Officers from Rwanda National Police (RNP) including other 62people, Tuesday received training on human trafficking counter measures.
According to RNP website, the one-day training was organized by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in partnership with International Officer for Migration (IOM) aimed at equipping participants with necessary skills and knowledge on identifying and responding to cases of human trafficking in Rwanda.
The trainees also include district labor officers drawn from all districts in the country.
Participants were taken through national and international human trafficking and the difference between human trafficking and human smuggling as well as human trafficking process.
Supt Steven Rukumba, the Director of Training in Rwanda National Police, while officially opening the training lauded the course organizers for their continued support particularly in the area of police capacity building.
Supt Rukumba noted that though cases of human trafficking are rare in the Rwanda, the country can be used as a trafficking route.
He said the course is an “important tool” to counter such cases, and urged participants to take it seriously and share the acquire skills with fellow officers in order to effectively detect and prevent possible human trafficking cases.
Anne Nyabera, from UNODC commended the Rwanda National Police commitment in crime prevention.
“The force is trusted by the community,” said Nyabera adding that the confidence the public have in Police makes it easy to investigate human trafficking cases.
Alia Hirji, IOM Project Manager commended Rwanda for putting in place administrative structures that help to investigate criminal activities.
“Rwanda has an amazing structure like the district labor office which operates throughout the country. This makes the whole process of investigating human trafficking cases easy,” added Hirji.
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