Guyana has received a better ranking for its efforts to prevent human trafficking during the last year, but the US State Department has criticized the administration for minimizing the potential scope of the issue and not taking action against complicit officials.
In its 2011 Trafficking In Persons (TIP) report, the US found that the Government of Guyana made limited progress in preventing human trafficking in the last year, resulting in its Tier 2 ranking, which is given to countries whose governments do not fully comply with the minimum standards but are making significant efforts to bring themselves into compliance with those standards.
Last year, the country was on the Tier 2 Watch List for the
