Last Updated: Friday, 13 December 2013, 12:29 GMT  Trafficking
in Persons Report 2008 - Guatemala  Publisher United States
Department of State Author Office to Monitor and Combat
Trafficking in Persons Publication Date 4 June 2008 Cite as
United States Department of State, Trafficking in Persons Report
2008 - Guatemala, 4 June 2008, available at: [accessed 13
December 2013]  GUATEMALA (Tier 2 Watch List)  Guatemala is a
source, transit, and destination country for Guatemalans and
Central Americans trafficked for the purposes of commercial
sexual exploitation and forced labor. Human trafficking is a
significant and growing problem in the country. A nascent child
sex tourism problem in certain tourist areas has been reported
by NGOs. Guatemalan women and children are trafficked within the
country, and primarily to Mexico and the United States, for
commercial sexual exploitation. Guatemalan men, women, and
children are trafficked within the country, as well as to Mexico
and the United States, for forced labor. I