1. National Director of Articulation with the Prosecutor Offices
Consultative Meeting on Strengthening Partnerships with National Rapporteurs on Trafficking in Persons and Equivalent Mechanisms
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN ARGENTINA
Dra. Paula Honisch
National Director of Articulation with the Prosecutor Offices

2. Multi-agency Intervention
Normative Situation
Palermo Protocol
Increment the effective prosecution of trafficking in persons and its related crimes
Increase the array of rights for the protection and comprehensive assistance of the victims
In 2008, the Republic of Argentina sanctioned the “PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PEOPLE AND ASSISTANCE TO ITS VICTIMS” law. In 2012 it was modified in order to:
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
Civil Society
Multi-agency Intervention

3. Protection and comprehensive assistance of the victims
“PREVENTION AND PUNISHMENT OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND ASSISTANCE TO ITS VICTIMS” LAW
Punishability
Effective prosecution of the crime of trafficking in persons and its related crimes
Elimination of the value of “consent” for the establishment of the criminal offense
Elimination of the means defined in the Protocol (When used they aggravate the penalty)
Victims
Protection and comprehensive assistance of the victims
It is provided entirely by the State
Non-punishability of the victim
Institutionalized coordination mechanisms
Federal Counsil
Executive Committee
National Plan for the Fight against Trafficking and Exploitation

4. Comprehensive assistance of the victims
The Argentine Republic guarantees the victims, among other rights, the following :
National Accompanying Programme to the Victims of the Crime of Trafficking in Persons
National Secretariat for Childhood, Adolescence and Family
Local Assistance Bodies
Medical, psychological and social attention
Shelter, food, clothing
Legal counselling
Possibility of settlement
Possibility to return to their original countries
Educational reintegration
Job training and financial support
The Argentine Republic has a compromise against taking any measure that could involve the deprivation of liberty of any trafficking victim, including deportation.

5. Crime prosecution and investigation
Judge/ District Attorney
Police Forces
Assistance bodies
Other actors
Control Agencies
National Department of Migration
Federal Administration of Public Revenues (AFIP)
Ministry of Labor
Consulates
NGO

6. Active policies to fight the crime
Forces
Areas of the Ministry
Intra-ministerial group of anti trafficking
Other actors

7. COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Prevent the crime
Punish the offenders
Protect the victims
COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY AGAINST TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

8. COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME
measure its impact
design effective policies…
Prioritize the place of criminal information…
COMPREHENSIVE KNOWLEDGE OF THE CRIME

9. Sharing of INFORMATION
SISTRATA: integrated system of criminal information of trafficking in person
This system aims to integrate and consolidate in a systematic and uniform way, the information collected from procedures or tasks performed on trafficking in persons and related crimes by Police Corps and Federal Security Forces.
Articulation with other ACTORS (national, local, regional, NGO)
Incorporation of new information SOURCES
Sharing of INFORMATION

10. Components of the SISTRATA
Routes used for transportation
Trends
Patterns
Modalities
Mutations
Routes
Places and critical industries
Forces performance
JUDICIAL CASE
TASKS
VICTIMS
OFFENDERS
SEIZED OBJECTS

11. COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT MINISTRY OF SECURITY
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Proactive prosecution
Dissemination of COMPLAINT CHANNELS
COORDINATED SYSTEM OF COMPLAINTS MANAGEMENT:
Citizens report instances of trafficking freely and anonymously
Unified management through the MINISTRY OF SECURITY
Coordination with the specialized Prosecutors Offices

12. TOOLS FOR THE DETECTION AND INVESTIGATION OF THE CRIME

13. PROTOCOL FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF CASES OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN BORDER CROSSINGS
. This tool was designed jointly between:
Ministry of Security
National Department of Migrations (NDM)
Through said tool migration and security agents have been trained to detect cases of human trafficking, mainly during the transfer stage, and were given clear procedure guidelines.
RECRUITMENT
TRANSPORTATION
Furthermore, between the Ministry of Security and the NDM was established a general framework of cooperation to design and develop joint activities aimed to prevent, detect and investigate the crime.

14. Prevention activities
GUIDE OF REGIONAL INTERVENTION FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF SITUATIONS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN BORDER CROSSINGS
The Guide was elaborated by the Ministry of Security of Argentina and approved by the State members of “MERCOSUR” and their Associated States
Share information
Prevention activities
Trainings
Victim’s Profiles
Guide of resources
Commitment taken by the signing States:
Decision to allow the entrance of victims to their countries even when they do not comply completely with the migrating requirements.

15. PROTOCOL FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF SITUATIONS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN VEHICLE CONTROLS IN ROUTES
Vehicle control
Passengers control
Documentation control
Luggage control
INTERVENTION GUIDELINES
Depending on the vehicle type
Useful indicators to detect victims and suspected offenders
INDICATORS AND GUIDE QUESTIONS
Comprehensive assistance of the victims
Communication with judiciary operators
COURSE OF ACTION
Through the analysis of information, not only was it established that the offender usually transfer their victims using the same routes, but also it was noticed that it was a scenario to detect cases in a transfer stage.
In order to choose in which route a control will be done, the criminal information collected in the “SISTRATA” constitutes an essential input.

16. PROTOCOL OF INTERVENTION FOR THE RESCUE OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
Procedure lines have been established for the efficient rescue of victims, trying to reduce intervention risks and to increase the possibilities of investigation success, thus, reducing the possibilities of secondary victimization as well
PLANNING OF THE PROCEEDING
GUIDELINES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROCEEDING
REGULATION ON INFORMATION COLLECTION AND COMMUNICATION

17. This Protocol was signed by 20 out of the 24 provinces of Argentina.
PROTOCOL OF INTERVENTION FOR THE RESCUE OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
This Protocol was signed by 20 out of the 24 provinces of Argentina.
This tool develops a system that:
Standardizes police intervention
Facilitates articulation with judges and district attorneys
Incorporates Criminal Information from provincial police forces in the “SISTRATA”
Provinces that signed the Protocol
Provinces that haven´t signed the Protocol

18. ORIENTATIVE GUIDE FOR THE RECEPTION OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CRIME OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN OFFICES OF THE SECURITY FORCES AND POLICE BODIES
The document aims at standardizing the police criteria when receiving complaints in order to facilitate the subsequent investigation of the case.
The information which arises from the complaints is also complied with and consolidated by the MINISTRY OF SECURITY, and is used to complement the “SISTRATA”.
The document details a series of indicators and guide questions, and standardizes the intervention guidelines.

19. Evolution of the interventions made by the Police Corps and Federal Security Forces
Source: Ministry of Security based on SisTrata information on 2011/12/13 years and information provided by the Rescue and Support Office for Victims of Trafficking (years 2008, 2009 and 2010).
Mesa Permanente de Coordinación Interadministrativa sobre el Delito de Trata

20. Results on crime prosecution
Specialized Prosecutor's Office (since 2008)
100 offenders convicted
500 suspects
indicted

21. THANK YOU/ DANKE/ MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!
Paula Honisch
National Director of Articulation with the Prosecutor Offices
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