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[[Child sex tourism]] is a problem in the country especially in areas such as [[Antigua Guatemala|Antigua]] and [[Guatemala City]].<ref name="dw">{{cite web|url=http://www.dw.com/en/world-in-progress-forced-into-prostitution-in-guatemala/av-18993923|title=World in Progress: Forced into prostitution in Guatemala - All media content - DW.COM - 20.01.2016|publisher=|accessdate=27 January 2017}}</ref>
[[Human trafficking]] is also a significant and growing problem in the country, particularly the exploitation of children in prostitution. Many women and children are brought into the country from [[El Salvador]], [[Nicaragua]], and [[Honduras]] by organized rings that force them into prostitution.<ref name="US state">{{cite web|url= https://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119161.htm|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090226175235/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/wha/119161.htm|dead-url= yes|archive-date= 2009-02-26|title=2008 Human Rights Report: Guatemala|date=2009-02-25|website=Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor|publisher=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=7 May 2009}}</ref>
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==Sex trafficking==
{{see also|Human trafficking in Guatemala}}
Guatemala is a source, transit, and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. Guatemalan women, girls, and boys are exploited in sex trafficking within the country and in Mexico, the United States, Belize, and other foreign countries. Commercial sexual exploitation of Guatemalan children by foreign tourists from Canada, the United States, and Western Europe, and by Guatemalan residents persists. Women and children from other Latin American countries and the United States are exploited in sex trafficking in Guatemala. Government studies of past cases suggest women recruited victims while men ran criminal organizations. Criminal organizations, including gangs, exploit girls in sex trafficking. Some Latin American migrants transiting Guatemala en route to Mexico and the United States are subjected to sex trafficking in Mexico, the United States, or Guatemala.<ref name="state17">{{cite web|title=Guatemala 2017 Trafficking in Persons Report|url=https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271196.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703181252/https://www.state.gov/j/tip/rls/tiprpt/countries/2017/271196.htm|dead-url=yes|archive-date=3 July 2017|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=1 January 2018}}{{PD-notice}}</ref>
The [[United States Department of State]] [[Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons]] ranks Guatemala as a [[Trafficking in Persons Report#Ranking System|Tier 2 Watch List]]' country.<ref name="state17" />
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