Blacklist of countries that have failed to stop trafficking in people.The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. has expanded its blacklist (1) A list of e-mail addresses of known spammers. See spam, spam filter, Blacklist of Internet Advertisers, greylisting and blackholing. Contrast with white list. (2) A list of Web sites that are considered off limits or dangerous. of countries that have failed to stop trafficking in people. Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, and Qatar have now joined Algeria, Burma, Cuba, Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea (gĭn`ē), officially Republic of Equatorial Guinea, republic (2005 est. pop. 536,000), 10,830 sq mi (28,051 sq km), W central Africa. , Iran, Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia (sä  `dē ərā`bēə, sou`–, sô–), officially Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, kingdom (2005 est. pop. , Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, and
Venezuela on the "third tier" and could face U.S. sanctions.
Current figures show that 800,000 people--of whom 80 percent are women
and girls--are trafficked across national borders each year.
Karen Ann Gajewski is a freelance editor and an editorial consultant to the Humanist. |
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