Section 4B: Combating of Trafficking in Persons Unit
This section is inserted by Act No 17 of 2023, section 6.
consolidated text (as amended). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
4B. Combating of Trafficking in Persons Unit
(1) There shall be, within the Mauritius Police Force, a
Combating of Trafficking in Persons Unit which shall be under the
responsibility of the Commissioner of Police.
(2) The Unit shall consist of investigating officers and
shall be headed by a police officer not below the rank of Assistant
Superintendent of Police, who shall be responsible for the
administrative and operational duties of the Unit.
(3) The Unit shall –
(a) be responsible for preventing and detecting
cases of trafficking and any other offence under
this Act;
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(b) be responsible for investigating into, or
overseeing the investigation of, cases of
trafficking, including cases having international
ramifications, and any other offence under
this Act;
(c) work in collaboration with other law enforcement
agencies for the prevention of, detection of, and
investigation into, cases of trafficking and any
other offence under this Act;
(d) carry out a risk assessment in respect of a
person referred to in section 4C and make
recommendations to the Director of Public
Prosecutions for –
(i) protection under section 4C; or
(ii) immunity from prosecution under
section 11B.
(4) The Commissioner of Police may, where it considers it
expedient to do so, retain the services of an independent professional
or specialised agency from Mauritius or overseas for such specific
purpose as the Unit may require.
(5) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Commissioner of
Police may assign any other police duty to an investigating officer
of the Unit.