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<p>There is no information held about successful prosecutions for offences connected
with trafficking in persons in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe.</p><p>However,
the UK shares relevant information on organised immigration crime (OIC) with partners
in source, transit and destination countries for illegal migration. This takes place
both on a bilateral basis and through the European Migrant Smuggling Centre within
Europol.</p><p>Through the multi-agency Organised Immigration Crime Taskforce, the
government is improving the intelligence picture around OIC, modern slavery and human
trafficking, undermining the criminal business model and building the capacity of
upstream law enforcement partners to tackle the threat.</p><p>The police transformation
program includes an analytical team, the Joint Slavery and Trafficking Analysis Centre
(JSTAC) which is building and developing the strategic intelligence picture by improving
data collection and focused analysis of the information gathered. To aid in international
dissemination of information, a seconded national expert to Europol to coordinate
activity between UK law enforcement and European counterparts during cross-border
investigations has been implemented.</p>
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