Trafficking In Persons

GLO.ACT supports awareness activities on human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Tillabéry

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 4, 2022June 22, 2022

Tillabéry, Niger 04 April 2022 –Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) are complex realities in Niger. As a country that acts as a departure, transit and destination point for victims of trafficking and smuggled migrants, Nigerien authorities have made the fight against this phenomenon a government priority. According to Maman Sadissou Laouali,…

UNODC Unites Continents to Combat Migrant Smuggling

ByEyes on Trafficking News April 1, 2022January 3, 2023

Dubai, 1 April 2022. Every year, criminal networks smuggle thousands of migrants using long and dangerous transcontinental routes. Migrants from South Asia are smuggled into Gulf and West African countries, which are often used as “transit hubs”, before reaching South America or the Mediterranean shores. From South America, criminals use various routes through Central America…

Conducting Anti-Trafficking Work Using a Racial Equity Lens

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 31, 2022February 26, 2023

Recently, there was a request for information made by the US State Department’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The Senior Policy Operating Group (SPOG) asked for input from key stakeholders and community members on how it can advance racial justice and equity in work combatting human trafficking. We’re glad this request was made, and…

Exchange of timely information and institutional response mechanism among the agreements of the binational meeting to combat human trafficking between Peru and Ecuador

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 31, 2022September 18, 2022

The three-day virtual meeting, promoted by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) – through the Track4Tip Initiative – the Judiciary of Peru and the Judiciary Council of Ecuador, met the objective of strengthening the response of the criminal justice system of both countries Lima, Quito, March 31, 2022 – The working day…

UNODC Expertise Supports Senegal to Prevent and Investigate Human Trafficking Cases

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 31, 2022January 2, 2023

Dakar (Senegal), 31 March 2022 – The picturesque island of Gorée off the west coast of Africa is a popular tourist destination. It is also a stark reminder of the continent’s tragic past during the Atlantic slave trade. Behind the elegant houses of former slave traders stands the ‘House of Slaves’, where men, women and…

GLO.ACT holds second police training on investigation techniques in cases of human trafficking and migrant smuggling

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 28, 2022January 3, 2023

Sulaymaniyah, KRI – 28 March 2022– The second of a three-part series of training for police and judicial investigators on the “Investigation of Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants” took place from 14 to 18 March 2022 in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). 29 officers from Baghdad, Diyala, Salaheddin, Anbar, Al-Qadisya and the…

Human Trafficking: Power and Control Wheel

ByBilly Joe Cain March 28, 2022July 18, 2023

There are some resources you keep running into that are just mind-blowing. This is one of them.

Costa Rica and Bangladesh cooperate against migrant smuggling and human trafficking between Asia and America

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 25, 2022January 2, 2023

Vienna (Austria), 25 March 2022 – Globally, many migrants experience violence, exploitation, and abuse during and after their migratory journey. As elsewhere, smuggled migrants and people on the move in vulnerable situations face significant dangers and threats while transiting across borders in Central America or the Caribbean, trying to reach their final destination – the…

Targeted by Traffickers – Ukrainian Refugees at High Risk of Exploitation

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 24, 2022March 12, 2023

Vienna (Austria), 24 March 2022 — One month into the war in Ukraine, millions of people, mainly women and children, continue to flee their homes. As long as the conflict continues, the risk of them being targeted by criminal networks grows. The United Nations Office on Drugs on Crime (UNODC), the leading entity within the…

UNODC Statement for the Co-facilitators’ Virtual Townhall With Stakeholders and UN Entities

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 17, 2022September 18, 2022

7 March 2022 Thank you, Ambassadors, and congratulations again your appointment as co-facilitators. On behalf of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, thank you for setting a clear plan for action for the coming months. As well as a member of the Network Executive Committee, UNODC is the guardian of the fundamental international…

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