▁civil ▁servants ▁in ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Labor . ▁Government ▁officials ▁also ▁reported ly ▁assist ▁un lic ensed ▁rec ruit ment ▁ag encies ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁fra ud ul ent ▁travel ▁documents . ▁A ne cdot al ▁evidence ▁indicates ▁there ▁was ▁also ▁official ▁comp licity ▁in ▁perm itting ▁organized ▁child ▁prost itution ▁rings ▁to ▁operate , ▁particularly ▁in ▁N os y ▁Be . ▁Local ▁police ▁remained ▁hes it ant ▁to ▁purs ue ▁child ▁sex ▁tra ff ick ing ▁and ▁child ▁sex ▁tour ism ▁off enses , ▁possibly ▁because ▁of ▁deep - root ed ▁cor ruption , ▁press ures ▁from ▁the ▁local ▁community , ▁or ▁fear ▁of ▁an ▁international ▁incident . ▁The ▁government ▁took ▁no ▁action ▁against ▁official ▁comp licity ▁in ▁human ▁tra ff ick ing ▁during ▁the ▁reporting ▁period . ▁ ▁Prote ction ▁The ▁Mal ag asy ▁government ▁made ▁weak ▁efforts ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁vict ims ▁were ▁provided ▁access ▁to ▁necessary ▁services ▁and ▁it ▁did ▁not ▁operate ▁specific ▁victim ▁assistance ▁programs . ▁The ▁majority ▁of ▁tra ff ick ing ▁vict ims ▁identified ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁were ▁assist ed ▁by ▁N GO - run ▁cent ers . ▁Mad agas car ▁la cks ▁procedures ▁to ▁pro act ively ▁identify ▁tra ff ick ing ▁vict ims ▁among ▁vulner able ▁populations ▁or ▁refer ▁vict ims ▁for ▁care . ▁However , ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Health ' s ▁local - level ▁Child ▁Rights ▁Prote ction ▁Network s ▁– ▁which ▁grew ▁through ▁a ▁partners hip ▁with ▁UN ICE F ▁to ▁include ▁ 7 6 1 ▁communes ▁in ▁