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Bali Conference

Dates: February 26, 2002 to February 28, 2002

Event Details

The Ministerial Regional Conference on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime in Bali, Indonesia, 26-28 February, 2002, was attended by countries from the East Asia Pacific region, Europe and North America. Ministers attending the conference acknowledged the human rights dimensions of the problems of people smuggling and trafficking in persons, particularly for women and children, and underlined that illegal movements were growing in scale and complexity worldwide. Concern that many of the smuggling and trafficking activities were being orchestrated by criminal networks also involved in the trafficking of narcotics, document fraud, money laundering, arms smuggling and other transnational crimes was expressed; profitability in human trade is now rivaling that of narcotics. A concern of possible links to terrorist activities was also expressed. The need for relevant national policy statements and action plans was acknowledged. The Ministers agreed that subject to domestic laws and according to their respective national circumstances, they would work towards developing more effective information and intelligence sharing arrangements and improving the cooperation of law-enforcement agencies to enhance deterrence of human trafficking activities.

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