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- Follow up treaty to the Palermo Protocol has two main goals:
- 1. To eliminate differences among national legal systems
- 2. To set new standards for domestic laws to effectively combat organized crime
- Includes three additional protocols:
- Protocol Against Smuggling Migrants
- Protocol Against Illegal Firearms
- Protocol Against Trafficking in Women and Children
- Describes seven key things that governments commit themselves to:
- 1. Criminalizing Organized Crime
- 2. Combating Money-Laundering
- 3. Extradition of Criminals
- 4. Witness Protection
- 5. Prosecution
- 6. Prevention
- 7. Develop Protocol to Combat Transnational Organized Crime