The 2016 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, which the State Department released on June 30, documents a significant increase in both the number of human trafficking prosecutions and the number of victims identified worldwide. Prosecutions in South Asia and Central Asia in particular increased by 276 percent, and the number of victims identified by law enforcement by 410 percent. While these numbers are encouraging, they are in large part due to increased reporting of law enforcement data from India. For the first time, India’s National Crime Record Bureau’s 2015 report included data on human trafficking investigations, prosecutions, and convictions from the previous year.

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