Toolkit To Combat Trafficking

The UNODC states that the most important ways by which countries can enforce laws that will guarantee the prosecution and further conviction of human trafficking offenders are: through the use of the Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons by the UNODC, through multi-agency action at the border and through the provision of the right tools and intelligence to national agencies in order to reduce the threat. According to the UNODC, “the Toolkit seeks to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and information among policymakers, law enforcers, judges, prosecutors, victim service providers and members of civil society who are working at different levels towards these same objectives” (Online Edition - Toolkit to Combat Trafficking in Persons). Therefore, this toolkit is important because it provides active, current, and dynamic guidance to combat the problem.

Moreover, multi-agency action at the border requires national agencies to partner with social service agencies and organizations in order to help to identify and report suspected trafficking in a more efficient way and then provide needed support for trafficking victims (ICE). Finally, the provision of the right tools and intelligence to national agencies in order to reduce the threat requires governments to create organized crime mapping tools that ensure that the information that is gathered is as consistent and thorough as possible. If these efforts are put into practice, the UNODC guarantees that human trafficking will be significantly reduced.