RRI.CO.ID, Jakarta - The European Union, the United Nations, and the Indonesian government have reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening international cooperation against human trafficking. At the Commemoration of World Day Against Trafficking in Persons 2026 held in Jakarta on Thursday, 30 July 2026, they highlighted that increasingly organized criminal networks require coordinated cross-border action.

The Deputy Head of the European Union Mission to ASEAN Radomir Jansky said trafficking has become a transnational crime that no country can tackle on its own.

"Trafficking networks operate across borders. Our response must therefore be international, coordinated, and practical," he said, adding, "No country can address this challenge alone."

Indonesia echoed the call for stronger global partnerships. Indonesia's Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection (KemenPPPA) also highlighted its ongoing collaboration with international partners, including UNODC, IOM, the Australia-Asia Counter Trafficking (AACT) program, SNAG, and civil society organizations to strengthen efforts against human trafficking. Deputy for the Protection of Women's Rights Desy Andriani said the ministry has expanded cooperation in prevention, victim protection, and public awareness as trafficking increasingly shifts into the digital sphere.

Desy said the ministry digitized its gender-responsive and victim-centered human trafficking prevention and response modules to an online platform in early 2026, making them accessible to national and regional anti-trafficking task forces as well as village officials. She added that the initiative, combined with efforts to combat digital gender-based violence under Indonesia's 2022 Sexual Violence Crime Law, aims to improve public awareness of safe migration procedures and create safer digital spaces for women and children as part of the country's broader campaign against human trafficking.

"We hope today’s event serves as one of our efforts to strengthen the fight against human trafficking in Indonesia. Achieving an Indonesia free of human trafficking requires the involvement and efforts of all parties," she said.

On the same occasion, representing the National Police Chief, Brig. Gen. Umar Surya Fana said cooperation should focus on strengthening prevention measures, improving victim protection and recovery, stepping up law enforcement against traffickers, and expanding both national and international collaboration to dismantle increasingly organized trafficking networks.

Umar also expressed appreciation for the contributions of international partners, including the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the European Union, and other organizations that have supported Indonesia's efforts to prevent and combat human trafficking.

The renewed commitment comes as governments and international organizations seek to respond to evolving trafficking methods, including the growing use of digital platforms for recruitment and exploitation.

“This collaboration is aimed at strengthening preventive measures, improving the quality of protection and recovery for victims, expediting the prosecution of perpetrators, and expanding national and international cooperation to dismantle increasingly organized human trafficking networks,” Umar said, emphasizing that sustained international cooperation will be essential to disrupting criminal networks that operate across multiple countries and jurisdictions.