Tag: CMMA update

PHILIPSBURG:— The Government of Sint Maarten is taking its Tier III Trafficking in Persons ranking, received from the United States Department of State, in June 2023, seriously. Based on the current Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of 2019, enacted by all the countries in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the stage for instrumenting a collaborative effort in combatting the crimes of human trafficking and human smuggling on each territory is organized.

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Recently CMMA received a visit from the minister plenipotentiary of Aruba in Washington DC, Mrs. Joselin Croes, and her staff to get a better insight into the tasks of the CMMA and the role of the National Coordinator on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling (LCMM) in reporting on the situation concerning human trafficking and migrant smuggling in Aruba.

Recently CMMA met with different departments of Customs Aruba to discuss cooperation in awareness training for employees. Looking forward to make Customs employees our ‘eyes and ears’ in the fight against human trafficking and migrant smuggling.

On June 1st 2023 the representatives of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Coordination Center on Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Aruba (CMMA) presented the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)