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In 2012, Honduras made a moderate advancement in efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The Government of Honduras passed a comprehensive law on trafficking, as well as a new Fundamental Law of Education that raised the compulsory education level to ninth grade. In addition, the police force received training on the worst forms of child labor. The Government also trained municipal employees and community stakeholders on child labor. However, the inspections process may not sufficiently deter employers from exploiting children. Children continue to engage in the worst forms of child labor, particularly in hazardous activities in agriculture and commercial sexual exploitation