INTERPOL Activities to Counter Trafficking in Human Beings: Protection of Trafficked Migrants

1. Fifth Meeting of National Authorities of American States on Trafficking in Persons INTERPOL activities to counter Trafficking in Human Beings : Protection of Migrants who are victims of trafficking Innocentia G. APOVO MONTEIRO Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL Trafficking in Huamn Beings Unit March, 13 2018

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7. Our priorities (4P) We focus on: Prevention: Training, awareness messages, support to Police operation, Protection: Rescue the victims and protect them (we believe that the most important evidence come from the victims, so that it is crucial to save them, provide them with assistance and security in order to get the relevant information for the investiagtion and prosecution process. Prosecution: Assist member countries to dismantle criminal networks and encourage them to prosecute the suspected persons Patnership : VCO works closely with EURPOL, CEPOL, UNODC, FRONTEX, IOM,

8. Currentactivities

10. INTERPOL ISON and Human Trafficking Experts Group ISON and THB Experts Group

11. 24 H - 365 DAYS CCC supports urgent police communications in Arabic – English – French – Spanish

12. SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL TRACKING & WARNINGS FIND: Fixed INTERPOL Network Database MIND: Mobile INTERPOL Network Database

13. Global Alerts and Arrests: INTERPOL Notices Information Request Wanted for Arrest Warning: Known Offenders Missing Person Security Alert Modus Operandi UN Sanctioned Entities Unidentified Bodies <

14. Capacity Building • 313 sessions • 9,486 officers • 25,400 e-learning trainings

16. Treatment of victimsinvolvetwothings: The personalbehavior of the officer in charge of the case and the propertreatment to offer to the victim (international standards). • Victims have a right to betreatedwith compassion and respect for theirdignity. • Victims isentitled to access to justice and to beefficientlyprosecute. • Victims have a right to information including information about the progress of their case and about available assistance. • Victims have a rigt to beprovides by withproper assistance troughout the legalprocess. • Victims have a right to protection of theirprivacy and to measures to ensuretheirsafety, • Victims have a right to beheard and to have theirviewsrepresented and considered at appropiate stages. • Law enfocementofficalsshall respect and protecthumandignity and maintain the humanrights of all persons. • Theirmayonly use force whenstrictlyneccesary and to the extendrequired for the performance of theirduty. • Matters of a confidential nature in the possession of LEO shallbekeptconfidential, unless the performance of duty or the needs of justice strictlyrequireotherwise. • No LEO mayinflict, instigat or tolarateacts of torture or other cruel or degradingtreatment or punishment. • LEO shallensure full protection of the health of persons in theircustody and takeimmediate action to securemedical attention wheneverrequired. • In resume: Legality, Necessity and proportionality. United Nation Code of conduct for Law EnforcementOfficials UN principles of justice for victimscommonlyknown as the ‘’VictmsDeclaration

17. Migrants, Non- profit facilitators, Refugees and victims of trafficking. Theystillvictims and need protection and assistance. The bothPalermo’s Protocol aim to target the smugglers of migrants and the traffickers. The criminalizationonlycoversthosewho profit fromthese crimes. • The Protocolshighlightsthat the criminalizationshould not coverpersonssuch as familymembers or nongovernmental or religious groups thatfacilitate the illegal entry of migrants for humanitarian or non-profit reasons. • Refugeesshould not becriminalized for making use of smugglers or for theirillegal entry. (article 31 of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and article 19 of the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol). • Refegees are Peoples who have well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion. • - Recruiters • - Transporters or guides • - Spotters, drivers, messengers, enforcers • - “Service providers” and suppliers such as: • Forgers of passports, visas and other travel and immigration documentation. • Document counterfeiters. • Train or bus conductors. • Taxi drivers. • Airline staff. • Boat owners or owners of other vehicles. Who are not to becriminalized? Who are the Actors?

18. OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

19. OPERATION SPARTACUS Rescue: 357 victims Arrest: 197

21. Operation AKOMA in cocoafields in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, led in 2015. • 97 childrenwererescued • 25 suspectedtraffickerswerearrested • Patnershipwith IOM : Assistance to victims and Follow up. Operation EPERVIER led in the Sahel region (Mali, Niger, Chad, Mauritania and Senegal) in November 2017. • 495 rescued victims and 40 suspectedtraffickersarrested • Upcoming action days in the Caribean: 3-6 April.

22. For any further information, please email me: I.APOVO@INTERPOL.int or visit ou public website: www.interpol.int THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION