News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence and Albanian National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator organize regional meeting
Publishing date: 13 May 2016
TIRANA, 13 May 2016 – Challenges, good practices and needs in the fight against trafficking in human beings were the focus of a regional meeting of National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators from South-Eastern Europe hosted on Thursday by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator, together with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development...
OSCE supports seminar for law enforcement on investigating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 April 2016
The first in a series of five OSCE-supported two-day training seminars for more than 30 law-enforcement officers from 14 regions of Kazakhstan on investigative techniques and methods to counter trafficking in human beings started in Karaganda on 29 April 2016...
Joint public outreach efforts discussed at OSCE-supported inter-agency Platform meeting on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
The inter-agency Platform for Action on increasing co-operation in raising public awareness about the risks of trafficking in human beings, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Kyrgyz State Service on Migration, held its first meeting in 2016 on 26 April 2016 in Bishkek...
Human trafficking for the purpose of forced criminality in focus at 2016 OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference
Publishing date: 11 April 2016
VIENNA, 11 April 2016 – Preventing the exploitation of human trafficking victims through forced criminality is the focus of the 2016 Alliance conference, a two-day forum where leading experts from governmental as well as non-governmental organizations will discuss how to tackle this complex form of abuse.
OSCE trains judges on countering human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 31 March 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar for judges from Kazakhstan’s regional courts on countering the trafficking of human beings began in Astana on 31 March 2016...
OSCE Presence, Italian Government and Albanian Government launch new project on protecting children from trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Italian Embassy in Tirana, in co-operation with the National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator, Elona Gjebrea, and the Head of the State Agency on the Protection of Children’s Rights, Ina Verzivolli, on 3 March 2016, launched a project which aims to protect children from trafficking, exploitation and irregular migration...
OSCE Special Representative praises government and civil society efforts to combat human trafficking in USA
Publishing date: 12 February 2016
WASHINGTON, DC, 12 February 2016 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, commended efforts by US Government and civil society in the fight against human trafficking at the end of her Official Country Visit on Friday.