Oral Statement submitted for the Eighth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime by Caritas Internationalis (International Confederation of Catholic Charities), the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Migrants and Itinerant People, the Worldwide Network of Religious Life against Trafficking in Persons (Talitha Kum), Dominicans for Justice and Peace, Migration and Refugee Services of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales on Agenda 2 (b) – Trafficking in Persons Protocol.