OVER [...] (C) Summary: Social Work Society Chairman Faisal Al-Masoud called Poloff to say that the GOK had decided it could not implement the standard domestic worker contract it promised as part of an effort to improve the lot of domestic workers because of popular opposition. Al-Masoud claims he h [...] | 2006-06-27 14:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT3322 | NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR MINISTER LISTS [...] (C/NF) Summary: New Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Sabah Al-Khalid told the Ambassador August 15 that he intended to improve Kuwait's international image through better oversight of charities and strengthening the legal protections for Kuwait's expatriate worker population. He [...] | 2006-08-16 10:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM SOCI PGOV PTER KU TIP KTFN |
| 06KUWAIT3440 | AMBASSADOR ENCOURAGES GOK TO STRENGTHEN EFFORTS TO [...] (C/NF) The Ambassador met August 22 with Kuwaiti First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defense, and Minister of the Interior Shaykh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah to review ongoing GOK efforts to strengthen legal protections for foreign domestic workers. He had a similar meeting with new [...] | 2006-08-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT3741 | KUWAIT TAKES ACTION ON KEY TIP ACTION PLAN ITEMS: [...] (C/NF) Summary. The GOK has made progress on a number of key items on the Kuwait TIP Tier 2 Watchlist Action Plan. The Ministry of Interior announced the implementation of a standardized domestic worker contract beginning October 1. Post will monitor implementation closely. GOK contacts hav [...] | 2006-09-18 07:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV ELAB PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT3747 | POST MARKS LAUNCH OF 2006 TIP ESF PROJECT FOR [...] (SBU) The Ambassador hosted a reception on September 12 to mark the launch of Project FALCON (Fostering Awareness of Labor Conditions) (ref E). The project is funded through G/TIP ESF funds and is designed to raise awareness among foreign workers of their rights and responsibilities while w [...] | 2006-09-19 06:34:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT3993 | GOK CONFIRMS THAT STANDARDIZED DOMESTIC LABOR [...] (C/NF) PolCounselor and PolOff visited Abdullah Al-Ruwaih, the Director of Immigration at the Ministry of Interior (MOI),on October 3 to inquire about the Ministry's plans to begin enforcing the standardized, three-party domestic labor contract on October 1. Al-Ruwaih confirmed that as of [...] | 2006-10-04 13:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT410 | ROBOTS REQUIRED AT KUWAIT CAMEL RACING [...] On February 5, Poloff and LES Pol Assistant attended the opening day of the Sixth Annual Camel Racing Championship, which runs through February 9. Robots have been used in the more minor races leading up to this event (ref A). This was the first of the annual championship races in Kuwait, how [...] | 2006-02-06 14:58:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV ELAB KCRM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT4351 | NGOS SAY NEW DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT IS A FIRST [...] (C/NF) Summary. After more than a year of delay, the GOK recently implemented a rule that all domestic laborers coming to Kuwait must sign a standard, three-party (recruitment agency, worker, employer/sponsor) contract. The contract provides for, among other things, minimum wages and daily [...] | 2006-11-05 05:19:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM ELAB IN SL ET KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT436 | FY 2007 ESF PROPOSAL: "PROJECT RESPECT" TO RAISE [...] Embassy Kuwait requests ESF funding for an anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) campaign targeted primarily at increasing protection for East and South Asian workers, the most vulnerable labor communities in Kuwait. Project RESPECT (Reaching Employers and Sponsors to Prevent and End Crimes of T [...] | 2006-02-07 14:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM SMIG ELAB EAID KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT4463 | KUWAIT TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (C/NF) The GOK has provided Post with updated figures on prosecutions of trafficking-related crimes (Kuwait does not have a specific anti-trafficking law). The statistics address some of the deficiencies noted in last year's figures in that they specify not only the number of convictions, but [...] | 2006-11-15 13:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT4649 | FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...] | 2006-12-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT632 | NEW SOCIAL AFFAIRS AND LABOR MINISTER RECEPTIVE TO [...] (C) The Ambassador met February 22 with new Minister for Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah to congratulate him on his post and used the occasion to raise U.S. concerns about the insufficient protection of expatriate worker rights. The Ambassador stated that protection of [...] | 2006-02-23 09:39:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT745 | LABOR MINISTER TO REVITALIZE EXPAT LABOR COMMITTEE [...] (U) Minister of Social Affairs and Labor Shaykh Ali Al-Jarrah publicly announced that Prime Minister Shaykh Nasser Mohammad has personally asked him to fight residence-permit trading and other violations of expatriate worker rights. The statement was covered in the March 1st edition of the lo [...] | 2006-03-05 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT759 | MINISTRY OF LABOR SAYS EXPATRIATE LABORERS CAN [...] (U) Hamad Al-Ma'dadi, Assistant Undersecretary for Labor at Kuwait's Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL),issued instructions in mid-February to allow expatriates whose families live in Kuwait to stay in the country temporarily if the company that sponsors them is shut down for viol [...] | 2006-03-06 13:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT849 | IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...] | 2006-03-13 14:10:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT921 | IMPLEMENTATION OF STANDARD DOMESTIC LABOR CONTRACT [...] (U) The GOK has decided to again delay the implementation of its standard domestic labor contract until August. The three-party contract is between the worker, the employer/sponsor, and the Kuwaiti recruitment agency and clearly spells out wages, benefits, breaks and other working conditions [...] | 2006-03-18 10:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT972 | FREEDOM AGENDA: THE PROPOSED NEW LABOR LAW: [...] (U) Summary: The Government has identified passing a new Labor Law as one of its legislative priorities, though Post contacts doubt its passage in the short term. The Kuwait Bar Association held March 13 a seminar to debate the benefits of a proposed new Labor Law. The participants, represen [...] | 2006-03-20 09:24:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PHUM KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT976 | IOM'S EFFORT TO ESTABLISH MIGRANT RESOURCE CENTER [...] (SBU) The UAE Permanent Mission in Geneva sent a letter on February 8 to the Geneva headquarters of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) stating that the GCC countries would not host a migrant resource center. Mohammad Al-Nassery, IOM Chief of Mission in Kuwait, presented a copy [...] | 2006-03-20 13:23:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB KU TIP |
| 07HANOI1594 | VIETNAM TO DRAFT NEW TIP LAW, IMPROVE INTER-AGENCY [...] (SBU) On June 27, the GVN issued a new Directive to strengthen, midterm, the implementation of its six-year National Program of Action against Crimes of Trafficking in Women and Children. The new anti-TIP Directive calls for greater GVN inter-agency cooperation, greater scrutiny of export labo [...] | 2007-09-07 09:06:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV TIP ELAB KWMN KCRM SMIG PREL VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY155 | CONDITIONS IN THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS: DEBRIEFING NEW VISAS-93 [...] (SBU) Summary: In early February, ConGen conducted private interviews in HCMC with six VISAS-93 (family reunification) ethnic minority applicant families from the Central Highlands. The results are consistent with previous rounds of interviews and show improvement in overall conditions for e [...] | 2007-02-14 04:13:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY191 | MEKONG DELTA PROVINCES STRUGGLE TO COMBAT TIP [...] (SBU) Officials in the Mekong Delta told us they were conducting three investigations of trafficking-in-persons (TIP) involving at least 35 women trafficked to Malaysia, Cambodia and, possibly, South Korea for sex exploitation and forced marriages. Six suspects had been arrested and an Interp [...] | 2007-03-01 09:49:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY196 | HCMC POLICE CONTACT ON TIP CONCERNS [...] (SBU) On February 23, PolOff met with Colonel Hoang Tan Viet, Deputy Director of Criminal Police of the HCMC Ministry of Public Security (MPS) to follow up the status of the investigation into an international trafficking-in- persons ring that reportedly involved over 100 Vietnamese women from [...] | 2007-03-02 08:34:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CVIS KWMN TIP ELAB SMIG SOCI TW VM |
| 07HOCHIMINHCITY90 | POLICE BUST MALAYSIA-LINKED TIP GANGS IN HCMC AND MEKONG [...] (SBU) On January 17, we called the senior HCMC Ministry of Public Security official in charge of trafficking in persons to discuss HCMC press reports that police broke up two criminal rings trafficking Vietnamese women to Malaysia for prostitution. According to the official, on January 10, po [...] | 2007-01-25 03:57:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | |