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The United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) is a 2000 United Nations-sponsored multilateral treaty against transnational organized crime. The Convention was adopted by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 15, 2000. The UNTOC is also known as the Palermo Convention, obtaining three protocols, known as Palermo Protocols:^[1]

Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; and
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air.
Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing and Trafficking in Firearms

All three of these instruments contain elements of the current international law on human trafficking, arms trafficking and money laundering. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) acts as custodian of the UNTOC and its protocols.

The Convention came into force on September 29, 2003. As of January 2015, it has 185 parties,^[2] which includes 180 United Nations member states, the Cook Islands, the Holy See, Niue, the State of Palestine, and the European Union. The 13 UN member states that are not party to the Convention are (* indicates that the state has signed but not ratified the Convention):

Bhutan
Republic of the Congo*
Fiji
Iran*
Japan*
North Korea
South Korea*
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Tuvalu

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-Topic page #1: Area 51.
-I find this an interesting topic that I don't know have much knowledge about and I would like to learn more about it.
-Topic page #2: Sex Trafficking.
-This is something I hope to work with in the future regarding my career so I find big interest in this.
-Topic page #3: Profiling.
-My optimal future occupation is to be a criminal profiler so I find big interest in this.
 The '''United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime''' ('''UNTOC''') is a 2000 United Nations-sponsored multilateral treaty against transnational organized crime. The Convention was adopted by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly on November 15, 2000. The '''UNTOC''' is also known as the '''Palermo Convention''', obtaining three protocols, known as '''Palermo Protocols''':<sup>[1]</sup>
 * Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children; and