In this context, ROPAN, in coordination with the Global Programme on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, other UN System agencies, and the UNODC offices in North and South America, leads national and subregional programs in Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panama, Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Aruba, Trinidad and Tobago.
This has allowed for increased visibility of the situation regarding human trafficking and migrant smuggling in the region through prevention and awareness actions in capitals and border areas, improved the capacity of authorities, particularly those responsible for justice and rights protection, through specialized training and the development of management tools, strengthened data-driven decision-making through reports, studies, and analytical documents, and advanced information exchange and joint response through international criminal cooperation in specific cases.
This has been made possible through technical teams of national officials in the countries where the programs are implemented and the design of actions based on UNODC’s mandate as the Secretariat of the Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its expertise in developing tools, which can be consulted below:
Publications and Resources:
Network of Civil Society Organizations Providing Legal Assistance and Representation to Victims of Human Trafficking and Other Forms of Exploitation in Latin America and the Caribbean (RED LACTRA)
Diagnóstico sobre herramientas de análisis e intercambio de información para la lucha contra la trata de personas y el tráfico ilícito de migrantes en Costa Rica, con enfoque de género
Assessment of Analytical Tools and Information Exchange for Combatting Human Trafficking and Illicit Migrant Smuggling in Costa Rica, with a Gender Perspective
Guideline for Detecting Human Trafficking Cases Among Migrant Populations for Migration Personnel, Tourism Police, Preventive Police, and Civil Society
Profiles and Modes of Operation of Facilitators of Illicit Migrant Smuggling in Central America, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic
Reporte Global de Trata de Personas 2022
Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2022
Tools for Combating Human Trafficking
Tools for Combating Migrant Smuggling
Model Law against Migrant Smuggling
Legislative Guide for the Protocol on Migrant Smuggling
