Under the ambit of the AMMTC, the ASEAN Plan of Action in Combating Transnational Crime serves as a policy guidance to promote cooperation in addressing people smuggling and TIP. In enhancing ASEAN’s collective efforts in combating people smuggling, SOMTC continues to promote exchange of information, including on best practices, laws and regulations and public awareness building, and promotion of cooperation with external partners, as referred to in the SOMTC Work Programme to Implement the ASEAN Plan of Action to Combat Transnational Crime.

Cooperation on TIP as referred to in the SOMTC Work Programme, focuses on capacity building activities,  strengthening of the Heads of Specialist Anti-Trafficking Units (HSU) mechanism in ASEAN and other initiatives aligned with the ASEAN Multi-Sectoral Work Plan Against TIP 2023-2028.