In its ongoing efforts according to the IOM mandate
and to the Country Office, IOM, under the project Prevention of Trafficking,
Gender Based Violence and Protection and Care for Victims in Somalia, conducted
three day training, in Moshi. The workshop for the Somali Anti Trafficking
Police Unit took place from 8th to 11th, December, 2014.10
police officers including their Director of Investigation and two female
officers from the Unit, took part in the training. The workshop aimed at enhancing
the Somali Anti Trafficking Police Unit on; understanding transnational
Organized crime and Human Trafficking, the investigation process and approaches,
assistance and protection of victims and the link between gender and human
trafficking.
Speaking
to the ACBC media focal point –Pamela Kyando, the female CT officers, Lul
Saleban Ali and Sainab Abdullahi Hassan, stated, “We are happy with the
training, although it is difficult to work in the Anti- Trafficking Unit, because
it involves organized crime, also our location, but through this training
session we have learnt a lot, especially how to detect traffickers and how to
support and assist the victims of trafficking.”
While the
training included theories and concepts on Counter Trafficking, its aim was to
support the functions and services of the police, as practically as possible,
in accordance to the developments made to date in Counter Trafficking projects,
in Somalia.
When asked about
the effectiveness of the training, the Director of Department of Immigration, Abdirashid Ali Ahmed, said, “We
will be sending more Somalis in the Counter Trafficking Unit to ACBC, we cannot
be the only ones with these skills, we need this knowledge to be disseminated
to all the police officers in Somalia.”
