US embassy cable - 04TEGUCIGALPA1384

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MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT, JUNE 18, 2004

Identifier: 04TEGUCIGALPA1384
Wikileaks: View 04TEGUCIGALPA1384 at Wikileaks.org
Origin: Embassy Tegucigalpa
Created: 2004-06-18 17:24:00
Classification: UNCLASSIFIED
Tags: OIIP PREL SMIG KPAO HO
Redacted: This cable was not redacted by Wikileaks.
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 001384 
 
SIPDIS 
 
FOR PD/WHA (OHILTON), IIP/G/WHA, EB/EPPD 
INFO IIP/T/ES 
EMBASSIES FOR PAOS, IOs 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: OIIP, PREL, SMIG, KPAO, HO 
SUBJECT: MEDIA REACTION ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT, 
JUNE 18, 2004 
 
 
1. Editorial in Tegucigalpa-based moderate daily "El 
Heraldo" on June 18 entitled "Trafficking in Persons." 
"Trafficking in persons is a source of innumerable 
violations to human rights, a profitable activity for 
organized crime, and even a means to spread AIDS and other 
sexually transmitted diseases." 
 
"In the latest Department of State report, Honduras has been 
placed in Tier 2, which means that our government doesn't 
comply with the minimum standards but is making significant 
efforts to bring itself into compliance with those 
standards." 
 
"The fight against trafficking in persons, who are used 
either for sexual exploitation or forced labor, must be 
addressed by our government, not only because we may lose 
some of the cooperation we get from the U.S. but because 
it's their legal and moral obligation." 
 
Palmer 

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