Objectives
The main objectives of the Santa Marta Group are to:
- Raise awareness about the nature and scale of slavery;
- Develop trusting relationships amongst law enforcement agencies, the Church and civil society across the world;
- Animate those relationships so that they result in practical collaboration, improved public policy, legislation, law enforcement and pastoral care for victims;
- Help put the care of victims at the centre of law enforcement approaches to trafficking;
- Share experiences, best practice, and skills amongst SMG members to improve prevention of trafficking, pastoral care for victims, including empowering their reintegration in society and the prosecution of criminals;
Achieving these objectives
The following practical actions will ensure we can achieve these objectives:
- Developing and maintaining a programme of projects, initiatives, events and relationship-building to meet the pastoral and law enforcement challenges of human trafficking;
- An annual international conference plus regional events;
- A permanent secretariat responsive to the needs of members;
- Developing and commissioning applied research and a research network and making it available to members.