This week, the State Department, released its report for 2016, which assesses the extent to which the different countries meet the standards to combat human trafficking and slavery in the world.

The United States has updated its "black list" of countries that do not meet minimum standards or who are not doing enough to fight this scourge.

Good news Haiti was removed from this list of shame where it had been listed for the year 2015, in the report released last year https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17904-haiti-flash-haiti-on-the-blacklist-of-shame.html

On the other hand, several countries are returning to this black list, among others: Venezuela, Belize, Russia, North Korea, Iran and Syria...

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17904-haiti-flash-haiti-on-the-blacklist-of-shame.html

SL/ HaitiLibre