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The US State Department released its 2022 Trafficking in Persons report on Thursday, which includes estimates for about 190 countries around the world.
The report divides countries into three levels. The first level includes countries and territories whose governments fully comply with the required minimum standards. The second tier includes countries and territories whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards, but are making significant efforts to achieve this, and the third tier includes countries that do not fully comply with the minimum standards and do not they are making efforts for such a thing.
Albania and Kosovo continue to be ranked in the second level.
According to the 2023 report, the government of Albania did not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so.
The government demonstrated an increase in overall efforts compared to a year earlier, taking into account the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacities. For this reason, Albania continued to remain at Level 2.
Among the efforts was the investigation of more suspected traffickers and the adoption of new procedures to identify victims of trafficking in irregular migration flows.
The State Department mentions the creation of four centers that offer psycho-social support, legal assistance and family assistance, as well as the signing of cooperation agreements with higher education institutions to expand legal assistance to victims.
“However, the government did not meet minimum standards in several key areas. The government did not convict any traffickers and identified fewer victims. The government continued to inconsistently implement screening procedures for vulnerable populations – particularly migrants, asylum seekers, Roma and Balkan-Egyptian communities and children – and mobile victim identification units continued to be underfunded and understaffed,” the report said. .
The government also lacked resources for efforts to reintegrate victims, anti-trafficking coordinating bodies did not hold meetings, and the telephone line made available by the government continued to be down.
According to the report, the government of Kosovo did not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating trafficking, but is making significant efforts to do so.
The government demonstrated an increase in overall efforts compared to a year earlier, taking into account the potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, on its anti-trafficking capacities. For this reason, Kosovo continued to remain at Level 2.
Among the efforts were the prosecution of more defendants and the sentencing of a greater number of traffickers.
The government created guidelines for health workers to identify potential victims and translated pamphlets into Ukrainian and Russian that inform victims of their rights and available services.
Organet koordinuese kundër trafikimit u takuan vazhdimisht dhe qeveria hartoi dhe miratoi Strategjinë Kombëtare Antitrafik përperoidhën 2022-2026.
“Megjithatë, qeveria nuk përmbushi standardet minimale në disa fusha kyçe. Gjyqtarët vazhduan të jepnin dënime të buta për shumicën e trafikantëve të dënuar, të cilat ishin nën dënimin minimal të parashikuar nga ligji i trafikimit. Kodi penal e klasifikon detyrimin e fëmijëve nga prindërit për të lypur në rrugë si neglizhencë ose abuzim prindëror dhe jo si trafikim dhe, për shkak të procedurave jo të përshtatshme të identifikimit të rasteve të lypjes së detyruar, autoritetet ka të ngjarë të kenë dëbuar në mënyrë të papërshtatshme disa viktima të paidentifikuara trafikimi pa i referuar ato në shërbimet e duhura”, thuhet në raport.
But according to the report, the government cut funding to NGO-run shelters, and hotline operators lacked the skills to understand and respond to trafficking-related calls, particularly about possible cases of forced removal of children for begging. /VOA
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