"Human Trafficking Won't Go Away In Georgia"

by Tamar Mikadze in: CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST
Wednesday / June 15, 2005

"Human trafficking still remains a problem in Georgia, while the government’s efforts to fight trafficking are scarce and ineffective. Two presidential decrees, the first issued by President Shevardnadze, the Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in 2003-2005, and the second one signed by President Saakashvili, the National Plan to Combat Trafficking for 2005-2006, were to date largely unproductive. The Georgian government has not been willing or able to redirect its attention from façade actions to designing and enacting effective policies to counter human trafficking. Though Georgia managed to escape its 2003 Teir-3 rating by the State Department, it is now back on the watch list, indicating serious steps need to be undertaken. "

Read the article by Tamar Mikadze in: CENTRAL ASIA - CAUCASUS ANALYST