Launch of Awareness Campaign against Trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrants in Pakistan

Dr. Jassim Taqui

DG Al-Bab Institute for Strategic Studies

Islamabad, May 17,  2022: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) launching an awareness-raising campaign on trafficking in persons in collaboration with the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) of Pakistan, with the financial support of the Government of Canada through Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC). It targets  relevant stakeholders including law enforcement, media, academia, civil society organizations, non-government organizations (NGOs), and relevant government departments and the public in general, to strengthen in-country Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) prevention and response capacity

 

The focus of the campaign is to enhance public awareness and Behavioral Change Communication on these crimes and to inform individuals and communities who are generally less susceptible to risks and exploitations, and the community plays an important role as the first ones to identify and report such incidents and to those who are at risk.

 

Senior Officials from the Federal Investigation Agency and other officials of government counterparts, provincial and state level TIP Committees, the International Community, and civil society are invited to attend the launching of the Awareness Campaign against Trafficking in Person and Smuggling of Migrant in Pakistan.