Angola: Source country for a small but significant number of women and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation.

Argentina: Source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. Most victims are trafficked within the country, from rural to urban areas. Child sex tourism is a problem, particularly in the tri-border area. Argentine women and girls are trafficked to neighboring countries, Mexico, and Western Europe. Foreign women and children, primarily from Paraguay, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic, are trafficked to Argentina. Argentina is also a transit point for foreign women and girls trafficked to Chile, Brazil, Mexico, Spain, and Western Europe.

Armenia: Primarily a source country for women and girls trafficked to the United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) and Turkey for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. According to the OSCE, there has been documented case of Ukrainian and Russian women trafficked to Armenia. Victims trafficked to the U.A.E. usually fly to Dubai from Yerevan or via Moscow; the trafficking route to Turkey is generally via bus through Georgia. Armenian law enforcement reports indicate that destination countries include Qatar, Bahrain, and Kuwait.

Australia: Destination country for women from Southeast Asia, South Korea, Taiwan, and the People’s Republic of China (P.R.C.). Many trafficked victims are women who traveled to Australia voluntarily to work in both legal and illegal brothels, but were subject to conditions of debt bondage or involuntary servitude.

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Afghanistan: Source, transit and destination countr. Afghan women and young girls are trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation, internally and to Pakistan, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Oman, and elsewhere in the Gulf. Afghanistan is also a destination for women and girls from China, Iran, and Tajikistan. Tajik women and children are also believed to be trafficked through Afghanistan to Pakistan and Iran for commercial sexual exploitation

Albania:  Source country for women and girls trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. It is no longer considered a major country of transit. Albanian victims are trafficked to Greece, Italy, Macedonia, and Kosovo, with many trafficked onward to Western European countries such as the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Norway, Germany, and the Netherlands. Approximately half of all Albanian trafficking victims are under age 18. Internal sex trafficking of women and children is on the rise.

Algeria:  Transit country for men and women trafficked from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe for the purposes of commercial sexual exploitation. These men and women often enter Algeria voluntarily, but illegally, with the assistance of smugglers. Once in Algeria, however, women are coerced into commercial sexual exploitation to pay off smuggling debts.