5/4/11

Source: The National Security Archive Blog

By Rachel Hatcher

The latest round of cables sent by the US Embassy in Guatemala to the State Department was released by Wikileaks on 28 April 2011. The report discusses the issue of human trafficking, the Guatemalan government’s past and future strategies to combat it, and the State Department’s own plans and opinions.

Following the release of the State Department’s 2003 report on Trafficking in Persons (TIP), Program Officer Greg Holliday traveled to Guatemala to meet with Embassy staff, Guatemalan government officials, local NGOs, and international organizations. The cable reports that the Guatemalan government recognized that TIP was an important issue and was attempting to address the problem yet, nevertheless, the US was seeking to “increase GOG understanding of and will to combat trafficking in persons.”

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