Human trafficking is a global and widespread crime, but despite its prevalence research shows persistent low levels of prosecutions and convictions of traffickers.
Crimes that cross borders can only be stopped through cross border cooperation. This was the main message of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on countering migrant smuggling in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Los objetivos de la iniciativa Track4TIP de la UNODC son la creación de capacidades, proporcionar conocimientos y fomentar la cooperación internacional.
La iniciativa TRACK4TIP es una iniciativa de tres años (2019-2022) implementada por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito (UNODC), con el apoyo de la Oficina d e Vigilanci a y Lucha con tra l a Trata d e Personas del Departamento de Estado (EEUU).
Contacta con el proyecto Track4TIP de la UNODC.
Estas son las novedades de la iniciativa Track4TIP de la UNODC.
Track4TIP cuenta con el apoyo de la Oficina de Vigilancia y Lucha contra la Trata de Personas del Departamento de Estado (EEUU).
Presentamos la iniciativa Track4TIP y los recursos disponibles en español.
As the world marks International Migrants Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges countries to uphold human rights while combatting the criminal networks who smuggle migrants for profit.
As the world marks International Migrants Day, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) urges countries to uphold human rights while combatting the criminal networks who smuggle migrants for profit.
The smuggling of migrants is a big business in Nigeria with criminal networks charging large sums of money to move people in and out of the West African country or facilitate their transit.
The key findings and recommendations of a global study on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on human trafficking are now available in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian, and Spanish.
Crimes that cross borders can only be stopped through cross border cooperation. This was the main message of the Regional Expert Group Meeting on countering migrant smuggling in Skopje, North Macedonia.
Vienna (Austria) 8 December 2021 - The Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice ( CCPCJ), the United Nations' main policymaking body on crime prevention and criminal justice, held its annual thematic discussion on 8 December 2021.
This year's event focused on measures to prevent and counter migrant smuggling, while protecting the rights of smuggled people, particularly women and children, both accompanied and unaccompanied.
Migrant smuggling is a global and profitable form of organized crime that endangers the safety, security and lives of the migrants involved. Countries need to counter this illegal activity but at the same time must protect and assist the smuggled migrants and not criminalize them for being the object of the crime.
As businesses and industries worldwide continue to struggle with the economic downturn caused by the COVID pandemic, the illicit trade of migrant smuggling has continued to flourish.
Today, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launches a new publication in English, French and Spanish on the impact of COVID-19 on the smuggling of migrants.
Vienna (Austria) 1 December 2021 - The 2021 Working Groups on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants brought together over 800 delegates from more than 100 countries to discuss a variety of current issues relating to these global crimes.
Topics on the agenda included the need to strengthen procurement processes to address trafficking, and the availability of channels for regular migration as a means to reduce the demand for smuggling.
UNODC helps countries develop and implement effective responses to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. This is done through delivering expertise, developing tools based on the analysis of current practice, investing in people and building networks. Despite the unprecedented restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, UNODC continued to expand the knowledge base of trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling and connect with a broader base of experts.
Knowledge Week aims to stimulate a discussion on the most salient issues around human trafficking and migrant smuggling with the support of experts and based on recent UNODC publications and tools. The Knowledge Week will address legal issues, gender-responsive approaches, human rights-based responses, innovative and integrated solutions from an evidence base perspective to these two forms of crime.
Scheduled for the week preceding the Working Groups on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, it will be particularly relevant to inform delegates and practitioners prior to the discussions that will take place in these inter-governmental fora.
UNODC helps countries develop and implement effective responses to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. This is done through delivering expertise, developing tools based on the analysis of current practice, investing in people and building networks. Despite the unprecedented restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, UNODC continued to expand the knowledge base of trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling and connect with a broader base of experts.
Knowledge Week aims to stimulate a discussion on the most salient issues around human trafficking and migrant smuggling with the support of experts and based on recent UNODC publications and tools. The Knowledge Week will address legal issues, gender-responsive approaches, human rights-based responses, innovative and integrated solutions from an evidence base perspective to these two forms of crime.
Scheduled for the week preceding the Working Groups on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, it will be particularly relevant to inform delegates and practitioners prior to the discussions that will take place in these inter-governmental fora.
UNODC helps countries develop and implement effective responses to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants. This is done through delivering expertise, developing tools based on the analysis of current practice, investing in people and building networks. Despite the unprecedented restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 global pandemic, UNODC continued to expand the knowledge base of trafficking in persons and migrant smuggling and connect with a broader base of experts.
Knowledge Week aims to stimulate a discussion on the most salient issues around human trafficking and migrant smuggling with the support of experts and based on recent UNODC publications and tools. The Knowledge Week will address legal issues, gender-responsive approaches, human rights-based responses, innovative and integrated solutions from an evidence base perspective to these two forms of crime.
Scheduled for the week preceding the Working Groups on Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants, it will be particularly relevant to inform delegates and practitioners prior to the discussions that will take place in these inter-governmental fora.
STARSOM is a two-year (2021-2023) project to counter migrant smuggling and protect the lives and rights of migrants across routes leading to North America and crossing multiple countries in South Asia, the Middle East, Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean. STARSOM is funded by the Government of Canada.
22 and 23 November 2021 -
United Nations Headquarters, New York
