,
often through the use of debt bondage; organized criminal syndicates
are reportedly involved in bringing women to Macau, and fear of
reprisals from these groups may prevent some women from seeking help
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Macau is placed on the Tier 2 Watch
List for failing to show evidence of increasing efforts to address
trafficking since 2004

Malaysia
current situation: Malaysia is a destination and, to a
lesser extent, a source and transit country for men and women
trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor;
foreign victims, mostly women and girls from China, Indonesia,
Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam, are trafficked to Malaysia
for commercial sexual exploitation; economic migrants from countries
in the region who work as domestic servants or laborers in the
construction and agricultural sectors face exploitative conditions
in Malaysia that meet the definition of involuntary servitude; some
Malaysian women, primarily of Chinese ethnicity, are trafficked
abroad for sexual exploitation
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Malaysia is placed on Tier 2 Watch
List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to
combat trafficking, particularly its failure to provide protection
for victims of trafficking

Mauritania
current situation: Mauritania is a source and destination
country for children trafficked for the purpose of forced labor,
begging, and domestic servitude; adults and children are subjected
to slavery-related practices rooted in ancestral master-slave
relationships in isolated parts of the country where a barter
economy exists
tier rating: Tier 2 Watch List - Mauritania is placed on the Tier 2
Watch List for its failure to show evidence of increased efforts to
combat trafficking, particularly in the area of law enforcement

Mexico
current situation: Mexico is a source, transit, and
destination country for persons trafficked for sexual exploitation
and labor; while the vast majority of victims are Central Americans
trafficked along Mexico's southern border, other source regions
include South America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, Africa, and
Asia; women and children are trafficked from rural regions to urban
centers and tourist areas for sexual exploitation, often through
fraudulent offers of employment or through threats of physical
violence; the Mexican trafficking pr