Andean Group - January 2015 (ISSN 1741-4466)

Ecuador and Peru have newly agreed a ‘road map’ to combat human trafficking. Both countries are source, transit and destination countries for sex trafficking and forced labour and the move, which follows a framework deal inked in 2013, comes as the latest (20 June 2014) US State Department Trafficking in Persons report (TPR) hailed progress in efforts, particularly in Ecuador (and to a lesser extent in Peru) – against the crimes, albeit while flagging up room for further improvement (see sidebar).

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