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OSCE Special Representative promotes creative anti-slavery campaigns at Scotland’s Festival of Politics
EDINBURGH, United Kingdom, 24 August 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, spoke today at the Festival of Politics highlighting the benefits of using photography, theatre and dance in campaigns to raise awareness about the growing problem of modern-day slavery.
OSCE organizes leadership summer school for young women from both banks of Dniester/Nistru river
CHISINAU, 6 August 2012 – Having women in leadership positions is key to women’s empowerment and a precondition for any country’s prosperity, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Jennifer Brush, today as she inaugurated the 2012 Summer School of Leadership for young women in Vadul Lui Voda... ()
OSCE trains police in targeting illicit proceeds of human trafficking
PRAGUE, 20 July 2012 – A three-day OSCE training seminar for police and financial investigators in how to identify, seize and confiscate criminal assets arising from human trafficking concluded today in Prague...
OSCE Special Representative publishes recommendations to Moldovan Government on combating human trafficking
VIENNA, 19 July 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, published today recommendations to the Moldovan Government to advance continuing efforts to prevent human trafficking, assist trafficked persons and bring perpetrators to justice...
OSCE Special Representative puts spotlight on trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households
GENEVA, 21 June 2012 - The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, urged the Organization’s participating States today to take concrete steps to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households at the first OSCE workshop on the topic for South-Western Europe in Geneva, Switzerland...
More comprehensive approach needed to combat human trafficking for labour exploitation in BiH, say participants at OSCE discussion
SARAJEVO, 14 June 2012 – Participants of an OSCE discussion which took place today said that there is a clear need for continued efforts towards combating human trafficking for labour exploitation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, including through strengthened co-ordination, improved assistance to victims and more efficient prosecution of perpetrators...
OSCE Special Representative calls for greater efforts to fight human trafficking on visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 12 June 2012 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, emphasized the importance of keeping anti-trafficking a priority during a visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina that began today...