ROME: The Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies will set up specialised police units to investigate trafficking of migrants, Italy's interior minister said on Friday (Oct 4), as part of efforts to tackle irregular migration.
Migrants wait to disembark from the Geo Barents rescue ship, operated by Medecins Sans Frontieres , in Livorno port, Italy, on Jul 23, 2024. ROME: The Group of Seven rich democracies will set up specialised police units to investigate trafficking of migrants, Italy's interior minister said on Friday , as part of efforts to tackle irregular migration.
"The action plan provides for the strengthening of the investigative and operational capacities of the police forces, including through the initiation of joint actions," he told reporters after the talks in Mirabella Eclano in southern Italy. Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing government, which holds the G7 rotating presidency for 2024, has sought cooperation with the European Union and African governments to crack down on human traffickers.
G7 members should create"law enforcement units specialised in crimes and investigations in the field of migrant smuggling and trafficking in persons" if they don't already exist, they said in a joint statement.
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