tive planning aimed at strengthening the control and facilitation of the movement of persons in the region. The region’s long and porous borders, economic attractions and the relative peace and stability make the region a preferred destination and transit of, not only investments, but also criminal elements. 6.1.4 The Public Security Sector has also been engaged in the prevention of poaching in some Member States and in illegal trade in wildlife products. 6.1.5 Member States have also been working together to curb incidents of transit fraud and under-valuation of imported second hand goods from Asia as well as cross border smuggling. 6.1.6 Cognisant of the region’s vulnerability to cross-border crime, SADC, through its security institutions, has been active in the development of international instruments to fight transnational crime. SADC, through the Southern African Regional Police Chief Cooperation Organisation (SARPCCO), prepared the Protocol on Firearms, Ammunition and Other Related Materials which was adopted and signed at the Blantyre Summit on 14 August 2001. 6.1.7 SADC also adopted and signed the Protocols on Extradition, Against Corruption and on Mutual Legal Assistance in Matters of Crime. 6.1.8 At the Continental level, SADC Member States were instrumental in the development and adoption in 2000 of the Bamako Declaration on Small Arms and Light Weapons. 6.1.9 At the International level, SADC actively participated at the UN Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and in the 36