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Prisoners
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4,168 prisoners |
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[97th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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110 per 100,000 people |
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[81st of 164]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Central African Republic is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation; the majority of victims are children trafficked within the country for sexual exploitation, domestic servitude, street vending, and forced agricultural, mine, market and restaurant labor; to a lesser extent, children are trafficked from the Central African Republic to Cameroon, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo; rebels conscript children into armed forces within the country |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Central African Republic is on the Tier 2 Watch List for the third consecutive year for its failure to show evidence of increasing efforts to combat trafficking in 2007; efforts to address trafficking through vigorous law enforcement measures and victim protection efforts were minimal, though awareness about trafficking appeared to be increasing in the country; the government does not actively investigate cases, work to identify trafficking victims among vulnerable populations, or rescue and provide care to victims; the government has not taken measures to reduce demand for commercial sex acts |
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SOURCES: The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Central African Republic, Republique Centrafricaine, central af. r., central afr. rep., central africa, central african rep.
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