China remains in Tier 3 in US Report on Human Trafficking, Forced Labour

Washington, Oct17 (UNI) China has been placed in Tier 3 in the 2026 Trafficking in Persons Report released by the US Department of State, which identifies countries whose governments do not fully meet the minimum standards for eliminating human trafficking and are not making significant efforts to comply with them. China features among 12 countries identified in the report as having a documented "government policy or pattern" of human trafficking, forced labour in government-affiliated sectors, trafficking in government-funded programmes or other specified forms of exploitation. The list also includes countries such as Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cambodia and Belarus.…