IOM is to host a regional conference for law enforcement agencies
from Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan, Tajikistan and United Arab
Emirates to discuss human trafficking. The conference, the first of
its kind, will be held October 12-13 at the Serena Hotel in Kabul.

The event offers a regional forum for delegates to share
information about trafficking in their countries and the
difficulties that they face in the investigation and prosecution of
the crime.

The objective is to develop strategies to prevent trafficking
and prosecute traffickers through regional cooperation, and to
explore possible areas of cross border cooperation.

Afghanistan is particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, as
a result of more than two decades of conflict, the subsequent loss
of lives and livelihoods, prolonged economic instability,
insecurity and often porous borders with six neighbouring
countries.

In Afghanistan, IOM works closely with the government, in line
with the Afghan National Development Strategy (ANDS), to build the
capacity of Afghan institutions to manage migration and combat
human trafficking.

For details of the conference and to receive a conference pack
please contact:

Nigina Mamadjonova

IOM Kabul

Tel + 93 (0) 700 066041

E-mail: "mailto:nmamadjonova@iom.int">nmamadjonova@iom.int

or

Katsui Kaya

Tel +93 (0) 700 18596

E-mail: "mailto:kkaya@iom.int" target="_blank" title=
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