Description

The Trafficking in Persons Act of 2005, as amended in 2021, is Liberia’s primary legal framework for combating human trafficking. The Act criminalizes all forms of human trafficking and aligns with international standards, including the UN Palermo Protocol. It defines trafficking broadly to include the recruitment, transportation, harboring, or receipt of persons—through coercion, deception, abduction, abuse of power or vulnerability, or other exploitative means—for the purpose of exploitation, including forced labor, sexual exploitation, slavery, and servitude