ment ▁as ▁wait ress es ▁and ▁ma ids ▁before ▁being ▁forced ▁into ▁the ▁commercial ▁sex ▁trade ▁on ▁the ▁coast . ▁The ▁main ▁sources ▁of ▁child ▁sex ▁tour ists ▁are ▁France , ▁Germany , ▁and ▁Switzerland . ▁Par ents ▁sell ▁young ▁women ▁into ▁mar ri ages , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁are ▁short - term , ▁often ▁for ▁significant ▁sums ▁of ▁money . ▁ ▁The ▁Government ▁of ▁Mad agas car ▁does ▁not ▁fully ▁comp ly ▁with ▁the ▁minimum ▁standards ▁for ▁the ▁elim ination ▁of ▁tra ff ick ing ; ▁however , ▁it ▁is ▁making ▁significant ▁efforts ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁Since ▁the ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁coup , ▁comb ating ▁human ▁tra ff ick ing ▁has ▁received ▁little ▁attention ▁in ▁Mad agas car ; ▁the ▁recent ▁focus ▁on ▁the ▁ab use ▁of ▁domestic ▁workers ▁in ▁Leb anon ▁has ▁not ▁resulted ▁in ▁any ▁comm ens ur ate ▁government al ▁response ▁to ▁the ▁problem . ▁The ▁government ' s ▁anti - tra ff ick ing ▁efforts ▁were ▁ins u fficient ▁and ▁decre ased ▁during ▁the ▁year ▁– ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁areas ▁of ▁pro sec uting ▁tra ff ick ing ▁off enders , ▁ident ifying ▁and ▁protect ing ▁vict ims , ▁and ▁raising ▁public ▁aw aren ess ▁of ▁the ▁problem ▁– ▁while ▁the ▁pre val ence ▁of ▁officials ' ▁comp licity ▁in ▁human ▁tra ff ick ing ▁became ▁more ▁evident . ▁L ack ▁of ▁political ▁will , ▁institution al ▁capacity , ▁and ▁relevant ▁training ▁remained ▁significant ▁imped iments ▁to ▁improved ▁anti - tra ff ick ing