The Department of State prepared this report using information from U.S. embassies, government officials, non-governmental and international organizations, published reports, research trips to every region, and information submitted to tipreport@state.gov. This email address provides a means by which organizations and individuals can share information with the Department of State on government progress in addressing trafficking. U.S. diplomatic posts and domestic agencies reported on the trafficking situation and governmental action to fight trafficking based on thorough research that included meetings with a wide variety of government officials, local and international NGO representatives, officials of international organizations, journalists, academics, and survivors. U.S. missions overseas are dedicated to covering human trafficking issues. The Department places each country in the 2011 TIP Report onto one of three tiers, as mandated by the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). This placement is based more on the extent of government action to combat trafficking than on the size of the problem, although the latter is also an important factor. The analyses are based on the extent of governments’ efforts to reach compliance with the TVPA’s minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking (see page 404). Due to the large size of the pdf documents, parts of the report can be downloaded from the US State Department’s website: “Introductory Material”:http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/164452.pdf Country Narratives: A-C D-I J-M N-S T-Z/Special Cases “Relevant International Conventions and Closing Material”:http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/164459.pdf