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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Municipality of Venice and OSCE sign agreement to deepen tried and tested anti-trafficking partnership
Publishing date: 12 April 2018
VENICE, 12 April 2018- The Commissioner of the Municipality of Venice, Mr. Simone Venturini, and the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, signed an agreement today strengthening co-operation between the OSCE and the Municipality of Venice regarding victim protection and the fight against organized criminal networks involved in trafficking.
Victim identification, assistance and protection in focus during visit of OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
TASHKENT, 29 March 2018 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, today concluded a four-day high-level visit to Uzbekistan. The aim of the trip was to discuss the country’s progress in implementing OSCE anti-trafficking commitments since the OSCE Special Representative’s previous visit in November 2013.
First workshop on OSCE-wide identification guidelines for migrants and refugee victims of trafficking concludes in Skopje
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
Skopje, 28 March 2018 –The first in a series of OSCE workshops on the development of guidelines and a training module for better co-ordinated, harmonized and victim-centred identification of human trafficking cases among mixed migration flows concluded in Skopje today. The one-day event was organized jointly by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) and the OSCE’s field operations in South-Eastern Europe.
OSCE Mission concludes series of training courses on fighting trafficking in human beings for Kosovo policewomen
Publishing date: 23 March 2018
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the Association of Women in the Kosovo Police organized a three-day train-the-trainer course on trafficking in human beings (THB) for senior female police officers. The course, attended by 25 officers, including lieutenants and sergeants operating in the Directorate for Investigation of THB and other units within the Kosovo Police, was held from 21 to 23 March 2018 in Ohrid, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
OSCE Mission to BiH builds capacity of judicial actors to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 February 2018
BANJA LUKA, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 28 February 2018 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Republika Srpska Judicial and Prosecutorial Training Centre (RS JPTC) co-organized a training course for judges and prosecutors, which concluded today in Banja Luka. The training focused on differentiating between the crime of human trafficking and similar crimes, such as incitement of a child to prostitution...
OSCE PCU, Ministry of Interior and National Police of Ukraine present results and set priorities in combating trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 27 February 2018
Kyiv, 27 February 2018 – High-level government representatives from Ukraine, along with representatives of NGOs and of the international donor community met today in Kyiv to present annual achievements in combating trafficking in human beings and to set the strategies for the upcoming year.
Second expert meeting on trafficking in human beings for terrorist activities concludes in London
Publishing date: 20 February 2018
London, 20 February 2018 – Hosted by the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB), a second meeting of experts to discuss ongoing OSCE research on trafficking in human beings for the purpose of terrorist activities concluded yesterday in Hammersmith.