The IACAT warmly accepted the offer of support by the Kingdom of Netherlands, a member of the European Union bloc (EU), construct the Victim Processing Center (VPC) Pilot Project and improvement of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Database Enhancement Project.

Welcome dinner with delegates to the ASEAN Experts Working Group Meeting on the ASEAN Convention on Trafficking In Persons & Regional Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking for the SOMTC

Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison

Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison

Experts from the 10-nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations met in Manila to try to work out either a binding convention on human trafficking or a less stringent "regional plan of action" to enable ASEAN to act in unison

DOJ Sec. Leila De Lima and DSWD Sec. Dinky Soliman

co-chairs of IACAT during the visit of Amb. CdeBaca

IACAT AND PPA DECLARES WAR vs HUMAN TRAFFICKING

PPA General Manager Atty. Juan C. Sta. Ana and PPA Assistant GM for Operations Raul T. Santos

Amb Luis CdeBaca and the Members of IACAT

Turnover of the Manual for Asset Forfeiture Proceedings in Human Trafficking

with representatives from IACAT, USAID and the American Bar Association

IACAT AND PPA DECLARES WAR vs HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Formal Turnover of Manual for Asset Forfeiture Proceedings in Human Trafficking to IACAT

with representatives from Member Agencies.

GPH-IACAT Delegation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands

seen with Bureau Head Maarten Abelman & his team in front of the Bureau of the Dutch National Rapporteur on Trafficking in Human Beings in The Hague. Undersecretary-in-Charge of the IACAT, Dept of Justice Undersecretary Jose Vicente B. Salazar led the GPH team as Head of Mission.

United Nations Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi and Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima, IACAT chair

United Nations Special Rapporteur Joy Ngozi met with the top level officials of the Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) to culminate her 5-day visit to the Philippines after examining the situation of trafficked persons and the impact of anti-trafficking measures in the country. Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima, IACAT chair joined in the debriefing held at the Department of Justice.

IACAT 2012