The China Post
Date: July 31, 2017
By: The China Post
Taiwan was placed under Tier 1 for the eighth straight year in 2017 U.S. State 
Department’s Trafficking in Persons report issued on July 27.
The ranking indicates that Taiwan has demonstrated a serious and sustained effort in prosecuting offenders and raising public awareness of human trafficking.
Taiwan was among 36 Tier 1 countries in the world and one of the four Tier 1 countries in the Asia-Pacific, along with Australia, New Zealand and South Korea.
Japan and Singapore were placed in Tier 2, and mainland China was downgraded to Tier 3 in the 2017 report.
Taiwan’s Ministry of the Interior held a two-day workshop last week, inviting local and foreign government officials and NGOs to discuss ways to combat human trafficking.
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