As a pioneering project, this collaborative effort gathers 5 areas of the OAS intending to strengthen the capacities of seven (7) OAS Member States to prevent and investigate organized crime linked to the exploitation of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, particularly human trafficking, and migrant smuggling. The project also seeks to strengthen border management in the beneficiary countries to increase detection of the irregular movement of goods, and people; and to promote the inclusion of the victims and survivors of these crimes in society.
The 7 countries - Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago – benefit from different activities led by Department of Public Security (DPS), the Secretariat of the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE), the Department of Social Inclusion (DSI), the Department Against Transnational Organized Crime (DTOC), and the Working Group to Address the Venezuelan Migration and Refugee Crisis in the Region.
The project is funded by the Anti-Crime Capacity Building Program (ACCBP) of Global Affairs Canada. Thus, it is aligned with its priorities to prevent and counter transnational organized crime.