Mrs. Superman was speaking during the Conference on the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (Palermo Convention) in Naples organised by the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly.
The proceedings of the High Level Conference of the Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly entitled "The Palermo Convention: The future of the fight against transnational organized crime", concluded on Tuesday and was attended on behalf of the House of Representatives by MPs Andreas Pasiourtidis (leader), Ms. The Conference was co-organized by the CMP and the United Nations Office for Drug Control and Crime Prevention, in cooperation with the Vittorio Occorsio Foundation.
A statement from the Parliament said that citing her personal experiences through her fifteen years of service as Head of the Cyprus Police Anti-Trafficking Bureau, Ms. Superman spoke about the gaps identified in implementation and made recommendations for their improvement.
She pointed out, in particular, the need for specialized training of frontline police officers, so that they can identify victims of trafficking in persons in a timely and accurate manner and mechanisms for their support and protection can be activated immediately. In this way, Ms Superman added, the necessary testimony is ensured so that perpetrators can be adequately brought to court and convicted. Relevant training is also required in the judicial sector, she added.
The Conference discussed at length the implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and its three Protocols and the weaknesses and shortcomings identified at the operational, legal and judicial levels.
Views were also exchanged on challenges to the implementation of the Convention in areas such as the financing of terrorism, illicit trafficking in cultural goods, the infiltration of organised crime groups and corruption in the field of sport, the exploitation and trafficking of persons, the illicit trafficking of arms and ammunition, and the exploitation of new information and communication technologies by international criminal networks.
Source: CNA
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