Download - Banglanatak

Training of Police Officers for Empowering and Capacity Building on Anti Human trafficking
Clarifying Concepts
Thought Provoker
Identifying traffickers,
offenders, victims,
Investigation
Laws and procedures
on CSE, Bonded labor.
Activity for improving
observation and
communication skills
Clarification of concepts was carried out effectively with the help of
power point presentation as well as group discussion. Participants
identify poverty is the sole reason for human trafficking. Different
issues like Gender discrimination of which the women are at the
receiving end and the problems, which arise out of male- female
discrimination, were discussed. Child and Women’s Right and their
vulnerable conditions which makes them easy targets of getting
trafficked was also discussed. That any one can become a victim of
trafficker and get trafficked, and a trafficker can be from anywhere
or anyone around us, he/she can be a known or an unknown person
whom we see in life daily; but that a trafficker will be a person who
is familiar with the people of that area/locality was talked about.
Concepts like missing persons can also be trafficked, the different
routes/channels of trafficking, what for trafficking is being done,
what are the reasons for getting trafficked were also clarified.
Participants said that a new dimension of Human trafficking, which
was unknown to them, is clarified.
An activity on bulding a ‘Safety Net’ was taken up to help the
participants identify stakeholders in combating trafficking. This
helped the participants to understand that there is no particular
person who is vulnerable so every member of the society should
come together and make a safety net to stop trafficking.
During the session on clarifying concept it was observed that most of
the participants had confusions regarding identifying and
distinguishing between a victim and an accused. Detailed discussion
was held with the participants, where PTC trainers identified the
situations and conditions, which make the women/adolescents/
young girls vulnerable, and victims to the traffickers. The source,
transit and destination areas of trafficking, also the role, awareness
level and behaviour of SOs during investigation were discussed.
Power point presentation was used to explain the concepts of legal
procedures. It was observed that the SOs did not have much
knowledge about the ITPA and also did not feel that knowledge of
law is necessary, as they do not have much scope of applying the
same. The participants were not aware that the customer is also
punishable under ITPA. They were then sensitised on the importance
of knowing relevant laws for strengthening prosecution and
prevention of crime.
Before this particular activity started the participants were asked
about what is the most important part of their body for observation
and identification of traffickers and victims, they said eyes. The
participants then stood in a circle and changed their places keeping
their eye contact intact. They realised that eye contact is very
important not only for observation but also for intimidating an
offender or comforting a victim
Contact Base 47