IOM Washington, in partnership with the US
Department of State's Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons
(G/TIP), is carrying out law enforcement training for "front-line"
law enforcement and prosecutorial officials in a region affected by
human trafficking.

The two week course, beginning this Sunday in
The Bahamas, is conducted within the Department’s
International Law Enforcement Academies (ILEA) system.

The 32 participants from The Bahamas, St.
Lucia, Suriname, Guyana, and the Netherlands Antilles include:
border guards, investigators, prosecutors, working-level police and
immigration officials, judges, public and government attorneys and
other relevant law enforcement officials from both the host country
and bordering countries.

The in-depth training assists law enforcement
and judiciary structures to act more effectively against crimes of
human trafficking, and will assist victims by sensitizing law
enforcement to their basic needs. The training will also allow
counterpart law enforcement officials to understand more clearly
how a cooperative approach to counter trafficking will improve
their ability to do their work.

The counter-trafficking training will focus on
a what is human trafficking, how does it happen, what is the
current situation, what are the consequences, who is involved in
human trafficking, profiles of traffickers and victims, the
government and law enforcement response, how to identify a victim
of trafficking, trafficking intelligence, the role of IOM and its
partners, and networking and enhanced cooperation at the national
and international level.

The training topics will be supported by
statistical, evidential, and anecdotal examples and participants
will be encouraged to actively participate in the exchange of
experiences. Tested investigative and partnership techniques will
be discussed and analyzed.

In 2005, IOM held similar trainings in
Botswana and Ecuador. So far this year, trainings have taken place
in Peru and Lebanon; additional trainings are scheduled in Botswana
in October and in Bahrain in December.

For further information, please contact:



Niurka Piñeiro

IOM Washington DC

Tel: 1.202.862.1826 Ext. 225

E-mail: "mailto:npineiro@iom.int" target="_blank" title=
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