The UK commits to working with other countries to end human trafficking The UK hosts the Summit on Organised Immigration Crime (OIC) at the historic Lancaster House in London. It aims to bring countries and institutions together to collectively combat the criminal networks facilitating organised immigration crime and migrant smuggling. Ministers from over 40 countries and territories attended the Summit to commit to collaboratively tackling the organised criminal groups involved in organised immigration crime. Three main areas covered in the Summit in tackling Organised Immigration Crime were: undermining criminal supply chains, tackling criminal finances and disrupting the criminal use of the online environment. Viet Nam Minister of Public Security, General Luong Tam Quang attended the Summit and co-chaired with the UK Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on one important session. Speaking at the Summit, Minister Luong Tam Quang said: “As a responsible member of the international community, Viet Nam wishes to continue learning from the experiences of other countries in preventing and combating transnational crimes, especially human trafficking, to jointly build a safe, peaceful, fair and prosperous world.”
