The Government of Azerbaijan demonstrated efforts to protect and assist victims of trafficking during the reporting period, the trafficking in persons report of the US Department of State said.
According to the report, the government identified 31 adult female victims of sex trafficking, three child victims of sex trafficking, and three male victims of forced labor in 2010.
"The government provided medical, psychological, financial and housing assistance to all identified victims of trafficking; it also provided medical and psychological assistance to an additional 319 women, who were potential victims of trafficking," report said.
The report pointed out the Government of Azerbaijan sustained its trafficking prevention efforts during the reporting period. The government ran trafficking awareness public service announcements, developed by NGOs, on major TV networks. Moreover, the government continued to fund an NGO-operated trafficking hotline that served to provide information to the public and identify potential victims of trafficking.

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