21 July 2023 – The modus operandi of migrant smugglers constantly evolves. Aiming at shedding light to the manifestations of migrant smuggling in Central America and jointly build recommendations to address it, UNODC and IOM organized a workshop to share the preliminary findings of the study "Profiles of people involved in facilitating the smuggling of migrants in Central America and Mexico."
Since 2022, UNODC under STARSOM, and IOM through its Western Hemisphere Programme (WHP), joined forces to develop this study to strengthen knowledge about the dynamics around migrant smuggling crime and provide actionable recommendations at the national and regional levels. The study will contribute to the work plan on migrant smuggling 2019-2025 of the Regional Conference on Migration (CRM) and also respond to international commitments derived from the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the UN Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants.
