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State Trafficking Report Upgrades Malaysia, Removing Roadblock For TPP

July 27, 2015 at 12:18 PM
The State Department has removed Malaysia from its annually updated blacklist of countries that most egregiously fail to combat human trafficking, smoothing the process for congressional approval of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) despite an outcry from human rights advocates in Washington and Kuala Lumpur. The 2015 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report , released on Monday (July 27), lists Malaysia on the “Tier 2 Watch List” -- one step below Tier 3, where Malaysia was listed last year. The upgrade removes...

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