News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
What doctors can do to prevent trafficking and domestic violence, assist victims, in focus of OSCE workshop in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
A series of six training workshops organized by the OSCE Mission and Ministry of Health for 180 doctors in Kosovo on how to identify and treat victims of trafficking and domestic violence concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 16 May 2013...
Better results in prosecution of human trafficking in Ukraine are in focus of OSCE supported discussion
Publishing date: 13 May 2013
KYIV, 13 May 2013 – Ways to enhance the prosecution of human trafficking offences and improve the protection of victims’ rights in Ukraine was the topic of a discussion started in Kyiv today with the support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...
Trafficking victims who commit crimes under coercion should not be punished, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 26 April 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, issued on 25 April 2013 a series of policy and legislative recommendations to help ensure that judicial and law enforcement officials do not prosecute trafficking victims for crimes they have been compelled to commit by their exploiters. Among such crimes is the use of false documents or forced labour in a cannabis factory...
OSCE trains Albanian law enforcement on seizure of criminal assets derived from human trafficking
Publishing date: 17 April 2013
An OSCE seminar on financial investigation and seizure of criminal assets related to different form of human trafficking was held with Albanian police, prosecutors, judges and financial investigators on 18 17 April 2013 in Tirana...
OSCE Special Representative calls for greater co-operation to fight trafficking in the Baltic Sea region
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at an international conference in St. Petersburg, Russia on 15 April 2013 that enhanced engagement and co-operation is essential in fighting modern-day slavery in the Baltic Sea region...
Reporting on human trafficking manual published by OSCE, Moscow University, Russian Union of Journalists
Publishing date: 28 March 2013
The OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the Moscow State University and the Russian Union of Journalists on 28 March 2013 published a course book for journalism students writing about human trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative stresses victims’ rights at Krakow conference on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 15 March 2013
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said at a judicial training seminar in Krakow, Poland on 14 March 2013 that trafficked people’s legal rights must be upheld and given the same importance as punishing perpetrators in court...