The training based on simulations of real-life situations is complementary to classical lectures and trainings, helping professionals develop crucial skills for identifying, assisting, and prosecuting cases of human trafficking and migrant smuggling while enhancing the rights-based and protection...
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IOM has been implementing an innovative practice in the Western Balkans: simulation exercise aimed at strengthening the capacities of both law enforcement officials and service providers to counter human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
This issue paper is a publication of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT). It provides an overview of the intersections between sustainable finance and human trafficking and proposes recommendations and metrics for States, and other actors on how to harness sustainable finance to counter trafficking in persons...
Join the Side Event of the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF), set to take place on Wednesday 17 July 2024, to urge accelerated action to end child trafficking.
Migration is crucial for the Kyrgyz Republic, with about 14.3% of its population living abroad and remittances constituting over 30% of its GDP, making it one of the most remittance-dependent economies globally. However, Kyrgyz migrants are insufficiently protected and often fall victim to trafficking. This report investigates the systemic vulnerabilities...
Millions of Bangladeshi citizens migrate internationally, however, these migrants often face exploitation and trafficking, particularly along the migration corridor to Malaysia. This report aims to understand the systemic forces that make Bangladeshi migrants vulnerable to trafficking and to contribute to safe migration efforts. Trafficking is influenced by...
The IOM and University of Geneva Children’s Rights Academy hosted a webinar on 15 July 2024, to discuss research and best practices in ending child trafficking, emphasizing global efforts to protect child rights.
The Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) has relaunched its website with a user-friendly interface designed to enhance accessibility and navigation to standardized case data on human trafficking.
The course provides you with an introduction to preventing and combating human trafficking and forced labour in United Nations (UN) Supply Chains through a series of five modules.
UNODC and IOM invite researchers to submit research abstracts on “Migrant Smuggling”, under the umbrella of UNNM Workstream to enhance migrant protection and coordination against trafficking.
The Migrant Protection Platform is proudly joining forces with the Migration Network Hub to launch a joint Call for Practices!
The main repository of the Migrant Protection Platform hosts now over 1,000 publications, all of them available for public consultation.
El “Ciclo de Webinarios: Trata de personas en tiempos de COVID-19” fue una iniciativa de diálogo virtual implementado a nivel regional, en el que mediante cinco sesiones se analizaron los riesgos, buenas prácticas, lecciones aprendidas y recomendaciones en el contexto de las acciones implementadas por las entidades gubernamentales, organizaciones de la...
Victims of trafficking are subjected to exploitation in various ways. Sometimes, as a result of their victimization, they engage in illegal conduct. Common examples include involvement in the sex trade, involvement in drug production or trafficking, petty crime, possession or the use of fraudulent documents or entering another country in a manner that does...
From as far back as 2004, both national and international non-governmental organizations have drawn attention to the commercial sexual exploitation of girls and young women practiced openly and with impunity in communities affected by extractive industries, among them the logging industry. This phenomenon occurs, in significant part, through the informal...
This second IOM regional situation analysis on trafficking in persons (TiP) for forced criminality (FC) in Southeast Asia's online scamming centres offers practitioners, policymakers and the donor community a concise overview of counter-trafficking initiatives. It encompasses IOM's key figures, achievements, prominent press coverage and publications from the...
Estos lineamientos regionales constituyen una guía de referencia no vinculante con información y orientación sobre las intervenciones y acciones que deben estar presentes en el diseño e implementación de estrategias para la inclusión social efectiva de sobrevivientes de la trata de personas. Están dirigidas principalmente a las autoridades gubernamentales y...
IOM marked a significant milestone with the launch of the Gender-Based Violence in Crisis Framework (GBViC Framework) at the regional level in the Middle East and North Africa.
On this International Women's Day, we echo IOM's call for a cohesive commitment to invest in migrant, displaced and diaspora women and girls in all their diversity.
The Global Synthetic Dataset is the largest publicly available source of individual-level data on human trafficking. It is available for visualization and download on the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) website.