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Ensuring risk reduction of human trafficking in crisis situations remains high on agendas the objective of OSCE Special Representative’s visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 10 July 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on 7 July concluded an official visit to Ukraine aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking and the risks encountered by vulnerable groups as a consequence of the ongoing crisis...
Combating human trafficking for labour exploitation focus of OSCE-supported international conference in Kyiv
Publishing date: 6 July 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 6 July 2017 – Some 180 key anti-trafficking stakeholders and international experts met today in Kyiv for a two-day conference focused on streamlining efforts to combat labour exploitation...
OSCE hosts meeting of 51 National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
Hosted by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, a meeting of National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE regional framework concluded on 30 June 2017 at the Hofburg, Vienna...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains police to conduct online investigations into human trafficking
Publishing date: 4 July 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Fifteen police investigators specializing in investigating human trafficking and related crimes completed a training course organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 26 to 29 June 2017 to enhance their operational skills in online investigations into human trafficking...
Canada’s “Project Protect”, an innovative model to hit traffickers' finances, says OSCE Special Representative on official visit
Publishing date: 27 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Ottawa, 24 June 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, concluded on Friday a five-day follow-up visit to Canada to discuss the country’s progress in implementing OSCE anti-trafficking commitments subsequent to the previous 2011 Special Representative’s report.
Fourth OSCE workshop on the prevention of trafficking in human beings in supply chains opens in Astana
Publishing date: 16 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 16 June 2017- A two-day workshop on the “Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains through Government Practices and Measures” opened yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan in Astana.
OSCE pioneering live exercise provides practitioners from 38 States with expertise to tackle human trafficking along migration routes
Publishing date: 9 June 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VICENZA, Italy, 9 June 2017 – The second five-day OSCE simulation-based training course on combating human trafficking along migration routes concluded today at the Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza, Italy...