ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – A two-day programme aimed at helping Caribbean law enforcement officials identify and combat trafficking in persons (TIP) gets underway here (Grenada) on Thursday.
The organisers said that TIP is a modern-day form of slavery and a violation of basic human rights involving not only coercive sexual exploitation, but also forced labour, involuntary servitude, and child soldiers.
The event is being organised by the Department of Public Security of the Organisation of American States with funding from the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA).
It is intended to train police and immigration officials as well as prosecutors and judges from 13 English-speaking Caribbean countries to increase awareness and support the efforts of law enforcement agencies in combating human trafficking.
The project seeks to train law enforcement personnel in such areas as the distinction between trafficking and smuggling; crime scene management; victim identification, assistance and protection; and standard operating procedures for immigration control.
It is being held under the theme, “Strengthening Capacity of Law Enforcement Officials, Judges, and Prosecutors in the Caribbean to Identify and Combat Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children”.
We are confusing Illegal migration with Human trafficking.
The first is voluntary, the second is by force.