1. NATIONAL COALITION AGAINST MIGRANT SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING Costa Rica

2. BACKGROUND:
2002: Palermo Protocol ratified through Act 8302 of September 12, 2002, published in La Gaceta N°123 of June 27, 2003.
2004: Development of the Protocol for the Repatriation of Boys, Girls, and Adolescents Victims of Trafficking.
Trata de Blancas actualmente mal utilizado, refiere al trasiego de mujeres de raza blanca específicamente de Europa hacia el oriente, esto escandalizó en la época y visualizó el problema. Es un término racista y limitante, debido a que se da también la venta de PME y hombres.

3. BACKGROUND:
2005: CNCTIMTP established through Executive Decree No Reformed in 2008.
2009: The Immediate Response Team (ERI) is established.
2010: National Development Plan :
To increase police actions against organized crime;
To strengthen migration controls;
To increase actions to prevent and provide assistance to victims of migrant smuggling and trafficking.
October 2012: The Law Against Trafficking in Persons is passed, the National Coalition is established, the Immediate Response Team (ERI) is made official, and the criminal type of the crime of trafficking in persons and related crimes is adapted.
Trata de Blancas actualmente mal utilizado, refiere al trasiego de mujeres de raza blanca específicamente de Europa hacia el oriente, esto escandalizó en la época y visualizó el problema. Es un término racista y limitante, debido a que se da también la venta de PME y hombres.

4. Costa Rica CNTIMTP: In 2005, the CNCTIMTP is established:
To provide comprehensive assistance to victims, ensuring protection.
To prevent the impunity of criminals.
To develop a State public policy relating to the topic and to establish specific sectorial actions.

5. CNCTIMTP 1. Prevention 4. Information, analysis, and investigation
2. Assistance to victims
3. Justice administration
4. Information, analysis, and investigation

6. PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
PREVENTION ACTIONS
Training
: 6000
PUBLIC PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE
POLICE FORCES
CNCTIMTP
Dissemination
RADIO SPOTS
CARDS / MIGRATION
OIJ CAMPAIGN
Denounce-ment
9-1-1
(OIJ)

7. Providing information
ASSISTANCE Model for Comprehensive Assistance to Surviving Victims of Trafficking
Rescued in :
140 victims
Food
Health
Counselling
Providing information
Establishing the status of victim of trafficking, migration category : 89
Protection/ Shelter

8. JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION
Protocols: With the Public Forces/Immigration/ PANI/Law Against Organized Crime, Law for the Assistance to Victims and Witnesses/Immigration Act
Act 9095 Against Trafficking in Persons
Approved at the second debate, Oct. 1, 2012

9. INFORMATION, ANALYSIS, AND INVESTIGATION
Statistics
Police Information Platform (OIJ)
Mapping
A directory to improve coordination

10. Members of CNCTIMTP: INAMU MEP
UNHCR
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY
CCSS
CIDEHUM (International Centre for Human Rights of Migrants)
CNREE
Human Rights Ombudsman’s Office
General Directorate of Migration and Immigration (DGME)
DIS (Directorate of Intelligence and Security)
DNI (Defensa de Niñas y Niños Internacional)
Rahab Foundation
SCALABRINIAN SISTERS
IAFA
IMAS
INA
INAMU
MEP
Ministry of the Interior, Police, and Public Security
Ministry of Justice and Peace
Attorney General’s Office
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cult
Ministry of Health
MTSS
OIJ
IOM
PANI / CONACOES
PANIAMOR
UNICEF

11. THE FOLLOWING TOOLS ARE AVAILABLE:
NATIONAL:
-Law Against Trafficking in Persons
- National Guidelines
- Immediate Response Team (ERI) With a Model for Comprehensive Assistance to Surviving Victims of the Crime
- Protocols for Action: Immigration/PANI/Public Forces
The General Directorate of Migration and Immigration, together with ESME, screens vulnerable populations.
REGIONAL:
Regional Coalition ( Costa Rica / Secretariat)
Regional Guidelines
Regional Strategy for Assistance to Victims
Strategic Plan of the Regional Coalition
Regional Communication Strategy
Signing the Regional Memo of Understanding

12. Immediate Response Team (ERI):
Established by decree and strengthened by the Law Against Trafficking in Persons 2012.
A specialized inter-institutional body for assistance to victims of trafficking in persons.
Of a confidential nature.
Composed of:
Technical Secretariat of CNCTIMTP, DGME, Public Forces, INAMU, MTSS, OIJ, Attorney General’s Office, and PANI. In addition: IOM, UNHCR, and ILO.

13. Immediate Response Team
To address all potential situations of trafficking.
To establish the status of victim of trafficking in order to enable the person to have access to specific services being provided.
To implement immediate intervention actions to ensure assistance, protection, and security of the victim or person suspected of being a victim.
To assess and identify situations of trafficking in persons.

14. HUMAN RIGHTS: PRINCIPLES
Equality, Non-discrimination
Protection
Propor-tionality and Need
Confidentiality
Re-victimization
Participation and Information
Human Dignity

15. RELEVANT UNITS JUDICIARY:
DGME:
Professional Migration Police: ,
Police Investigation and Intelligence Unit:
Specialized Units for the Protection of Under-Age Persons (UEPME)
Migrant Smuggling and Trafficking Management
Tel: ,
Fax:
JUDICIARY:
OIJ: Unit Against Trafficking in Persons:
Office for Assistance to Victims
Public Prosecutor’s Office Against Organized Crime

16. General Directorate of Migration and Immigration
THANK YOU!
General Directorate of Migration and Immigration
CNCTIMTP
Costa Rica
2012