A report released by the State Department today criticizes 23 countries for not taking sufficient steps to stop the transportation of workers across country borders to work in sweatshops, construction sites, brothels and fields. The report comes as a response to legislation approved in October that calls for economic sanctions against countries who fail to take steps to stop human trafficking and protect its victims. The countries included on the State Department’s list include several countries with close ties to the United States, most notably, Israel, Greece, Turkey and South Korea.
See "Report Criticizes Human Trafficking", The New York Times, July 11, 2001