The Inter-Agency Council Against Trafficking (IACAT) continues to strengthen its ties with the international community as representatives from its member agencies embarked on an exchange mission in the Kingdom of Netherlands, a member of the European Union (EU), for a bilateral meeting with the heads of agencies of the said country to formulate effective preventive and combative measures against modern day slavery.

The Dutch Embassy stated that in its correspondence with IACAT that it has taken notice of the impressive measures that the Philippine Government has taken in the fight against trafficking in persons. They also highlighted that a shared responsibility to stop traffickers is more than necessary as well as the importance of cooperation in an international level.

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