UNODC provides regular training at NATO School on Trafficking in
Persons and Smuggling of Migrants and their impact on security
17 February 2011 In 2004, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
(NATO) adopted a zero-tolerance policy on trafficking in
persons. The NATO policy calls for military and civilian
personnel and contractors taking part in NATO-led operations to
receive appropriate training on standards of their behavior
during the operations. The zero-policy also aims to actively
combat trafficking in persons, recognizing the cause and effect
linkages between the phenomenon, corruption and organized crime.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) is the
guardian of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized
Crime (UNTOC), and the Protocols thereto. In this regard, UNODC
in cooperation with NATO and the NATO School supports the
implementation in practice of the Trafficking in Persons and
Smuggling of Migrants Protocols. Through the NATO School
Oberammergau (NSO), NATO conducts educati