Trafficking in Persons Report: Switzerland
WORLD & SWITZERLAND: REPORT
Office to monitor and combat trafficking in Persons
«The Government of Switzerland does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.
The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period, considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, if any, on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Switzerland remained on Tier 2. These efforts included adopting its third anti-trafficking national action plan and allocating increased funding to protection and prevention efforts, including for Ukrainian refugees. There was a slight increase in the number of traffickers convicted in the reporting period. However, the government did not meet the minimum standards in several key areas. The government lacked consistent and uniform victim identification and access to adequate care across the country, and it identified fewer victims in the reporting period. The government did not report how many victims it assisted or referred to care, and services for children, male victims, and labor trafficking victims remained inadequate. Lenient sentencing, resulting the majority of traffickers receiving fully suspended sentences or sentences of less than one year imprisonment, continued to undercut efforts to hold traffickers accountable, weakened deterrence, created potential security and safety concerns for victims, and was not reflective of the seriousness of the crime. Law enforcement efforts such as prosecutions of labor traffickers remained low, although the government provided disaggregated data on trafficking. Based on the data made available, the government awarded restitution to one victim during the reporting period.»
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