(b) 3R’s : Redress, Recovery (Rehabilitation) and Re integration; and
(c) 3 C’s: Capacity, Cooperation and Coordination.
In terms of the challenges associated with tackling human trafficking, the lack of reliable
and complete data is a major problem. Therefore, an effective means for combating
trafficking in persons will require enhanced information‐sharing between States through
bilateral and multilateral cooperation and increased data collection capacities, including
through the systematic collection of gender‐ and agedisaggregated data.
Furthermore, there is a need for close international cooperation. Since trafficking is mostly
a cross‐border phenomenon, no one State can tackle it alone and cooperation is therefore
imperative. Hence, there is a need to increase cooperation and capacity of States to handle
readmission and reintegration of trafficking victims in line with human rights.
Victims are often hidden in the community and the unregulated sectors of the economy,
and are engaged in sex work, domestic work, begging, armed conflicts, or farm labour;
therefore resources must be committed for law enforcement and redress for victims. Even
though trafficking is intertwined with other criminal activities such as smuggling, drugs and
arms trafficking, States must avoid treating trafficking only from a crime and border‐
control perspective or simply as a migration issue. Multilevel approaches are needed that
will focus on various perspectives including human rights; crime control and criminal
justice; migration; and labour.
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