Global Issues

Guyana

• Source and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced labor.

• Women and girls in forced prostitution.

• Guyanese nationals have been subjected to forced prostitution and forced labor in other countries in the region.

• Trafficking victims fear retribution from trafficking offenders, fear resettlement to abusive home situations, fear arrest, and lack of awareness that human trafficking is a crime.

 

Sources: U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report 2011