TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS IN BELIZE - OAS

2.6 Transparency In order to avoid the lack of information that
prevails in many areas, or unreliable data, the government should
ask the National Statistic Office to elaborate and communicate to
other public organisms procedure guidelines so as to make a
National Statistic Yearbook that will be open to everyone. In
addition to this, each department and Ministry will make all the
efforts at reach in order to offer an open and reliable information
to the public.
3. Recommendations in the operative area
3.1 Intelligent and joint action. The coordination between every
organism that has some kind of responsibility in the area of
security and surveillance of persons and merchandise flows must
be improved. The Immigration Department, the Police, the
Customs and Excise, Fisheries and the Maritime Branch of
Belize’s Defense Forces must make plans together, meet
periodically and make global evaluations so as to get to know
their weaknesses and results.
3.2 Information and technology. The Immigration Department
must have adequate technological resources to fulfill its task.
Nowadays, the computerized system must be updated in order to
ensure the effective communication between all the country’s
entrance and exit posts and to process correctly the information
on migration flows. The Immigration Department should have a
fake passport detection system and a quick communication device
with the international organisms that centralize all the information
on the matter.
In addition to this, the department needs means (communication
systems, cars, patrol boats) to improve the control in the border
zones.
3.3 Quick response. It consists on the creation of a Quick
Response Unit, coordinated by the Immigration Department and
integrated by members of the Police and other institutions. It
should act as a response to specific reports or situations under
suspicion of human trafficking.
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