US moves Brunei, Sudan to blacklist on human trafficking report

The U.S. State Department moved Brunei and Sudan to Tier 3 on the annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report released Monday, which could subject the countries to sanctions or cutbacks in U.S. assistance.

The U.S. deems the countries in Tier 3 to not be doing enough to act against human trafficking and not compliant with the U.S. Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA).

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