STORY:Amisom, Somali Police Force mark World

Day Against Trafficking in Persons

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DATELINE: 31/JULY/2019, MOGADISHU, SOMALIA

SHOT LIST:

1. Wide shot, event banner

2. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
3. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
4. Med shot, Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Rex Dundun flanked
by The Deputy Director in charge of Planning and Training in the SPF,
Mohamed Garaar and partners taking part in the joint sensitization
workshop on Trafficking in Persons and Smuggling of Migrants
5. Med shot, participants from Somali Police Force (SPF) and AMISOM
taking part in the sensitization workshop
6. Med shot, AMISOM officers taking part in the sensitization workshop
7. Close up shot, AMISOM Police officer listening during the workshop
8. Wide shot, AMISOM Police and military taking part in the workshop
9. Med shot, SPF and AMISOM Police and military officers listening
during the workshop
10. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) REX DUNDUN, ACTING AMISOM POLICE
COMMISSIONER
“If people do not have the background information, if the communities
are not sensitized, if the law enforcement agencies are not sensitized
on how to tackle and combat the scourge, the definitely the society will
be at risk. So we are here to get more information and knowledge
about the evils of trafficking in persons so that we can perform better.
These incidents of trafficking have left many people becoming slaves,
led to servitude and even to people losing lives”.

11. Wide shot, master of ceremony inviting the next speaker to give his
remarks
12. SOUNDBITE: (SOMALI) MR. MOHAMED GARAAR, THE SOMALI
POLICE FORCE (SPF) DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF
PLANNING AND TRAINING
“I believe acknowledging and underlining the existence of a problem is
the starting point of the solution,”

13. Med shot, AMISOM officers taking part in the sensitization workshop
14. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
15. Med shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
16. Med shot, AMISOM Police Officers and SNA officers listening during
the workshop
17. Med shot, AMISOM officers listeners during the workshop
18. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
19. Med shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
20. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MS. FRIDAH KIBUKO, REPRESENTATIVE
OF GIZ BETTER MIGRATION MANAGEMENT (BMM)
“The issue of trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants requires
international cooperation. It cannot be dealt with by only one country
and It is not only an issue for Somalia but all over the world. It is an
issue of transnational crime and therefore to confront it, you need the
cooperation of your government and also international cooperation”.

21. Med shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
22. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
23. Med shot, AMISOM Police officers listening during the workshop
24. Med shot, AMISOM officers listening during the workshop
25. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) RADOSLAW MALINOWSKI, CHIEF
EVECUTIVE OF Chief Executive of Awareness Against Human
Trafficking (HAART), AWARENESS AGAINST HUMAN
TRAFFICKING (HAART)
“We call it modern slavery because it resembles the old traditional
slavery and it has negative effects on victims, individuals and destroys
people’s lives”.
26. Wide shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
27. Close up shot, SPF officer listening during the workshop
 28. Med shot, AMISOM Police, military, partners and the Somali Police
Force (SPF) at a joint sensitization workshop on Trafficking in Persons
and Smuggling of Migrants
29. SOUNDBITE: (ENGLISH) MS. MARGARET CHEPTILE, A
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE INTERNATIONAL PEACE SUPPORT
TRAINING CENTRE (IPSTC)
“Let us vow as individuals and organizations to protect the most
vulnerable populations against trafficking in persons and smuggling of
migrants, including women and children. Let us also vow to be
catalysts of change in the society by passing the knowledge we have
gained to other people. Lastly, let’s advocate against trafficking in
persons and smuggling of migrants any day, every day”.
30. Med shot, AMISOM officials, Partners, SNA officials, AMISOM Police
officers, military posing for a group photo

Amisom, Somali Police Force mark World Day Against

Trafficking in Persons

Mogadishu July 31 2019 –The African Union Mission in Somalia

(AMISOM) today marked the World Day Against Trafficking in
Persons with an event to raise awareness on promoting and
protecting the rights of victims of trafficking.

The symposium, held in collaboration with the Somali Police Force

(SPF), was attended by over 100 AMISOM police and SPF
officers.

Acting AMISOM Police Commissioner, Rex Dundun, told

participants that equipping law enforcement officers with
knowledge was critical in the fight against trafficking in persons,
which in some cases has led to vulnerable people being held in
slavery or murdered.

“If people do not have the background information, if communities

and law enforcement agencies are not sensitized on how to tackle
and combat the scourge, then definitely society will be at risk,” Mr.
Dundun said.

Defined as the trade of women, men and children for the purposes
of exploitation, Dundun said human trafficking had forced many
people into becoming slaves, led to servitude and others to lose
their lives.
Mohamed Mohamoud Garaar, the Deputy Director-in-Charge of
Planning and Training in the SPF, said the trafficking of persons
was a vice that needed to be tackled.

“Admitting and acknowledging that the problem exists is the first

step in finding a solution,” Mr. Garaar noted and thanked AMISOM
and other stakeholders for organizing the training, which he said
was important and timely.

Transnational Crime

Fridah Kibuko, who represented GIZ Better Migration

Management, told the gathering that trafficking in persons and
smuggling of migrants is a transnational, cross-border crime which
could be stopped by a multi-national effort involving governments
and international stakeholders.

“Stopping the issue of trafficking in persons and smuggling of

migrants requires international cooperation. It cannot be dealt with
by only one country. It is not an issue for Somalia only but is an
issue all over the world,” Ms. Kibuko explained.

The Chief Executive of Awareness Against Human Trafficking

(HAART), Radoslaw Malinowski, noted that combating the vice of
trafficking in persons—which he called modern day slavery—had
severe detriments on the lives of victims, families and
communities.

“We call it modern slavery because it resembles the old traditional

slavery. It has negative effects on victims, on individuals and it
destroys people’s lives,” Mr. Malinowski said.

Ms. Margaret Cheptile, who represented the International Peace

Support Centre (IPSTC), reiterated her organization’s commitment
to imparting knowledge and skills to personnel serving in peace
support operations such as AMISOM and urged the peacekeepers
to become advocates and catalysts for change.

“Let us vow as individuals and organizations to protect the most

vulnerable populations against trafficking in persons and
smuggling of migrants, including women and children. Let us also
vow to be catalysts of change in the society by passing the
knowledge we have gained to other people,” Ms. Cheptile stated.

In 2013, United Nations member states adopted a resolution that

designated July 30 as the World Day against Trafficking in
Persons. The day aims to “raise awareness of the situation of
victims of human trafficking and for the promotion and protection of
their rights”. Armed conflict, displacement, climate change, natural
disasters and poverty are often cited as as factors that enable
trafficking to flourish.

Smuggling of migrants involves the facilitation of illegal entry of a

person into a state of which that person is not a national or
resident, for financial or other material benefit.

The symposium was organized with the support of GIZ, the British
Council, CIVIPOL, IPSTC and HAART, among others.