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OSCE PA humanitarian Chair marks World Refugee Day in Lampedusa

Publishing date: 22 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Good governance
LAMPEDUSA, Italy, 20 June 2015 – The Chairperson of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), is in Lampedusa, Italy today, where she is meeting with migrants, refugees and officials at the Lampedusa First Aid and Reception Center, as well as with representatives of NGOs working to help alleviate the human crisis in the Mediterranean...

OSCE hosts annual meeting on combating human trafficking for consular officials in Ukraine

Publishing date: 19 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KYIV, 19 June 2015- A roundtable discussion to promote co-operation between the Ukrainian authorities and Kyiv-based embassies and consulates to prevent human trafficking was held today with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...

OSCE Special Representative applauds Tajikistan’s recent moves to strengthen anti-human trafficking legislation

Publishing date: 11 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 11 June 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova praised the country’s authorities for improving anti-trafficking legislation as they step up efforts to combat modern-day slavery...

OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting focuses on links between smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and organized crime

Publishing date: 28 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Countering terrorism, Migration, Policing
BELGRADE, 28 May 2015- Criminal justice experts and representatives from international organizations gathered in Belgrade today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, to discuss new trends related to links between organized crime, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.

OSCE Special Representative travels to eastern Ukraine to raise awareness of human trafficking in crisis situations

Publishing date: 22 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DNEPROPETROVSK, Ukraine 22 May 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, highlighted the risks of modern day slavery in crisis situations during a week-long visit to eastern Ukraine.

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan trains law enforcement police officers on detecting and investigating human trafficking

Publishing date: 30 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
TASHKENT, 30 April 2015- A three-day course on the identifying and investigating human trafficking cases with participation of 25 police agents and investigators working at airports and railway stations and representing the Transport Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ended today...

OSCE Centre conducts ethics training for Kyrgyz journalists reporting on human trafficking

Publishing date: 28 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BISHKEK, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting a training course for journalists titled Trafficking in human being: journalists’ ethics and social responsibility of media to be held on 28 April 2015 in Bishkek...