Glossary of Acronyms

Office To Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons
Report

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
EU European Union
EUROPOL European Police Office
GRETA Council of Europe's Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings
ILO International Labour Organization
ILO-IPEC International Labour Organization's International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour
INTERPOL International Criminal Police Organization
IOM International Organization for Migration
LGBTI Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and/or Intersex
NGO Non-Governmental Organization
OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
UN United Nations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
UNODC United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
2000 UN TIP PROTOCOL (PALERMO PROTOCOL) Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, Supplementing the United Nations Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime

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Local currencies were converted to U.S. dollars ($) using the currency exchange rates reported by the U.S. Department of the Treasury on December 31, 2015. The rates can be found here: https://www.fiscal.treasury.gov/fsreports/rpt/treasRptRateExch/itin-12-31-2015.pdf