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UNODC and IOM launch new initiative to counter migrant smuggling

Two UN agencies are joining forces to combat migrant smuggling. IOM and UNODC recently organized an event at the UN in Vienna centring on a Joint Platform on Countering Migrant Smuggling. Opening the event, UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov said: "We must work together to deny criminals the means and opportunity, to protect the lives and safety of people, and end the impunity of smugglers." [