News and press releases

DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine, 9 November 2015 –The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Madina Jarbussynova, opened today in Dnepropetrovsk a two-day training course for social workers, lawyers and other experts on how to better address trafficking in human beings stemming from domestic violence in times of crisis...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 5 November 2015 for social workers on providing care for victims of human trafficking...

TASHKENT, 5 November 2015 – Addressing and preventing human trafficking in the hospitality and tourism sector is the topic of a two-day OSCE-supported training course, launched today in Tashkent, for 25 representatives from Uzbekistan’s tourism infrastructure, airlines, airport services and police...

ASTANA, 4 November 2015 – The concluding seminar in a series of seven OSCE-supported two-day training events for judges from regional courts on good practices in dealing with human trafficking cases began today in Astana...

From 1 November 2015 city lights and billboards at bus and railway stations in 24 major cities across Ukraine, including the capital Kyiv, are featuring posters warning the public about the traps used by human traffickers to lure their victims. The posters are part of a national anti-trafficking awareness-raising campaign launched with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...

The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on 30 October 2015 in Madrid, highlighted the importance of partnerships among organizations and States in the fight against human trafficking...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana launched a series of four one-day training seminars on 23 October 2015 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan, on providing social services to victims of human trafficking...