The U.S. Department of State has published its 2025 Trafficking in Persons Report, which also covered Georgia. According to the document, Government of Georgia fully meets the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking.

Besides, the Government continued to demonstrate serious and sustained efforts during the reporting period; therefore, Georgia remained on Tier 1.

“These efforts included convicting more traffickers, identifying more victims, and increasing funding for anti-trafficking shelters. For the first time in several years, courts awarded victims compensation in civil suits. The General Prosecutor’s Office issued a directive mandating victim-witness coordinators in trafficking cases. Although the government meets the minimum standards, it investigated fewer trafficking cases, and overall efforts to identify and prosecute sex trafficking cases were inadequate. Law enforcement required victims to remain in country through the end of the trial, potentially hindering cooperation from foreign victims wanting to repatriate, and judges have never awarded restitution in criminal cases. The government’s efforts to identify and refer to services victims who did not wish to participate in law enforcement proceedings remained minimal. The government’s lack of systematic cooperation with civil society impeded anti-trafficking efforts”, - reads the report.