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US specialist Katerina Karousos

300 Participate in Trafficking in Persons DVC With US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Specialist

San Jose- October 6, 2009

Janina del Vecchio, Minister of Public Security, Jorge Rojas, head of Costa Rica's Judicial Investigation Police (OIJ) and Paul Birdsall, Consul General at US Embassy San Jose were among 300 that participated in a DVC on Trafficking In Persons (TIP) prevention detection and investigation for police officers and other law enforcement officials. 

US specialist Katerina Karousos with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement office shared methods and best practices to prevent trafficking in persons, including prosecution of and enforcement against traffickers. The objective of the DVC program was to address the global problem of trafficking in persons, and cooperate with GOCR authorities to help law enforcement agents in their investigations 

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