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2018 Trafficking in Persons Report: Romania does not meet the standards in the elimination of persons trafficking but there is progress
The governmental institutions in Romania do not meet wholly the minimum standards for the elimination of the persons trafficking but Bucharest has some progress in this sense, the 2018 Trafficking in Persons Report of the American State Department shows.
‘The governmental institutions in Romania do not meet the minimum standards for the elimination of persons trafficking; even though, there is progress in this sense as compared to the periods previously analysed’ the American State Department report on 2018 regarding Persons Trafficking shows.
Romania stays in the second category of the countries which do not meet wholly the standards for combatting persons trafficking but they make some effort to observe those criteria.
The American State Department recommends Romania to intensify the efforts for the investigation, sentencing of persons trafficking,including the officials involved.
The Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report is the U.S. Government’s principal diplomatic tool to engage foreign governments on human trafficking. It is also the world’s most comprehensive resource of governmental anti-trafficking efforts and reflects the U.S. Government’s commitment to global leadership on this key human rights and law enforcement issue. It represents an updated, global look at the nature and scope of trafficking in persons and the broad range of government actions to confront and eliminate it. The U.S. Government uses the TIP Report to engage foreign governments in dialogues to advance anti-trafficking reforms and to combat trafficking and to target resources on prevention, protection and prosecution programs. Worldwide, the report is used by international organizations, foreign governments, and nongovernmental organizations alike as a tool to examine where resources are most needed. Freeing victims, preventing trafficking, and bringing traffickers to justice are the ultimate goals of the report and of the U.S Government's anti-trafficking policy.
In the TIP Report, the Department of State places each country onto one of three tiers based on the extent of their governments’ efforts to comply with the “minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking” found in Section 108 of the TVPA. While Tier 1 is the highest ranking, it does not mean that a country has no human trafficking problem. On the contrary, a Tier 1 ranking indicates that a government has acknowledged the existence of human trafficking, made efforts to address the problem, and complies with the TVPA’s minimum standards. Each year, governments need to demonstrate appreciable progress in combating trafficking to maintain a Tier 1 ranking.