To create an integral framework to combat labor trafficking with an emphasis on male victims strengthening the government of uruguays response through a victim centered trauma informed and survivor…

The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded the International Organization for Migration $2.5 million on October 1, 2025, under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking program (CFDA 19.019) to create an integral framework combatting labor trafficking with emphasis on male victims and strengthen the Government of Uruguay's response through a victim-centered, trauma-informed, and survivor-informed approach.

The award obligates $2.5 million over a five-year period of performance from October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030, with all work performed in Uruguay. This project grant represents one of five $2.5 million cooperative agreements the Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded in October 2025 supporting anti-trafficking capacity building across Southeast Asia, East Africa, and Latin America, with comparable initiatives active in Malaysia, Laos, the Thailand-Cambodia border region, and Solomon Islands through September 2030. An amendment to the award, effective upon receipt of revised budget documents submitted November 14, 2025, removed previously imposed restrictions, incorporated negotiated award provisions, and approved the resulting budget modification.

To create an integral framework to combat labor trafficking with an emphasis on male victims strengthening the government of uruguays response through a victim centered trauma informed and survivor informed approach