Fifth Meeting of National Authorities of American States on

Trafficking in Persons

INTERPOL activities to counter Trafficking in Human Beings :

Protection of Migrants who are victims of trafficking

Innocentia G. APOVO MONTEIRO

Criminal Intelligence Officer, INTERPOL
Trafficking in Huamn Beings Unit
March, 13 2018
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• The Largest International Police Organization
• 192 Member States
• Connecting Police
• Innovation Centre in Singapore
• Fight against crime globally

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 Bruxelles, Belgium
SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, EU Vision: "Connecting Police for a
safer world".

Lyon, France
GENERAL SECRETARIAT HQ

New York, USA

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE, UN Bangkok, Thailand
LIAISON OFFICE

San Salvador, El Salvador

REGIONAL BUREAU: C-AMERICA

Nairobi, Kenya
Abidjan, Ivory Coast REGIONAL BUREAU: E-AFRICA Singapore
REGIONAL BUREAU: W-AFRICA
GLOBAL COMPLEX FOR
INNOVATION

Harare, Zimbabwe
Yaounde, Cameroon REGIONAL BUREAU: S-AFRICA
Buenos Aires, Argentina
REGIONAL BUREAU: CENTR-AFRICA
REGIONAL BUREAU: S-AMERICA

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 2015:
- 19 million messages
went through it;
- 64.9 million data
I-24/7 (NCB)
records;
- 2.8 billion searches
and 355,783 hits got;
- 17,328 notices issued

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 INTERPOL Databases

Nominal DNA

Stolen and losten

travel documents

Fingherprints

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 Criminal Organizations and Drugs
(DCO)

Anti-Corruption and Financial Crimes

(AFC)
Executive Directorate for Police

Human Trafficking
Environmental Security (ENS)
Services (EDPS)

Organized and Emerging

Crimes
People Smuggling
(OEC) Vulnerable Communities (VC)

Crimes Against
Global Health and Safety Children
(GHS)

Trafficking in Illicit Goods and

Counterfeiting (TIGC)

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Our priorities (4P)
We focus on:
Prevention: Training, awareness messages, support to Police operation,
Protection: Rescue the victims and protect them (we believe that the
most important evidence come from the victims, so that it is crucial to
save them, provide them with assistance and security in order to get the
relevant information for the investiagtion and prosecution process.
Prosecution: Assist member countries to dismantle criminal networks
and encourage them to prosecute the suspected persons
Patnership : VCO works closely with EURPOL, CEPOL, UNODC, FRONTEX,
IOM,
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 Current activities

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 INTERPOL ISON and Human Trafficking Experts Group

ISON and THB Experts

Group

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 SUPPORT TO INTERNATIONAL
TRACKING & WARNINGS

FIND: Fixed INTERPOL Network Database

MIND: Mobile INTERPOL Network Database

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 Global Alerts and Arrests: INTERPOL Notices

Wanted for Information Warning: Known Missing

Arrest Request Offenders Person

Security Modus Unidentified UN Sanctioned

Alert Operandi Bodies Entities

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 Capacity Building

 313 sessions
 9,486 officers
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 INTERPOL Human Trafficking
Training & Operational
Concept

Different Target units

Operations
(Investigation, Immigration,
border, Customs)

Non Governmental
Organizations Involvement

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Manual for Investigators

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 Treatment of victims involve two things: The personal behavior of the officer in charge of the case and the proper
treatment to offer to the victim (international standards).
- Law enfocement officals shall respect and protect human
dignity and maintain the human rights of all persons.
- Their may only use force when strictly neccesary and to
the extend required for the performance of their duty.
- Matters of a confidential nature in the possession of LEO
shall be kept confidential, unless the performance of
duty or the needs of justice strictly require otherwise.
- No LEO may inflict, instigat or tolarate acts of torture or
other cruel or degrading treatment or punishment.
- LEO shall ensure full protection of the health of persons
in their custody and take immediate action to secure
medical attention whenever required.
In resume: Legality, Necessity and proportionality.
United Nation Code of conduct for Law
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Enforcement Officials
- Victims have a right to be treated with
compassion and respect for their dignity.
- Victims is entitled to access to justice and to be
efficiently prosecute.
- Victims have a right to information including
information about the progress of their case
and about available assistance.
- Victims have a rigt to be provides by with
proper assistance troughout the legal process.
- Victims have a right to protection of their
privacy and to measures to ensure their safety,
- Victims have a right to be heard and to have
their views represented and considered at
appropiate stages.
UN principles of justice for victims commonly
known as the ‘’Victms Declaration
• Migrants, Non- profit facilitators, Refugees and victims of
trafficking. They still victims and need protection and
assistance. The both Palermo’s Protocol aim to target the - Recruiters
smugglers of migrants and the traffickers. The criminalization
only covers those who profit from these crimes. - Transporters or guides

• The Protocols highlights that the criminalization should not - Spotters, drivers, messengers, enforcers
cover persons such as family members or nongovernmental or
religious groups that facilitate the illegal entry of migrants for - “Service providers” and suppliers such as:
humanitarian or non-profit reasons. Forgers of passports, visas and
other travel and immigration
• Refugees should not be criminalized for making use of documentation.
smugglers or for their illegal entry. (article 31 of the 1951 Document counterfeiters.
Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and article 19 of Train or bus conductors.
the Smuggling of Migrants Protocol). Taxi drivers.
Airline staff.
Refegees are Peoples who have well-founded fear of being persecuted for Boat owners or owners of other
reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, vehicles.
or political opinion.

Who are not to be criminalized? Who are the Actors?

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 OPERATIONAL ACTIVITIES

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 OPERATION SPARTACUS

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 Operation AKOMA in cocoa fields in Ghana and Cote d’Ivoire, led
in 2015.
• 97 children were rescued
• 25 suspected traffickers were arrested
• Patnership with IOM : Assistance to victims and Follow up.
Operation EPERVIER led in the Sahel region (Mali, Niger, Chad,
Mauritania and Senegal) in November 2017.
- 495 rescued victims and 40 suspected traffickers arrested
- Upcoming action days in the Caribean: 3-6 April.

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 THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION

For any further information, please email me: I.APOVO@INTERPOL.int or visit ou

9/16/2019 public website: www.interpol.int
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