UNTOC
Definition
The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, adopted by the UN General Assembly in November 2000 and opened for signature at Palermo, Italy in December 2000, entering into force in September 2003.
Related terms
- Human Trafficking
- The recruitment, transportation, harbouring, or receipt of persons by force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploitation. Defined in the UN...
- Migrant Smuggling
- The procurement, for financial or material gain, of the illegal entry of a person into a state of which that person is...
- Mutual Legal Assistance
- A formal treaty-based process by which one state's authorities request another state's help gathering evidence, serving documents or freezing assets for a...
- Palermo Protocol
- The common name for the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, one of UNTOC's three...
- Transnational Organised Crime
- Criminal enterprises that operate across national borders, coordinating production, transit, and distribution of illegal goods or services in multiple jurisdictions simultaneously. Trafficking...