| Date - Field | Libya - Trafficking in persons |
2008 January Trafficking in persons | current situation: Libya is a transit and destination country for men, women, and children from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; many victims willingly migrate to Libya en route to Europe with the help of smugglers, but may be forced into prostitution or work as laborers and beggars to pay off their $800-$1,200 smuggling debt; laborers from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are reportedly trafficked to Libya for the purpose of labor exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Libya is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for its lack of evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking since 2004 |
2007 January Trafficking in persons | current situation: Libya is a transit and destination country for men, women, and children from sub-Saharan Africa and Asia trafficked for forced labor and sexual exploitation; many victims willingly migrate to Libya en route to Europe with the help of smugglers, but may be forced into prostitution or work as laborers and beggars to pay off their $800-$1,200 smuggling debt; laborers from Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia are reportedly trafficked to Libya for the purpose of labor exploitation tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Libya is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List for its lack of evidence of increasing efforts to address trafficking since 2004 |
2006 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2005 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2004 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2003 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2002 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2001 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |
2000 January Trafficking in persons | void - (all current Transnational Issues informations) |