Islamabad, July 29 (TNS): World Day against Human Trafficking will be celebrated on 30th July (Tomorrow) to express solidarity towards the victims of human trafficking and encourage the states to take concrete steps towards curbing heinous crime of trafficking in persons.
Thousands of men, women and children fall prey to trafficking networks every year in Pakistan.
This year with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s efforts, Pakistan was finally able to enact law on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). With the passage of new comprehensive law, “Prevention and Control of Human Trafficking Ordinance” is repealed.
Mr Cesar Guedes, Country Representative UNODC Pakistan expresses his solidarity with the victims of trafficking and appreciates steps taken by the Government of Pakistan to tackle it.
He said that “International community must join hands to combat trafficking in persons in a comprehensive manner. We need to mobilize the international community to empower the institutions to become innovative in their approach”.
UNODC’s Country Office Pakistan (COPAK) is providing technical assistance to Pakistan in terms of capacity building of the Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) Personnel through its specialized curricula designed for prosecutors and investigators and provision of operational equipment.
UNODC will continue its assistance to the Government of Pakistan with a resolve to end Trafficking in Persons.
This year Pakistan has also been upgraded to “Tier-2” from “Watch-list” by the United States Department of State.
The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), which is the lead Agency to control Trafficking in Persons in Pakistan is working tirelessly on the issue. FIA has designed its “Strategic Framework to Combat Human Trafficking and Migrants Smuggling (2015-2020)”.
