The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has intensified its efforts to combat trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants, which it considers some of the most serious transnational organised crimes that continue to exploit vulnerable persons across borders.

Taking it to their X handle on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, the DCI has confirmed that the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, Onyango (on behalf of Director Mohammed Amin), affirmed the agency’s stance to dismantle criminal networks behind the offences during the opening of a Training of Trainers Workshop on Investigating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) at the National Criminal Investigations Academy (NCIA).

“During the opening of the Training of Trainers Workshop on Investigating Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and Smuggling of Migrants (SOM) at the National Criminal Investigations Academy (NCIA), Mr Onyango, speaking on behalf of the Director of DCI, Mr Mohammed Amin, reaffirmed the Directorate’s commitment to dismantling the criminal networks involved in these heinous acts, while also ensuring the protection, dignity, and welfare of the victims,” the DCI statement read in part.

The DCI further confirmed in their statement that Onyango said that the trafficking syndicates exploit vulnerable groups, including through forced labour, sexual exploitation, coercion and other types of exploitation, which continue to affect human security and dignity.

Onyango further noted that the DCI is committed to disrupting and prosecuting these networks but also to enhancing victim protection measures to ensure that victims are treated with dignity, care and support during the justice process.

The agency has further stated that the training has been designed to enhance national capacity to investigate and prosecute national cases of TIP and SOM more effectively and mobilise police trainers from police training institutions from all over Kenya. It is also part of wider efforts towards the institutionalisation of a structured and comprehensive investigative curriculum on trafficking and migrant smuggling in law enforcement training institutions.

The workshop took place at the National Criminal Investigations Academy, which is one of the major training centres for criminal investigators in the country.

DCI commends the UN’s support in training

In his remarks, Mohammed Amin, DCI director, thanked international partners for their support in the fight against trafficking in Kenya. He credited the continued support from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the European Union, and the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) for their support in the fields of training, technical assistance, institutional strengthening, and cooperation across borders.

The DCI leadership has further reported that the co-operations have played a key role in advancing the investigative capacity, promoting inter-agency cooperation, and harmonising Kenya’s response to the international standards for combating trafficking and migrant smuggling.

In its attempts to combat trafficking in persons, the DCI has reiterated the need for collaboration and continued efforts, investigative capabilities and enhanced cooperation within the region and internationally to effectively break organised criminal networks engaged in trans-border activities.