A/HRC/59/49/Add.1 payment covers the boat transportation to Acandi and a local guide that takes migrants through the jungle, a 3-to-5 day walk, until reaching the Panamanian border. Once the migrants near the border with Panama, the guides leave them on their own. Migrants are often given misleading information regarding the duration of the journey. 70. To maintain this “business”, the Gulf Clan controls violence against migrants within Colombian territory, while simultaneously using violence against migrants who are not willing or not able to pay them. Information received indicates that the Gulf Clan has managed to involve and instrumentalize some members of local communities in establishing a network to manage the migration population. 71. In Acandi, witnessing massive movements of migrants and refuges travelling north, local communities, especially the young, have started to replan their future. Many are tempted to travel north in an irregular manner. Migration has become a new industry and source of income, attracting people from the region, including young people, who seek to make quick money. During peak season, the local populations abandon economic activities such as fishing and farming, prioritizing the sale of locally produced goods to migrants at higher prices. Transportation services are mainly provided to migrants. Local communities in Acandi lack basic services, such as safe-drinking water, sanitation and hygiene, access to the Internet and hospitals. There are also limited labour and economic opportunities. Currently, the sharp reduction in the number of migrants crossing through the Darién region has led to significant changes in the economic dynamics in the area. 72. Colombia shared information about the work of the Navy and the Army to control the borders, the shores and the national sea area and reported cases of the rescue at sea of migrant boats and seizures of illegal drug shipments. The Attorney General’s Office also described its work in investigating crimes allegedly committed by members of the Gulf Clan and dismantling the organization through judicial proceedings, resulting in a number of detentions, including of some high-level members. However, despite such efforts, the Gulf Clan has managed to maintain strong control over the region and to continue illegal economic activities, such as mining, trafficking in persons and drug dealing. The Office of the Attorney General reported on its ongoing disciplinary proceedings against public officials for alleged conduct related to migrant smuggling and related crimes. B. Disappearance of migrants 73. Concerns have been raised about the lack of an appropriate registration system for migrants departing from Colombia through the Darién region. At present, only boat companies are carrying out the registration of migrants going from Necocli to Acandi. The companies upload passenger information onto a digital platform known as the SIRE system (the Foreigners Registration Information System). Colombian citizens travelling along the migration route are not registered in the system because they are considered to be domestic tourists by the companies. This registration is not conducted directly by Colombia Migration and is not used as for purposes of data collection. However, its use could prevent migrants from going missing and support the search of disappeared migrants on route through the jungle. Official registration of migrants and asylum-seekers by the Colombian and Panamanian Governments on both sides of the borders could be a key instrument for the identification of missing migrants and the initiation of search and identification activities. According to different sources, the urgent mechanism for searching for disappeared persons does not fully function in the Darién region because of the limited presence and lack of capacity of the Attorney General’s Office. 74. The limited capacity of the Colombian authorities is a matter of concern, in particular that of the Forensic Services and the Attorney General’s Office to retrieve dead bodies of migrants left on the migration routes. According to the information received, dead bodies of migrants are usually left behind. 75. The Special Rapporteur also noted with concern disappearances of migrants on maritime routes, in particular the route that crosses the San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina Archipelago to countries in Central America. To avoid being detected by the coastguard, boats often set sail at night from unauthorized docks, making the maritime trip GE.25-06163 13