The State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, released Monday, elevated Singapore's ranking to Tier 2, which means that while it does not fully meet standards on human trafficking, it is making efforts to do so.
This effectively removed Singapore from a group of countries put on the human trafficking watchlist.
"We note the change to Singapore's tier ranking... but we are dismayed to find the US TIP report riddled with inaccuracies in the section on Singapore," the foreign ministry said in a statement. Full story
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Singapore blasts US over trafficking report - The West Australian
Singapore dismayed at unabashed U.S. human trafficking report - People's Daily Online
