Project for human trafficking awareness launched

ISLAMABAD: The Global Action to Prevent and Address Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (GLO.ACT), a four-year joint initiative by the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), was launched here on Wednesday.

GLO.ACT is a coordinated response to trafficking in persons and the smuggling of migrants and aims to strengthen the criminal justice response in 13 strategically selected countries across Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and Latin America   Belarus, Brazil, Colombia, Egypt, Kyrgyz Republic, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mali, Morocco, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, South Africa and Ukraine. The project, implemented in partnership with the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Unicef, reaffirms that combating human trafficking and migrant smuggling is of the highest importance for the EU.