The U.S. State Department is releasing [has released] its 2015 Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) after a four-week delay. [10 am EST- NB editors, please update lead]
The annual report scrutinizes some 188 countries' efforts to comply with minimum standards in the crackdown of human trafficking.
The report rates each country according to a Tier system- Tier 1 being most compliant, and Tier 3 being the worst.
As Nina-Maria Potts reports, one of the most controversial countries under scrutiny is Malaysia:
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OUT: lowest tier."
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Thailand, Malaysia, Venezuela and Gambia dropped from the Tier 2 Watch List to join 20 other nations on Tier 3 in 2014. The upgrading of Malaysia this year, has upset human rights activists.
Some accuse the Obama adminsitration of selling out, as Nina-Maria Potts reports:
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OUT: for business."
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