ENG101 Bordogna Human Trafficking: Home

Step 1:

U.S. Department of State's 2024Trafficking in Persons Report  (TIP Report) report gives comprehensive information on each country, their tier for human trafficking, recommendations, prosecution, and prevention.
To use this resource you will go to your country narrative.  A drop-down menu is on the right-hand side of the webpage.  Below are links to other sections you will utilize:

First: 2024 Trafficking in Persons Report

1. Follow the above link
2. Choose the country you will research (on the right "location")
3. After you have read and understand the Trafficking in Persons Report for your country, you are ready to move on.

Next: Use the following sections:

• TVPA Minimum Standards for the Elimination of Trafficking in Persons
• Tier Placement Lists
• Regional Maps

​Also of interest:

• When the Government is the Trafficker: State-Sponsored Trafficking in Persons
• 2024 TIP Report Heroes

Understanding Human Trafficking

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

Older versions of the Trafficking in Persons Reports can be found here: https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/

The older versions can help with comparison and progress analysis.

The ONODC report Global Report on the Trafficking in Persons, 2022

• Regional Overviews begin on Page 75; look up the region that your country is located
• Understand what type of trafficking takes place in that region from the texts, charts, and graphs
• Also have an understanding of whether the trafficking is primarily within the country or to other countries

Regional reports can be accessed towards the bottom of the page.

Proquest Central - take the following steps to format your search    

1. From the Library's Home Page: www.bergen.edu/library
2. Click on Proquest Research Library
3. In the first box, type in your Country
4. In the next box, enter the Type of Trafficking you are researching (ex. child labor or migrant workers) Remember labor can be spelled labor or labour
5. Now click "Search"

Once you have your results you can refine them by doing some of the following:

• Source Type- Choose "Magazines" or "Newspapers" to view reporting and analysis; click "More Options" to select more than one source type
• Publication Date - use the bars to select items within a specific date range
• Document Type - Select a specific type of document, reports are often helpful for this assignment

Use Statista to get more statistics on human trafficking.

TIP Report - Suggested Citation

United States, Department of State. "Enter Here the Entry you are looking at, ex. "Poland".  2019 Trafficking in Persons Report,  June 2019, Link you are looking at not for the whole document, ex. https://www.state.gov/reports/2019-trafficking-in-persons-report-2/poland/

Remember there is a hanging indent for lines 2 and beyond.

Add your country to either search box and leave the rest of the content.

U.S. Government sites

Organizations' sites

Search the BBC for Human Trafficking articles and videos