The US has lauded Nepal's efforts to prosecute trafficking despite limited resources. A statement from the US Embassy in Kathmandu quoting the annual report on human trafficking released in Washington on Monday however raises trafficking-related complicity by government officials as a serious problem saying traffickers are using their ties to politicians, business persons, state officials and border police in Nepal to facilitate human trafficking. Despite these serious concerns, there were no investigations, prosecutions, or convictions of government officials complicit in trafficking, the report added.<br/><br/>The report has recommended the Nepal to increase law enforcement efforts against all types of trafficking and government officials who are complicit in trafficking. It has also recommended to Nepal to institute a formal procedure to indentify victims of trafficking and refer them to protection services and to put in place a more effective tracking mechanism for both sex and labour trafficking cases.<br/><br/>The tenth annual report on human trafficking has maintained Nepal in Tier-2 countries, which implies that Nepal government, has failed to fully comply with the minimum standard of trafficking victim protection act of the US, but is making significance efforts with those standards. <br/><br/>The report recommends that the Nepal government to increase law enforcement efforts against all types of trafficking and against government officials who are complicit in trafficking; institute a formal procedure to identify victims of trafficking and refer them to protection services; and put in place more effective tracking mechanisms for both sex and labour trafficking cases. <br/><br/>United States law requires the Department of State to issue the Trafficking in Persons Report annually with the goal of stimulating action and creating partnerships around the world in the fight against modern-day slavery.