persons;
(b) The types of travel document that individuals have used or
attempted to use to cross an international border for the purpose of
trafficking in persons; and
(c) The means and methods used by organized criminal groups for
the purpose of trafficking in persons, including the recruitment and
transportation of victims, routes and links between and among individuals
and groups engaged in such trafficking, and possible measures for detecting
them.
2. States Parties shall provide or strengthen training for law
enforcement, immigration and other relevant officials in the prevention of
trafficking in persons. The training should focus on methods used in
preventing such trafficking, prosecuting the traffickers and protecting the
rights of the victims, including protecting the victims from the traffickers.
The training should also take into account the need to consider human
rights and child- and gender-sensitive issues and it should encourage
cooperation with non-governmental organizations, other relevant
organizations and other elements of civil society.
3. A State Party that receives information shall comply with any
request by the State Party that transmitted the information that places
restrictions on its use.
Article 11
Border measures
1. Without prejudice to international commitments in relation to
the free movement of people, States Parties shall strengthen, to the extent
possible, such border controls as may be necessary to prevent and detect
trafficking in persons.
2. Each State Party shall adopt legislative or other appropriate
measures to prevent, to the extent possible, means of transport operated by
commercial carriers from being used in the commission of offences
established in accordance with article 5 of this Protocol.
3. Where appropriate, and without prejudice to applicable
international conventions, such measures shall include establishing the
obligation of commercial carriers, including any transportation company or
the owner or operator of any means of transport, to ascertain that all
passengers are in possession of the travel documents required for entry into
the receiving State.
4. Each State Party shall take the necessary measures, in
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