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OSCE Special Representative encourages Portugal to continue its anti-trafficking efforts
LISBON, 30 November 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at the close of her visit to Portugal today, praised the government for giving priority to the fight against human trafficking...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine combat organized crime
KYIV, 21 November 2012 – A training seminar on curbing transnational organized crime for high-level officers of the specialized departments of the Security Service of Ukraine started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)... ()
Ensuring human rights of victims while combating human trafficking in focus at OSCE-supported workshop in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 30 October 2012 – An OSCE-supported workshop that will focus on exchange of information in the fight against human trafficking and ensuring the rights of trafficked persons began in Tashkent today...
OSCE Special Representative calls for redoubled efforts against modern-day slavery on Anti-Trafficking Day
VIENNA, 18 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for new approaches in the fight against the growing problem of modern-day slavery on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day today...
OSCE supports nationwide discussion on implementing comprehensive anti-trafficking law in Ukraine
KYIV, 18 October 2012 – A national roundtable discussion on implementing Ukraine’s law on combating trafficking in human beings started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)... ()
Greater awareness key to human trafficking prevention, says OSCE Mission in Kosovo
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 17 October 2012 – On the occasion of European Anti-Trafficking Day, today representatives of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo called for greater awareness of the threat of human trafficking. The appeal was made during a presentation of selected poems and essays written by high school students from different Kosovo communities on this topic... ()
OSCE Special Representative, at Alliance conference in Vienna, says discrimination cause of trafficking
VIENNA, 11 October 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at an OSCE-hosted conference, outlined today how discrimination serves as an underlying cause of human trafficking and called for new strategies to fight...
OSCE trains Uzbekistan’s diplomatic staff to protect human trafficking victims
TASHKENT, 17 September 2012 - A three-day OSCE training course to help Uzbekistan’s diplomatic and consular personnel identify, assist and protect trafficking victims started today in Tashkent...