The program to Combat Human Trafficking and the Smuggling of Migrants includes efforts to dismantle criminal groups involved in human trafficking and migrant smuggling. This includes the promotion of parallel financial investigations alongside human trafficking cases in its various forms.

  • Project on the Prevention, Investigation, and Combat of Criminal Activity Related to Human Trafficking and the Exploitation of Refugees and Migrants: This project is developed by the Department against Transnational Organized Crime, with financial support from the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP) of the Government of Canada.
  • Dialogue Series on Combating Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation from a Financial Intelligence PerspectiveThese dialogues are organized by the Department against Transnational Organized Crime with support from the Permanent Observer Mission of Spain to the OAS.









Objectives
  • Promote complex investigations into the actions of criminal groups behind human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
  • Develop technical tools to strengthen the investigative and international cooperation capacities of relevant officials and professionals.
  • Promote the fight against human trafficking by monitoring financial assets associated with these crimes.
  • Support the monitoring of financial movements to identify the leaders of criminal networks and their methods.
  • Locate and confiscate illicit assets derived from the exploitation of human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
Activities
  • Development of comprehensive guidelines for the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking and migrant smuggling crimes linked to transnational organized crime.
  • Design of practical guides for inter-institutional coordination on human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
  • Preparation of manuals on international legal cooperation in cases of human trafficking and migrant smuggling.
  • Development of specialized training programs for law enforcement professionals and agencies.
  • Facilitation of dialogue among diplomats, law enforcement, prosecutors, financial analysts, and officials investigating related crimes.
  • Promotion of the analysis of money laundering typologies associated with human trafficking.
  • Promotion of financial investigations in human trafficking cases.
Beneficiary Countries
Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Argentina
Barbados
Barbados
Belize
Belize
Bolivia
Bolivia
Brazil
Brazil
Canada
Canada
Chile
Chile
Colombia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Cuba flag
Cuba
Dominica
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Ecuador
El Salvador
El Salvador
Grenada
Grenada
Guatemala
Guatemala
Guyana
Guyana
Haiti
Haiti
Honduras
Honduras
Jamaica
Jamaica
Mexico
Mexico
Nicaragua
Nicaragua
Panama
Panama
Paraguay
Paraguay
Peru
Peru
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Suriname
The Bahamas
The Bahamas
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago
United States of America
United States of America
Uruguay
Uruguay
Venezuela
Venezuela
Team
Gastón Schulmeister
Director
Michael Bejos
Senior Officer
John Grajales
Technical Specialist
Strategic Partners