Disputes - international: in 2001 Benin claimed Togo moved boundary monuments - joint commission continues to resurvey the boundary
Trafficking in persons:
current situation: Togo is a source, transit, and destination
country for children, women, and men trafficked for forced labor and
sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are children, and
trafficking within the country is more prevalent than international
trafficking; children are trafficked to work as domestic servants,
produce porters, roadside sellers, agricultural laborers, and for
sexual exploitation; Togolese women may be trafficked to Europe for
forced labor and sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Togo is placed on the Tier 2 Watch
List for failure to show evidence of increased efforts to combat
trafficking over the past year, particularly in the areas of
prosecution and protection
Illicit drugs:
transit hub for Nigerian heroin and cocaine traffickers; money
laundering not a significant problem
This page was last updated on 19 December, 2006
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@Tokelau
Introduction Tokelau
Background:
Originally settled by Polynesian emigrants from surrounding island
groups, the Tokelau Islands were made a British protectorate in
1889. They were transferred to New Zealand administration in 1925.
Geography Tokelau
Location:
Oceania, group of three atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about
one-half of the way from Hawaii to New Zealand