Exclusive: U.S. poised to upgrade Cuba in annual human trafficking report -sources
By Jason Szep, Patricia Zengerle and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is set to remove Cuba from the list of worst offenders in failing to suppress human trafficking and forced labor, U.S. sources said, removing a longstanding irritant between the former Cold War foes at a time of détente. The upgrade would lift Cuba to the so-called "Tier 2 Watch List" in the State Department's annual Trafficking in Persons report from Tier 3, the lowest rank where it has languished for 12 years due to allegations of sex trafficking and forced labor.
