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The Kingdom of Morocco and the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire signed, Wednesday December 18, 2024, in Abidjan, a memorandum of understanding in the field of combating and preventing human trafficking.
This bilateral agreement, signed on the Moroccan side by Hicham Mellati Director of Criminal Affairs, Pardons and Delinquency Monitoring, Supervisor of the National Committee for the Coordination of Actions to Combat and Prevention of Trafficking in Persons, and on the Ivorian side by Myss Belmonde Dogo Minister of National Cohesion, Solidarity and the Fight against Poverty, Executive Secretary of the National Authority to Combat Trafficking in Persons of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, in the presence of the Ambassador of Morocco to the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire Abdelmalek Kettani and representatives of the IOM, constitutes an important initiative to strengthen the exceptional bilateral cooperation relations between the two countries in matters of Justice and contribute to the development of the fight against human trafficking and the prevention of human trafficking.
By signing this memorandum, the two parties hope to unify their joint efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking, particularly of women and children, by encouraging awareness and awareness of the dangers of this crime, particularly among migrants. , as well as providing protection and support to victims of human trafficking and their reintegration into their original environment, while establishing an effective and flexible partnership in this area by facilitating the automatic exchange of information between the two national committees in order to to improve coordination between the different stakeholders to curb the activities of criminal networks active in this area.
At the same time, a working meeting was organized with representatives of the National Authority for the Fight against Trafficking in Persons of the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire, which made it possible to share Moroccan and Ivorian experiences and to exchange views on ways to implement the contents of the signed memorandum of understanding.
In this context, it was agreed to develop an action plan for the years 2025-2026 which includes a number of activities aimed at building capacities and exchanging expertise and experiences, particularly with regard to concerns the emergency accommodation of victims and the development of an administrative database for victims of human trafficking.
In addition to Mr. Hicham Mellati, the Moroccan delegation was composed of Mr. Karim Hrouche, judge in charge of the permanent secretariat of the National Committee for the Coordination of Actions to Combat and Prevent Human Trafficking, as well as Mr. Abdelwahid El Atir and Ms. Lamia Beghiil, members of the National Committee.
