Argentina
Background
Argentina does not have a current national action plan. The previous plan expired in 2024. The two previous plans spanned 2020-2022 and 2022-2024.
The Office of the Prosecutor for Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons (PROTEX) under the Public Prosecutor's Office has provided leadership for this issue with coordination and cooperation from the Executive Committee for the Fight Against Trafficking, Federal Council for the Fight against Trafficking and Exploitation of Persons, National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family (SENNIAF), National Directorate of Migration, Ministry of Human Capital, Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and Direct Assistance Fund for Victims.
Office for the Rescue and Support of Victims of Trafficking in Persons operates the hotline 145.
Annual reports have been published by PROTEX with the most recent in 2022 however available statistics include 2023. The Public Defender’s Office publishes an annual report which includes trafficking data and information, the most recent is 2024.
Criminal enforcement against corporations benefiting from exploitation in supply chains is very limited.
The national government launched the Good Harvest programe, Programa Buena Cosecha, to prevent child labour in the rural sector.
It is unclear if the financial intelligence unit, Unidad de Informacion Financiera, has any specific focus on proceeds and transactions arising from exploitation.
Dedicated funding information and data is not publicly available and it is understood there are potentially considerable changes in funding allocations for government departments ahead.
Other Key Factors
Freedom of association and collective bargaining are lawful and active but potentially limited by recent attempts to restrict the right to strike.
Wage theft is an issue across Argentina.
Ministry for Women, Gender and Diversity was closed in 2023 and the status of the Human Rights Secretariat was changed to Sub-Secretariat in 2025.
To understand Argentina’s situation more fully, we show the percentage of the population using the internet in Argentina, along with the highest usage and lowest usage countries amongst the G20 members (Saudi Arabia and India).
Argentina’s remittances are also shown with the respective highest and lowest inflow remittance countries in the G20 (India/Saudi Arabia) and the highest and lowest outflow countries in the G20 (US/Philippines). Keep in mind that remittance estimates are often an under count of actual remittance volume.(Graph unit is in Billion US$)
Argentina’s Role in the Global Economy and Its Supply Chains
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Trade flows from The Observatory of Economic Complexity