Trafficking Persons Report
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Channel: VOA Africa · 2018 · News & Politics
The U.S. State Department has released the latest annual trafficking in persons report. And it shows Myanmar has joined the ranks of South Sudan, China, Russia, Syria, Iran, North Korea, Venezuela and others, as the worst offenders in the world for human trafficking and forced labor. But the State Department has also recognized 10 heroes, among them, Africans, who have dedicated their lives to ending the scourge of modern slavery. VOA’s diplomatic correspondent Cindy Saine has more from Washington.