WASHINGTON, WILLEMSTAD - According to the Human Trafficking Report of the U.S. State Department, the Government of Curaçao does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating more cases, including one for official complicity, and identifying and assisting more victims. However, the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period. Authorities detained and deported victims, including Venezuelans, who did not immediately agree to cooperate in the case against their traffickers and did so without referring them to care services or without consideration of possible abuse in their home country. The government did not vigorously prosecute trafficking cases and did not convict any traffickers. Therefore, Curaçao was downgraded to Tier 2 Watch List.
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