United States noted successes of Azerbaijan in fight against human trafficking

The US State Department brought Azerbaijan from the “control list” in connection with human trafficking and transferred the level of information about this by the State Department.

It is noted that the government of Azerbaijan makes serious efforts to eliminate human trafficking.

The report reports that the Azerbaijani government demonstrated the activation of efforts compared to the previous reporting period, so the Azerbaijan rating was increased to the level of 2. These efforts include the condemnation of more people for these crimes, the convictions and reduction of the number of conditional sentences Punishments compared to previous years: “The government intensified efforts to protect human trafficking victims, increased financing for the assistance of victims and asylum for victims of human trafficking, and the controlled Ministry of the Interior (Ministry of Internal Affairs).

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Amendments to the laws were also amended to strengthen measures to identify traffic victims.