5. Building operational cooperation against Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking in Human Beings
We regularly conduct activities and Actions that promote cooperation between agencies, government bodies, and institutions in general, but the examples below are demonstrative of how small-scale interventions can create lasting positive change to fight against Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) and Trafficking in Human Beings (THB).
In Latin America and the Caribbean, together with partners Spanish Development Agency AECID and UNODC’ s Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants - GLO. ACT, we assisted the Ibero-American network of Public Prosecutors on Trafficking in Persons to incorporate Smuggling of Migrants into a regional cooperation Protocol to better identify, investigate and prosecute THB and SOM cases in 23 Latin American countries as well as Spain.
In the Philippines, we assisted the Philippines Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) in producing a Handbook for the Investigation and Prosecution of Illegal Recruitment Cases and Illegal Recruitment Cases Connected to Trafficking in In Human Beings, improving inter-agency cooperation coordination and partnership at central and local levels.
