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INTERPOL 🌐 Vulnerable Communities

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INTERPOL's Vulnerable Communities sub-directorate. Committed to fighting: 🔴 Crimes against children 🔴 Human trafficking 🔴 People smuggling

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INTERPOL was pleased to support this joint action against human trafficking. Another strong example of international cooperation leading to concrete results, with 5 arrests and 8 victims identified.
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🔹5 detenidos en #Madrid 🔹8 víctimas identificadas 🔹2 registros 🔹11.000 € intervenidos Integraban una organización criminal dedicada a la explotación sexual de mujeres en viviendas de alquiler Operación conjunta de @policia con @PoliciaColombia y la colaboración de @INTERPOL_HQ y la #ONG @ourrescue

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In just one year, 1 in 5 children in Brazil experienced technology-facilitated sexual exploitation and abuse. New #DisruptingHarm research calls for greater focus on perpetrator behaviour, platform safety, and stronger protection systems. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4beRoiG
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🚨 Global operation safeguards 4,400 potential trafficking victims, detects 13,000 irregular migrants Operation Liberterra III saw the arrest of 3,744 suspects, including more than 1,800 for human trafficking and migrant smuggling offences, based on initial reporting from participating countries. During the operation across 119 countries, law enforcement agencies mobilized more than 14,000 officers, conducting hotspot surveillance and targeted raids, as well as reinforced border controls. Authorities opened more than 720 new investigations, many of which are ongoing. Major findings include: 🔵Trafficking-fueled scam schemes remain a serious concern in Asia and Africa, but improved intelligence, detection and screening mechanisms are resulting in more arrests and hundreds of victims being repatriated. 🔵 While sexual exploitation remains highly reported, forced labour and forced criminality are increasing, with domestic servitude and organ removal also detected. 🔵 Cases involving victims from the Americas and Asia in Africa point to changing trafficking dynamics, contrasting with historically observed patterns of African victims being trafficked abroad. 🔵 Migration patterns in the Americas have largely reversed, with South American nationals now travelling southward through Central America. 🔵There is continued pressure along Atlantic and Mediterranean maritime routes, particularly from West and North Africa toward Europe. 🔵 Authorities are increasingly using online monitoring to detect and track trafficking and smuggling networks. 🔵 Human trafficking and migrant smuggling continue to be closely linked to crimes such as document fraud, money laundering and drug trafficking. 🔗Read more: interpol.int/News-and-Event…
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14,000 officers across 119 countries working together 🔵 3,744 suspects arrested 🔵 720+ investigations opened 🔵 4,400+ potential victims protected 🔵 13,000 irregular migrants identified
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Opening the 13th INTERPOL Global Conference on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling, we emphasized the growing overlap between trafficking, smuggling and other forms of organized crime.
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To mark the International Day of Police Cooperation, INTERPOL’s headquarters is lit up in blue🔵
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Valdecy Urquiza@INTERPOL_SG

The International Day of Police Cooperation (7 September) is a reminder of a simple but profound truth: behind every badge, behind every investigation, behind every operation, there are men and women who dedicate their lives to protecting others.

Today’s criminals are more agile, more connected, and more ruthless than ever before. Human traffickers prey on the vulnerable. Drug cartels poison our streets and our children. Cybercriminals hide behind screens, stealing identities and holding hospitals, schools and businesses hostage.   Emerging threats—deepfakes, online grooming, AI-driven fraud—are now part of our daily reality.

And yet, every single day, police officers stand as the first line of defence. They patrol our neighbourhoods, dismantle criminal networks, comfort victims, and they put themselves at risk to keep families safe. They serve not for glory or recognition, but out of a deep sense of duty to their communities.

This year’s theme, “ICT and AI in policing”, is not just about technology. It’s about making sure the men and women on the front lines have the tools and training they need to face the challenges of tomorrow.

INTERPOL exists to support and connect our 196 member countries, to help join the dots that criminals hope will stay hidden, and to make sure that no officer, no community, no nation stands alone in this fight.

International police cooperation is not an abstract concept. It is what allows a child to be rescued from exploitation, a shipment of deadly drugs to be intercepted, a cyberattack to be stopped before it cripples a hospital. It is what turns the courage of individual officers into a global force for good.

Our mission goes beyond crime and punishment. It is about protecting families, safeguarding economies, and preserving the very fabric of societies around the world.

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This week, we gathered law enforcement from 13 North & West African countries🌍and 6 private & tech companies to foster cooperation against human trafficking and migrant smuggling. The EU-funded 🇪🇺 Himaya project leverages public-private efforts to dismantle criminal networks🤝
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The webinar organized by the @EU_Commission-@INTERPOL_HQ Himaya project gathered 150 law enforcement representatives and was dedicated to fight cyber enabled Human trafficking and Smuggling of Migrants 🖥️👮👮‍♂️👮‍♀️
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On this World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, it’s important to remember that: 🔵 Human trafficking is a complex crime that takes many forms: sexual exploitation, forced labour and even organ removal, each presenting unique challenges for an effective law enforcement response. 🔵 Traffickers use different methods to recruit victims. A recent INTERPOL report showed how human trafficking-fueled scam centres have expanded their global footprint. As of March 2025, victims from 66 countries were trafficked into online scam centres, with no continent left untouched. 🔵 While human trafficking and migrant smuggling are distinct crimes, they can be linked. Migrant smugglers exploit people seeking better lives and can use their desperation as an entry point for trafficking. At INTERPOL, we are committed to protecting victims and bringing to justice those responsible for these crimes which exploit the most vulnerable members of our society. #EndHumanTrafficking
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Human trafficking is Organized Crime – End the Exploitation The campaign of our colleagues @UNODC highlights the vital role of law enforcement & the criminal justice system in dismantling organized trafficking networks while ensuring a victim-centred approach #EndHumanTrafficking
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Organized crime fuels human trafficking worldwide. 74% of traffickers operate within organized crime groups, exploiting more victims more violently than independent criminals. Proactive law enforcement operations are crucial to #EndHumanTrafficking.

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INTERPOL’s Project Soteria lead Elizabeth Wright shares insights into the patterns, methods and prevention of sexual exploitation in @WHO’s #NoExcuse podcast. 🎙 Find out more about INTERPOL’s initiative to prevent sexual misconduct in the aid sector 🔗 who.int/podcasts/episo…
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Leading the global fight against organized crime Our first issue of INTERPOL Spotlight looks at how we disrupt organized crime globally, targeting their networks and their money to support a safer world for all. ➡️🔗mailchi.mp/interpol/inter…
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Lomé 🇹🇬 This week, law enforcement and judiciary experts gathered for the first regional meeting on human trafficking, migrant smuggling & maritime security — these interconnected crimes demand joint action for a safer world 🤝🌎🌍🌏
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“The workshop showed us that fighting human trafficking is not only about arrests—it’s about dismantling systems through data, coordination, and strategic foresight.” said a participant from one of the Himaya workshops 🇪🇺🌐
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@INTERPOL_HQ wrapped up a series of workshops to fight human trafficking and smuggling of migrants in four North African countries. The EU-funded 🇪🇺 Project Himaya brought together 141 officers in four workshops in Alger 🇩🇿 Casablanca 🇲🇦 Tripoli 🇱🇾 and Tunis 🇹🇳 #Together4Med
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Panama🇵🇦 and Spain🇪🇸 dismantle human trafficking network. A joint operation between the @PoliciaDePanama and Spain’s @Policia has led to the arrest of six suspects in Madrid. Three victims were rescued - one Panamanian and two Colombian women. Operation Puerta del Sol was launched to dismantle a criminal organization engaged in human trafficking, which recruited victims in Panama and other regions for sexual exploitation in Spain. The investigation began after a young Panamanian woman was identified as a victim of human trafficking, having been lured by a foreigner with a false job offer to Spain and subjected to sexual exploitation upon her arrival.
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Last week, for the 1st time in the @INTERPOL_HQ Regional Bureau in Abidjan, we held a training for 30 female investigators from West Africa—on OSINT, child protection & fighting human trafficking. Funded by the WAPIS Programme in collaboration with the HTSM & MTS Units👮🏾‍♀️👮🏿‍♀️
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