Cablegate: Bahrain: Tip Tier Two Watch List Action Plan

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UNCLAS MANAMA 001371

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL BA
SUBJECT: BAHRAIN: TIP TIER TWO WATCH LIST ACTION PLAN

REF: SECSTATE 174045

1. PolOff delivered reftel action plan September 24 to
Ministry of Foreign Affairs Undersecretary for Coordination
and Follow Up Sheikh Abdul Aziz bin Mubarak Al Khalifa.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz said that the GOB was eager to combat the
trafficking problem in Bahrain and had already started to
take some of the steps listed in the Short-Term Action Plan.
He mentioned that a September 17-19 anti-trafficking program
for Ministry of Justice officials (at which the Ambassador
spoke) was a great success and that MOJ officials were in the
final stages of drafting a law that criminalizes trafficking.
Sheikh Sheikh Abdul Aziz also noted that the
inter-ministerial TIP committee will meet next week to
discuss other anti-TIP initiatives that are underway.

MONROE

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