The largest of the Antilles reiterated today that it maintains a "Zero Tolerance" policy regarding any form of human trafficking, by publishing its National Report of Cuba on Prevention and Confrontation of Human Trafficking and Protection of Victims corresponding to 2022.
In the document, released through the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Minrex), the update of the National Action Plan for the period 2022-2024 was notified, a fundamental tool in the coordinated action between the State and the organizations of Cuban civil society to address this serious crime, which is pending approval by the Council of State.
The report explains that, with the objective of strengthening the prevention of acts of trafficking in persons, the various state actors involved have maintained training as one of the essential elements to increase the perception of risk.
In addition, during the period, cooperation actions and the timely exchange of information with international organizations, the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), the United Nations system and counterpart organizations from countries in the region and Europe, continued. in order to guarantee effective prevention and confrontation of human trafficking.
At the same time, specialized care was maintained for the victims of trafficking identified in the previous report, as well as for those people who are in situations of greater vulnerability, particularly girls, boys, women, the elderly, and the disabled.
During 2022, six cases were tried for crimes with typical features of trafficking in persons, a figure that denotes the low incidence of this crime in the national territory, the result of preventive actions, confrontation and also evidence of the absence of organized criminal networks based in the country.
Taken from ACN
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