Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06BOGOTA2237
2006-03-10 23:07:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Bogota
Cable title:
ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S
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UNCLAS BOGOTA 002237
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ADM AID, WHA/AND, WHA/PPC,G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, IWI,
CA/FPP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
SUBJECT: ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S
SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
REF: (A) BOGOTA 1967 (B) SECSTATE 3836
The information contained in this cable is sensitive but
unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
SIPDIS
UNCLAS BOGOTA 002237
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ADM AID, WHA/AND, WHA/PPC,G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, IWI,
CA/FPP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
SUBJECT: ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S
SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
REF: (A) BOGOTA 1967 (B) SECSTATE 3836
The information contained in this cable is sensitive but
unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
SIPDIS
1. (U) REF A responded to questions posed in REF B for the
2006 Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. Para. 2 of
REF A indicated that some questions from paragraphs 21.A.,
23.E., and 23.I. of REF B were outstanding and would be
answered when the information was provided. Answers to these
questions follow.
2. (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is
human rights officer Laura Kirkpatrick, phone number (57-1)
383-2168, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 8 hours
preparing answers to questions below.
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Overview
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21.A. (SBU) The GOC has only recently started to collect
statistics on the number of victims and their demographic
groups and was unable to supply figures for the reporting
period. However, the Family Welfare Institute reported that
during 2003-2006, it identified 30 children who were victims
of trafficking.
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Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers
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23.E. (SBU) During the reporting period, the GOC had 49
arrests, 25 prosecutions and 23 convictions for trafficking
in persons. All 23 of the traffickers were serving custodial
sentences, and no individuals accused of trafficking in
persons were able to negotiate or plea bargain for a lesser
sentence. (As a historical matter, according to the Supreme
Council of the Judiciary, the crime of trafficking in persons
has not previously been differentiated in their records, but
a total of 2,189 people have been convicted of crimes related
to trafficking, of which 81 percent were convicted and served
custodial sentences or paid fines.)
23.I. (SBU) During the reporting period, the GOC cooperated
with Japan to conduct one investigation regarding a network
of traffickers.
WOOD
SIPDIS
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
FOR ADM AID, WHA/AND, WHA/PPC,G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM, IWI,
CA/FPP
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB CO
SUBJECT: ANSWERS TO REMAINING QUESTIONS FOR COLOMBIA'S
SIXTH ANNUAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT
REF: (A) BOGOTA 1967 (B) SECSTATE 3836
The information contained in this cable is sensitive but
unclassified. Please handle accordingly.
SIPDIS
1. (U) REF A responded to questions posed in REF B for the
2006 Annual Anti-Trafficking in Persons report. Para. 2 of
REF A indicated that some questions from paragraphs 21.A.,
23.E., and 23.I. of REF B were outstanding and would be
answered when the information was provided. Answers to these
questions follow.
2. (U) Embassy point of contact on trafficking in persons is
human rights officer Laura Kirkpatrick, phone number (57-1)
383-2168, fax number (57-1) 315-2163. Officer spent 8 hours
preparing answers to questions below.
--------------
Overview
--------------
21.A. (SBU) The GOC has only recently started to collect
statistics on the number of victims and their demographic
groups and was unable to supply figures for the reporting
period. However, the Family Welfare Institute reported that
during 2003-2006, it identified 30 children who were victims
of trafficking.
--------------
Investigation and Prosecution of Traffickers
--------------
23.E. (SBU) During the reporting period, the GOC had 49
arrests, 25 prosecutions and 23 convictions for trafficking
in persons. All 23 of the traffickers were serving custodial
sentences, and no individuals accused of trafficking in
persons were able to negotiate or plea bargain for a lesser
sentence. (As a historical matter, according to the Supreme
Council of the Judiciary, the crime of trafficking in persons
has not previously been differentiated in their records, but
a total of 2,189 people have been convicted of crimes related
to trafficking, of which 81 percent were convicted and served
custodial sentences or paid fines.)
23.I. (SBU) During the reporting period, the GOC cooperated
with Japan to conduct one investigation regarding a network
of traffickers.
WOOD