News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representatives on gender and human trafficking visit Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2011
The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender Issues, Wendy Patten, and the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, are visiting Kyrgyzstan from 26 to 29 July 2011...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports study visit to Serbia on mechanisms to help trafficking victims
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
KYIV, 7 July 2011 – Ten representatives from Ukrainian governmental and non-governmental agencies learned about Serbia’s experience with implementing a national referral mechanism to help human trafficking victims through an OSCE- supported study trip to the country that concluded today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyzstan's action plan to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 July 2011
BISHKEK, 7 July 2011 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and other international organizations supported a meeting on the development of a new national action plan to combat human trafficking today...
Organized crime profits from human trafficking a cancer on legal economy, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 30 June 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, participated in a meeting of the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Organized Crime in The Hague on 28 June 2011...
OSCE launches guide for police on identifying and assisting trafficking victims
Publishing date: 21 June 2011
VIENNA, 21 June 2011 – The OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit launched a new guide today for police on identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking...
Human trafficking for labour exploitation is modern-day slavery, OSCE Special Representative says at Alliance conference
Publishing date: 20 June 2011
VIENNA, 20 June 2011 – Human trafficking for labour exploitation is a new form of slavery that occurs on a massive scale, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, said today at an OSCE-hosted conference that highlights how decent work and social justice can prevent it...
OSCE presents review of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 17 June 2011
SARAJEVO, 17 June 2011 – A review of anti-trafficking legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented in Sarajevo at an event hosted by the OSCE Mission today...