Drafted in accordance with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, which Congress passed in 2000, the report uses a three-tier system to classify nations according to how proactive they are in preventing and prosecuting acts of trafficking, and in taking steps to protect victims.
Izrađen u skladu sa Zakonom o zaštiti žrtava trgovine ljudima, koji je američki kongres doneo 2000. godine, izveštaj zemlje klasifikuje po grupama, u zavisnosti od toga koliko se trude u prevenciji i krivičnom gonjenju trgovine ljudima, ali i na polju zaštite žrtava.