Good afternoon, Senate President Gorghiu, State Counselor Turza, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Thank you to the Romanian Senate, the Prime Minister’s office, and the International Justice Mission for inviting me here today and making this critical discussion possible. The U.S. Embassy is committed to continue working with our Romanian and international partners to better ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 21 March, 2023 | Topics: Deputy Chief of Mission, Speeches | Tags: David Muniz, International Justice Mission, Trafficking in Persons
ROMANIA (Tier 2) The Government of Romania 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 impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on its anti-trafficking capacity; therefore Romania was upgraded to ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 22 August, 2022 | Topics: Policy, Reports | Tags: 2022, Report, România, Trafficking in Persons
Romania (Tier 2 Watch List) The Government of Romania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating more trafficking cases; convicting more traffickers; and establishing a dedicated unit for prosecuting trafficking crimes composed of seven prosecutors. Additionally, the government ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 1 August, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Reports | Tags: 2020, Report, România, Trafficking in Persons
ROMANIA (Tier 2) The Government of Romania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts included investigating more trafficking cases; convicting more traffickers; and establishing a dedicated unit for prosecuting trafficking crimes composed of seven prosecutors. Additionally, the government issued regulations ...
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By crusoveanul | 28 July, 2021 | Topics: Policy, Reports | Tags: 2021, Report, România, Trafficking in Persons
Embassy Of The United States of America Thursday, October 29, 2020, 12:00 pm (as delivered) Welcome to the Embassy of the United States. I want to especially welcome Justice Minister Predoiu, General Prosecutor Scutea and State Secretary Despescu. We are here today to announce another step forward in fulfilling the commitment I made earlier this ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 29 October, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Adrian Zuckerman, TIP, Trafficking in Persons
Sunday, October 18, 2020 Human trafficking is an affront to the sanctity of every person. It is a world-wide evil that cannot and will not be tolerated – human traffickers must be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, their ill-gotten gains seized and their victims rescued. Because of this, the U.S. Embassy has ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 18 October, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Adrian Zuckerman, DIICOT, Trafficking in Persons
Good morning, We are here today in fulfillment of a promise I made two months ago. I promised that the United States would use every available law enforcement resource to assist the Romanian government in ending the scourge of human trafficking. I made this promise to the Romanian people and to the government of Romania. ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 14 August, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Adrian Zuckerman, Law enforcement, Otopeni, Trafficking in Persons
Good morning, I want to thank Minister Vela, Minister Predoiu, Prosecutor General Scutea and State Secretary Despescu for the productive meeting we had this morning. As you all know, one of the United States’ top priorities is advocating for the rule of law. Yesterday afternoon the Congressionally mandated Trafficking in Persons Report was issued. Unfortunately, ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Adrian Zuckerman, România, Trafficking in Persons
U.S. Secretary of State Pompeo released the State Department’s 2020 Trafficking in Persons Report on June 25. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the TIP report and the introduction to the 2020 edition celebrates our progress in combating human trafficking. The goal of the report is to stimulate action and create partnerships around the ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 26 June, 2020 | Topics: News, Official Reports, Policy, Reports | Tags: 2020, Report, România, TIP, Trafficking in Persons
In recognition of July 30, the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the Embassy of the United States condemns trafficking in persons in all of its forms. The U.S. is committed to working with Romanians to help end all human trafficking. We strongly urge all governments to combat human trafficking through comprehensive and victim-centered ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 30 July, 2019 | Topics: News, Policy, Press Releases | Tags: Trafficking in Persons
Romania (Tier 2 Watch List) The Government of Romania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. These efforts include indicting more suspected traffickers and adopting a five-year national strategy and national action plan. However, the government did not demonstrate overall increasing efforts ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 20 June, 2019 | Topics: Official Reports, Policy | Tags: Report, Trafficking in Persons
ROMANIA: Tier 2 The Government of Romania does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated increasing efforts compared to the previous reporting period; therefore Romania remained on Tier 2. The government demonstrated increasing efforts by significantly increasing prosecutorial use ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 29 June, 2018 | Topics: Official Reports | Tags: Report, Trafficking in Persons
– As prepared for delivery – Good afternoon. First, I would like to thank Ms. Șerbănuță [share-buh-NUTE-suh] for that warm introduction, and for showing me around this beautiful library. I would also like to welcome [Panelists’ Names to Come], and thank them for taking the time out of their very busy schedules to be with ...
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By U.S. Mission Romania | 14 October, 2015 | Topics: Former Ambassadors | Tags: Hans Klemm, Trafficking in Persons
