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Viewing cable 08COLOMBO328, MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08COLOMBO328 2008-04-01 00:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Colombo
VZCZCXYZ0004
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHLM #0328/01 0920001
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 010001Z APR 08
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 7943
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK 3388
RUEAWJL/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHDC
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF HOMELAND SECURITY WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHDC
RUEATRS/DEPT OF TREASURY WASHDC
UNCLAS COLOMBO 000328 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USAID 
DEPARTMENT FOR G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, SCA/RA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM ELAB ASEC PREF KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD MV
SUBJECT: MALDIVES: THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 
(TIP) REPORT 
 
REF:  STATE 02731 
 
1.  (U) Mission's submission for the eighth annual Anti-Trafficking 
in Persons (TIP) Report for Maldives follows.  Responses are keyed 
to questions in reftel.  Mission point of contact is Poloff Amy 
Trimble, telephone +94-11-249-8822, fax +94-11-249-8820. 
 
Paragraph 27: Maldives Overview 
-------------------------------- 
 
2.  (SBU) A -- Maldives is not a country of origin, transit, or 
destination for a significant number of internationally trafficked 
persons.  In 2007, in the only instance of trafficking known to 
post, a Thai woman who had been recruited to work in a spa reported 
being detained by a Maldivian employer and forced to work as a 
housemaid, receiving a lower salary than promised.  The labor 
recruiter was arrested by Thai authorities and charged with illegal 
labor brokering. There were no reports of persons trafficked from or 
within the country. 
 
A, continued -- On the website for its October 2007 South Asia 
Regional Conference, the UN Global Initiative to Fight Human 
Trafficking (UN.GIFT) stated: "There are hardly any reports of 
trafficking in persons from the Maldives. Laws prevent employment of 
children under 14 but the law does not talk about trafficking in 
persons." In a 2007 report, the Asian Development Bank stated, "the 
Maldives does not experience the levels of absolute poverty which 
drive women in other South Asian countries into risky occupations or 
increase their risk of becoming the victims of human trafficking." A 
2006 report by the Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of the UN Office on 
Drugs and Crime listed Maldives as "low" incidence of reporting as 
an origin country, "very low" incidence of reporting as a 
destination country, and did not list Maldives as a transit country. 
 
 
B -- There does not appear to be a human trafficking problem in 
Maldives. The law does not prohibit trafficking in persons. 
Nevertheless, the government has participated in regional efforts to 
combat human trafficking in South Asia. 
 
C -- There are no government agencies uniquely involved in 
anti-trafficking efforts. However, representatives of the Child 
Protection Authority and the National Human Rights Commission 
participated in the UN.GIFT's October 2007 regional conference. 
 
D-E -- Funding for the police is adequate, and the government 
monitors immigration and emigration patterns to avoid illegal 
immigration of all types. 
 
Paragraph 28:  Investigations and 
Prosecution of Traffickers 
----------------------------------- 
 
3. (SBU) A -- Maldives does not have a law that prohibits 
trafficking in persons. 
 
B -- Not applicable. 
 
C -- The law does not prohibit forced or compulsory labor, including 
by children, and there were reports that child labor occurred in 
some sectors of the economy. However, the law bars children less 
than 14 years of age from paid or hazardous work. Government 
employment guidelines prohibit hiring of children under 18 and 
employment in hazardous jobs. The Child Protection Unit of the 
Ministry of Gender and Family is responsible for monitoring 
compliance with the Child Protection Act. 
 
D -- There are no laws pertaining to sexual harassment or domestic 
violence against women, and no specific laws dealing with spousal 
rape. Police officials reported that they received few complaints of 
assaults against women. The Gender Equality Council advised the 
government on policies to help strengthen the role of women. 
 
E -- Prostitution is illegal, but occurred on a small scale in 
2007. 
 
M -- There were no reports of child sex tourism in Maldives. 
However, in 2007 the Ministry of Gender and Family Development 
reported child abuse, including sexual abuse. Penalties for the 
sexual abuse of children ranged from as much as three years' 
imprisonment to banishment to a remote atoll. At a January 2007 
meeting on Maldives held by the UN Committee on Elimination of 
Discrimination against Women, the Minister of Gender and Family said 
that "to address emerging issues, the Government was amending [the 
 
law on protection of the rights of the child], especially in the 
area of trafficking and sexual exploitation of children." 
 
Paragraph 29:  Protection and Assistance 
to Victims 
---------------------------------------- 
 
4.  (SBU) C -- The government does not provide funding or material 
support to foreign or domestic NGOs for services to victims of 
trafficking. 
 
G -- Not applicable. 
 
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