Statement released by Central Body for Suppression of Trafficking in Persons, Ministry of Home Affairs, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on allegations of the US State Department in its Trafficking in Persons Report 2011.

The US Department of State issued 2011 Trafficking in Persons Report on 27 June 2011. The report placed Myanmar in Tier 3 as a country that does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so by using the standards of US’s Trafficked Victim Protection Act 2000 (TVPA). The tier placement is made without recognizing the efforts and progress made in combating human trafficking. Myanmar has been placed in Tier 3 for 11 years, continuously.