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Vol. 23 Issue No. 16
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Pohnpei Swim Club holds 2023 Olympic Day Swim Meet By Pohnpei Swim Club June 25, 2023 Pohnpei—Pohnpei Swimming Club’s 2023 Olympic Day Swim Meet was a huge success as more than eighty young swimmers from around the island came together to show their skills in the water on June 23rd and 24th. The FSM National Olympic Committee provided t-shirts and goggles for all participants in the swim competition. The two days of racing saw some amazing results from Pohnpei’s young athletes. Nearly every swimmer participating achieved at least one personal best time throughout the competition. For the Girls 12 and under age division high point scorers,
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US State Department rates FSM Anti-Human Trafficking efforts at Tier 2 meaning it is making significant efforts By Bill Jaynes The Kaselehlie Press July 3, 2023 FSM—The United States State Department’s annual Traffic in Persons report on international human trafficking law enforcement efforts was recently released. FSM is again rated at Tier 2 on their efforts against the human rights crime, meaning that “The Government of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so.” “The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the
previous reporting period,” the report said, “considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its antitrafficking capacity; therefore, FSM remained on Tier 2. These efforts included conducting awareness-raising activities, administering training to its law enforcement officials, constructing and beginning operation of its fourth shelter, and continuing the prosecution of a government official for alleged sex trafficking. The government, in partnership with an international organization, drafted victim identification and referral SOPs. However, the government did not meet the minimum standards in several key areas. Authorities identified and assisted fewer trafficking
victims. The government investigated fewer trafficking crimes and did not initiate any trafficking prosecutions or convict any traffickers.” The Human Trafficking report on the FSM is lengthy and tightly worded, with every sentence in the over 2000-word report on the FSM an informative one. The entire FSM report can be viewed at 2023 FSM TIP REPORT. The State Department provided 12 recommendations for improvement in the FSM’s law enforcement efforts pertaining to everything from training Click here for continuation on page 6