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As reported over the past five years, human traffickers exploit domestic and foreign victims in Georgia, and traffickers exploit victims from Georgia abroad. Traffickers recruit victims with false promises of well-paying jobs in tea processing plants, hospitals, salons, restaurants, and hotels.
Traffickers exploit women and girls from Georgia in sex trafficking inside the country and in Cyprus, Egypt, Türkiye, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Georgia is also a transit country for women from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan exploited in Türkiye.
In Georgia, six new criminal human trafficking cases were filed in federal courts in 2021. Five defendants were convicted. 84 percent (26) of active defendants were charged with sex trafficking, and 16 percent (5) were charged with forced labor.
Feb 2, 2023 · Fulton County officials to designate $500,000 to fight human trafficking; Nonprofit addresses youth homelessness in metro Atlanta; Leaders launch PSA to tackle human trafficking at Atlanta...
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Human trafficking in Georgia is the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, and forced labor as it occurs in the US state of Georgia, and it is widely recognized as a modern-day form of slavery.
The following information is based on incoming communication with the National Human Trafficking Hotline from January 1, 2020 – December 31, 2020 about human trafficking cases and issues related to human trafficking in Georgia.
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Jul 20, 2022 · In the recently published 2022 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, the U.S. Department of State praised Georgia for maintaining the “highest level” in combating human trafficking.