▁years ' ▁imprison ment . ▁Dec ree ▁ 2 0 0 7 - 5 6 3 ▁prohib its ▁and ▁pres cri bes ▁minimal ▁pun ish ments ▁of ▁up ▁to ▁two ▁years ' ▁imprison ment ▁for ▁various ▁forms ▁of ▁child ▁tra ff ick ing , ▁including ▁prost itution , ▁domestic ▁serv itude , ▁and ▁forced ▁labor . ▁The ▁government ▁has ▁yet ▁to ▁use ▁its ▁anti - tra ff ick ing ▁law ▁to ▁pun ish ▁tra ff ick ers . ▁Po or ▁coord ination ▁among ▁minist ries , ▁a ▁lack ▁of ▁data ▁sharing ▁between ▁officials ▁at ▁regional ▁and ▁national ▁levels , ▁and ▁the ▁lack ▁of ▁a ▁president ial ▁dec ree ▁cod ifying ▁and ▁mand ating ▁its ▁use ▁at ▁the ▁provincial ▁level ▁h inder ed ▁the ▁law ' s ▁implementation . ▁The ▁government ▁did ▁not ▁investigate ▁or ▁pro sec ute ▁cases ▁of ▁forced ▁labor ▁during ▁the ▁reporting ▁period . ▁ ▁The ▁Government ▁of ▁Mad agas car ▁nomin ally ▁susp ended ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁several ▁employ ment ▁ag encies ▁imp licated ▁in ▁human ▁tra ff ick ing ▁during ▁the ▁year , ▁but ▁did ▁not ▁follow ▁through ▁on ▁its ▁commit ment ▁to ▁conduct ▁ins pe ctions ▁of ▁these ▁business es . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁government ▁instit uted ▁a ▁ban ▁on ▁sending ▁workers ▁to ▁Leb anon , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁poor ly ▁implemented , ▁possibly ▁due ▁to ▁comp licity ▁of ▁high - ran king ▁government ▁officials ; ▁up ▁to ▁ 1 0 ▁labor ▁rec ruit ment ▁ag encies ▁were ▁reported ly ▁owned ▁by