YANGON, Myanmar -- A top U.S. diplomat says Myanmar should amend its laws against human trafficking to meet international standards.
Visiting U.S. ambassador for human trafficking Luis CdeBaca told reporters Wednesday that forced labor, child conscription and sex trafficking are ongoing problems the government must tackle. He said archaic laws allowing the authorities to conscript workers for public projects make forced labor legal and impede progress.
Myanmar was ranked Tier 3 in the 2011 U.S. trafficking report for failure to comply with the minimum standards or make serious efforts to curb human trafficking. Others among the two dozen worst countries are North Korea, Venezuela and Iran.
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