▁the ▁reporting ▁period . ▁Ev idence ▁and ▁an ec dot al ▁reports ▁suggest ▁that ▁the ▁current ▁number ▁of ▁internal ▁or ▁trans n ational ▁tra ff ick ing ▁vict ims ▁is ▁relatively ▁low ; ▁the ▁government ’ s ▁limited ▁resources ▁were ▁thus ▁often ▁directed ▁to ▁meet ▁more ▁emer gent ▁prior ities . ▁Im m igration ▁authorities ▁claim ▁to ▁look ▁for ▁evidence ▁of ▁tra ff ick ing ▁at ▁ports ▁of ▁entry . ▁Upper - level ▁man agers ▁at ▁the ▁Division ▁of ▁Im m igration ▁and ▁Labor ▁attended ▁sem in ars ▁that ▁discussed ▁tra ff ick ing . ▁The ▁government ▁did ▁initi ate ▁anti - tra ff ick ing ▁training ▁for ▁new ▁police ▁rec ruits ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁police ▁a cademy ▁classes . ▁In ▁May ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁the ▁former ▁F SM ▁Amb assador ▁to ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁was ▁conv icted ▁of ▁s elling ▁sample ▁F SM ▁pass ports ▁maintained ▁at ▁the ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Washington ▁D . C . ▁for ▁personal ▁financial ▁gain , ▁and ▁sent enced ▁to ▁ 3 0 ▁months ’ ▁imprison ment ▁and ▁a ▁fine . ▁Although ▁authorities ▁have ▁not ▁yet ▁shown ▁that ▁the ▁case ▁clearly ▁involved ▁the ▁trans n ational ▁movement ▁of ▁tra ff ick ing ▁vict ims , ▁the ▁former ▁Amb assador ▁was ▁facil it ating ▁the ▁illegal ▁cross - border ▁movement ▁of ▁irregular ▁migr ants ▁from ▁populations ▁throughout ▁the ▁region ▁that ▁are ▁consist ently ▁identified ▁as ▁tra ff ick ing ▁vict ims . ▁F SM ▁supports ▁no ▁anti - tra ff ick ing ▁task