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Sudan, Sudan and Somalia), in- nal consultative sessions involving vernment and non-governmen-
cluding through the capacitation law enforcement agencies in tar- tal institutions and across border;
of regional cooperation and stren- geted countries, fostering the iden- •Lack or no coordination among
gthening the evidence-based poli- tification of areas of improvement key services, including with re-
cies and operational management. and capacity-building needs and gards to mutual legal agreement
highlighting the capacity gaps and between countries in the region;
Ensure the local and regional challenges faced by governments •Misconception or confusion re-
ownership in addressing institu- in the region in responding to these garding the status or category of
tional gaps and challenges phenomena, informing the identi- certain group of people (asylum
The initial step in the process of fication of capacity-building ne- seekers, refugees, internally di-
strengthening country and regional eds in the areas of data collection, splaced person, migrants) and
cooperation among the law enfor- analysis and information sharing. the need to educate and familia-
cement system was based in en- Particular challenges remained in: rise law enforcement officials and
suring an appropriate assessment •Qualifying the situations whe- the judiciary on the details of the
and technical appraisal of gaps re blurring lines existed between Counter-Trafficking in Persons;
and challenges affecting the public smuggling of migrants, trafficking •Restrictive immigration policies;
response to smuggling of migrants in human beings and the need criminalisation of undocumented
and trafficking in Human beings. to reform legislation and policies or irregular migrants, social stig-
In country’s analyses were produ- to prevent criminalising irregular ma against certain groups of po-
ced as part of the AMMI project migrants or victims of trafficking; pulation or type of practises (being
and provided an updated over- •The gaps in the implementation engaged in prostitution activi-
view of migrant smuggling and of existing frameworks, limited sta- ties, undocumented migrants…).
human trafficking trends and keholder capacity, and a lack of The AMMI’s project, in particular,
dynamics with an emphasis to formal mechanisms for collecting, supported the establishment of a
the modus operandi of criminal analysing, and sharing informa- peer-to-peer network of Senior Of-
networks involved in facilitating tion on migrant smuggling and ficers from police and the judiciary
irregular migration. The reports human trafficking within gover- sector from partner’s countries of
were strengthened through natio- nment institutions, between go- the Khartoum Process, including
through the mentoring of anti-traf-
ficking Police Officers from the
Directorate of International Coo-
peration of the French Ministry of
Interior and Italian Carabinieri Of-
ficers from the COESPU together
with international protection exper-
ts. This network jointly developed a
training curriculum based on best
practices from police technics and
international protection that was
then implemented across the re-
gion in critical areas where traffi-
cking in human beings was at stake.

Are protection outcomes in cri-
minal investigation against traf-
ficking possible?
Concretely, the role of the network
of experts promoted the identifi-
cation, immediate protection and
rehabilitation of victims as equal

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