Greece, UK sign declaration to combat money flows linked to human trafficking

Greece and the United Kingdom signed a Declaration of Intent connected strengthening bilateral practice and taking associated enactment against illicit fiscal flows linked to quality trafficking, officials said.

The statement was signed connected Monday during a gathering betwixt Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrisochoidis and British Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories, Stephen Doughty. The signing followed Chrisochoidis’ visit to the UK, where helium met British officials to sermon tackling cross-border organized transgression and networks progressive successful amerciable migration.

“We are united successful our volition to code cross-border organised transgression related to amerciable migration (OIC) done the available legislative and procedural channels. This ‘follow the money’ attack tin trim the fiscal incentives that thrust transgression organisations to exploit vulnerable individuals,” the associated statement said.

“The committedness of some parties is to proceed adjacent practice successful bid to much efficaciously code the illicit outflow of funds stemming from the activities of organised transgression networks progressive successful amerciable migration.”

Also contiguous astatine the gathering were British Ambassador to Greece, Matthew Lodge, officials from the UK Foreign Office and the British Embassy successful Athens, and elder officers of the Hellenic Police.

[AMNA]