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Ministerial conference to focus on transnational crimes

August 5, 2018 5:22 pm

Defence Minister, Ratu Inoke Kubuabola is in Indonesia to attend the 7th Ministerial Conference on the Bali Process on People Smuggling, Trafficking in Persons and Related Transnational Crime.

The Bali Process is a forum comprising of Ministers from the Asia Pacific region responsible for security.

The ministers will discuss government initiatives and other efforts made to combat modern slavery, human trafficking and forced labour including pertinent transnational crime challenges confronting developing States.

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The Ministerial Conference will be attended by 45 member countries and 3 member organizations of the Bali Process, and a number of observing countries and organizations.

The meeting is also a platform for holding bilateral talks on security cooperation amongst developed and developing countries.