{"id":14835,"date":"2025-07-31T16:44:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/?p=14835"},"modified":"2025-07-31T16:44:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T14:44:23","slug":"prosecutors-in-brazil-are-advancing-a-coordinated-response-for-the-early-identification-and-protection-of-victims-of-trafficking-and-drug-related-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/prosecutors-in-brazil-are-advancing-a-coordinated-response-for-the-early-identification-and-protection-of-victims-of-trafficking-and-drug-related-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"Prosecutors in Brazil are advancing a coordinated response for the early identification and protection of victims of trafficking and drug-related crime."},"content":{"rendered":"

The European Union\u2019s COPOLAD III programme took part on 30 and 31 July in two events held in Brazil to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons<\/b><\/span>. These activities aimed to support institutional responses for the early identification and protection of vulnerable individuals who are coerced or deceived into transporting drugs as a result of trafficking dynamics.<\/p>\n

On 31 July, the Joint Action Guide for the Early Identification of Human Trafficking Cases Involving Drug Transport in Airports<\/b><\/span> was presented. This practical document was developed by Brazil\u2019s Federal Prosecution Service<\/b><\/span> in collaboration with COPOLAD III<\/b><\/span>. It provides key concepts, case typologies, trafficking indicators, investigation and prosecution strategies with a gender and human rights approach, alternatives to criminal prosecution, and inter-institutional cooperation protocols.<\/p>\n

The guide was at the core of the technical workshop \u201cIntersection between Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking and Gender\u201d<\/i>, which brought together Brazilian prosecutors and international experts to analyse real cases, share good practices, and strengthen capacities. Its central objective is to prevent the criminalisation of trafficking victims<\/b><\/span> involved in drug transport, ensure their protection, and coordinate criminal justice interventions with support and care networks to avoid revictimisation.<\/p>\n

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Technical Workshop: \u201cIntersection between Drug Trafficking, Human Trafficking and Gender\u201d<\/b><\/b><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This initiative forms part of COPOLAD III\u2019s broader efforts in Latin America to integrate into criminal investigations the Regional Guidelines for the Early Identification and Non-Criminalisation of Victims<\/b><\/span><\/a>, unanimously approved at the General Assembly of the Ibero-American Association of Public Prosecutors (AIAMP)<\/b><\/span>, held in Madrid in October 2023.<\/p>\n

These regional guidelines are the result of a joint effort by three of AIAMP\u2019s specialised networks: REDTRAM<\/b><\/span> (Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Network), RFAI<\/b><\/span> (Anti-Drug Prosecutors Network), and REG<\/b><\/span> (Gender Specialised Network).<\/p>\n

Thanks to this alliance, a regional diagnosis was produced, analysing situations in which victimhood and criminal charges intersect, and guiding public prosecutors towards interventions with a human rights, gender and intersectional perspective. In addition to Brazil, the Public Prosecutors\u2019 Offices of Argentina<\/b><\/span> \u2014also present at the workshop\u2014 and Paraguay<\/b><\/span> are currently working on adapting the guidelines to their national contexts.<\/p>\n

Advancing towards a criminal justice system with a gender perspective<\/b><\/h3>\n

The activities marking the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons<\/b><\/span> began on 30 July with an international seminar, which also commemorated the first anniversary of the creation of Brazil\u2019s National Unit against the International Trafficking in Persons and the Smuggling of Migrants (UNTC)<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

During the opening session, Ana Almeida<\/b><\/span>, representative of the European Union in Brazil<\/b><\/span>, stated:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is urgent to advance towards a criminal justice system with a gender perspective \u2013 one that recognises and protects victims and addresses the structural causes of their vulnerability.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

She added:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe European Union has placed the fight against human trafficking at the heart of its foreign policy and international cooperation. Not only because it constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights, but because we understand that no country can face these challenges alone. International cooperation is not just desirable \u2014 it is indispensable.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The European Union\u2019s COPOLAD III programme took part on 30 and 31 July in two events held in Brazil to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons. These activities aimed to support institutional responses for the early identification and protection of vulnerable individuals who are coerced or deceived into transporting drugs as a result […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"COPOLAD III is working in collaboration with the Federal Prosecution Service of Brazil on a Joint Action Guide for the Early Identification of Human Trafficking Cases Involving Drug Transport in Airports","format":"standard"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[102],"tags":[262,528,489,527],"class_list":["post-14835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-gender","tag-genero-en","tag-human-trafficking","tag-trata-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14835"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14836,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14835\/revisions\/14836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/copolad.eu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}