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Joint Press Release - NCCPIM&TIP, UNODC, IOM and EU World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Victim-Centered Response

27 July 2020 - Cairo, Egypt

Every year the entire world commemorates the World Day against Trafficking in Persons on the 30 th of July as a reminder of the crucial role we should continue to play in raising awareness on this crime and its forms, in preventing it from taking place and protecting the vulnerable populations from falling prey to criminal groups, in supporting victims of trafficking in persons, and in prosecuting offenders and bringing them to justice. [Read More]

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Press Release: State of Libya, EU and UN launch the Libya project under the Regional Programme: Dismantling Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Criminal Networks in North Africa

Tripoli, Libya - 13 July 2021

Today, the State of Libya in partnership with the EU and the UN are launching the Libya project under the regional programme " Dismantling human trafficking and migrant criminal networks in North Africa".[Read More]

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Press Release: Launch in Iraq of the new STRIVE action STRIVE Juvenile: Preventing and Responding to Violence against Children and Juvenile by Terrorist and Violent Extremist Groups

Bagdad, Iraq - 12 July 2021

The Government of Iraq, together with the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), launched the  STRIVE Juvenile  project in Iraq with the aim to develop and implement comprehensive national responses to prevent and counter-terrorism and violent extremism affecting children and juveniles. [Read More]

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