The State Department places Hungary in the best (Tier 1) ranking for compliance with US standards of fighting human trafficking. This is the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, and the first time that Hungary (with Slovenia and Georgia) is placed in Tier 1.

The State Department is required by law to submit a Report each year to the U.S. Congress on foreign governments' efforts to eliminate severe forms of human trafficking. The TIP Report is intended to raise global awareness, to highlight the growing efforts of the international community to combat human trafficking, and to encourage foreign governments to take effective actions to counter all forms of trafficking in persons.

The TIP Report's country narratives describe the scope and nature of the trafficking problem, the reasons for including the country, and the government's efforts to combat trafficking. The narrative also contains an assessment of the government's compliance with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking as laid out in the US Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and includes suggestions for actions to combat trafficking. The Tier-placement is based more on the extent of government action to combat trafficking, rather than the size of the problem. The State Department first evaluates whether the government fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. Governments that do, are placed in Tier 1.