The Department against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC) was created in 2016 and its main purpose is to provide technical and legislative assistance to OAS Member States to confront and respond to transnational organized crime in its different manifestations.
In particular, DTOC supports those Member States that require it to comply with the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three Protocols (trafficking in persons; smuggling of migrants; and illicit trafficking in firearms). , as well as the Hemispheric Action Plan Against TOD, and the Chapultepec Consensus.
Likewise, it provides Technical Secretariat services to the different political and specialized forums with competence in the matter within the OAS and promotes cooperation projects between Member States to strengthen the regional fight against transnational organized crime from different lines of action. action:
Public policies and legislative assistance in the fight against Transnational Organized Crime
Control of money laundering
Strengthening capacities in the investigation and prosecution of TOC with a special focus on:
- Illicit trafficking in firearms, ammunition, explosives and other related materials
- Human trafficking
- Smuggling of migrants
- Smuggling of goods
- Corruption and asset recovery
- Illegal mining
- Cyber crime
- Confiscation and management of assets of illicit origin
- Protection of victims and witnesses of transnational organized crime