Though this Act was to prevent and had efforts to control trafficking, this Act failed to protect women that were forced into prostitution. In 1995 the United Nations held a conference to address the issues of trafficking of women. In this conference, trafficking was recognized as an act of violence against women and most importantly actions to help decrease the number of trafficking were developed. Some actions were enforcing international conventions on trafficking and human slavery, addressing the factors that encourages trafficking, setting up law enforcement and institutions who would work to eliminate trafficking both internationally and nationally, and also by implementing programs including educational and rehabilitation institutions to provide for the victims of trafficking. A case emerged in 2008 where several immigrants who were found to be illegally smuggled into Thailand by traffickers. Fifty-seven of these individuals that were illegally transported suffocated to death during their transportation. The drivers fled when they found these individuals dead because they knew that police would become suspicious at check …show more content…
The tier placements are reports of trafficking in persons, these countries are categorized in what the government of the country complies with the standards of the law. The tier two-watch lists are those governments that do not fully comply with those standards. Guatemala is also placed in this tier because the numbers of victims of trafficking are significant and are significantly increasing and there is failure to provide information on their efforts on tackling trafficking. Since 2001, Guatemala’s ranking has changed throughout. Though there are three tiers, Guatemala is placed in the middle but work still needs to be implemented in order to aid trafficking victims and prosecute