National Committee for Counter Trafficking explained

National Committee for Counter Trafficking
Native Name:	Central Khmer: គណៈកម្មាធិការជាតិប្រឆាំងការជួញដូរមនុស្ស
Location:	Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Key People:	Sar Kheng, Chairman Chou Bun Eng, Permanent Vice Chair

The National Committee for Counter Trafficking (NCCT)^[1] is a national mechanism in Cambodia for coordinating and gathering information about the efforts of ministries, institutions, national and international NGOs, the private sector, and other stakeholders to collaborate for combating human trafficking in a transparent, accountable and effective manner, responding to the commitment of the government to suppress trafficking in persons (TIP). The mechanism provides opportunities for government, civil society organizations, development partners, and other public sectors to fight against human trafficking and labor exploitation in Cambodia in close cooperation.^[2]

Current leadership

• Chairman: Sar Kheng
• Permanent vice chair: Chou Bun Eng

National working group

• Prevention working group
• Protection, Recovery, Reintegration and Repatriation working group
• Law Enforcement working group
• Justice working group
• Migration working group
• International Cooperation working group

General Secretariat

Leadership^[3]

• Secretary general: Police Ponn Samkhan^[4]
• Deputy secretaries general:
  • Police Ran Serey Leakhena,^[5] International Cooperation working group and Information Technology
  • Police Khiev Chanra, Migration working group
  • Police Ly Tonghuy, Protection, Recovery, Reintegration and Repatriation working group
  • Police Ou Manira, Protection, Recovery, Reintegration and Repatriation working group
  • Police Yem Virak, Justice working group
  • Police Sun Ro,^[6] Law Enforcement working group
  • Police Keo Sovannara, Prevention working group
  • Police Te Sotharet
• Directors:
  • Police In Mean, International Cooperation working group and Information Technology
  • Police Hang Chivorn, Secretariat
  • Police Ran Sopheak Vathana, Prevention working group
  • Police Sek Siveth, Protection, Recovery, Reintegration and Repatriation working group
  • Police Keo Phalla
  • Police Srey Samdy, Migration working group

External links

• Official website
• Remarks by Ambassador William A. Heidt at the Annual Meeting of the National Committee for Counter Trafficking

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2016-11-23 . Remarks by Sean Callahan, Deputy Mission Director, USAID Cambodia, at the Police Training for Anti-Human Trafficking . https://web.archive.org/web/20161214194416/https://www.usaid.gov/cambodia/speeches/nov23-2016-sean-callahan-deputy-mission-director-usaid-cambodia-police . 2016-12-14 . USAID.
2. Web site: 2015 . National Plan of Action of The National Committee for Counter Trafficking (N.C.C.T) 2014-2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160215202621/http://www.ncct.gov.kh/docs/ncct-action-plan-2014-2018-en.pdf . 2016-02-15 . Kingdom of Cambodia.
3. Web site: Leadership of General Secretariat.
4. News: Ponn. Samkhan. 30 surrogate mothers in Cambodia released on bail after agreeing to keep children.
5. News: Ran. Serey Leakhena. Cambodia to allow foreign parents to return home with surrogate babies.
6. News: Sun. Ro. IJM Cambodia: 3 Brothels Closed, Sex Trafficking Survivors Now Free. 15 May 2013.