Trafficking Victims Support Act: A Case Study

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The Estonian government is currently making significant efforts to meet the minimum standards of the Trafficking Victims Support Act. Estonia has committed to improving the coordination of efforts against trafficking in persons. In many cases, traffickers are often exempt from punishment or prosecutions, while trafficked persons are often imprisoned and prosecuted, instead of given resources to recover from the trauma experience. The Estonian government has created a state-funded center dedicated to treating victims of trafficking and has also pushed authorities to investigate more trafficking cases, which was an overall success. UN resolutions must seek to increase efforts to investigate and prosecute traffickers, increase well-designed legislation

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