2nd live-simulation training course on human trafficking along migration routes

The OSCE region is witnessing major movements of people triggered by on-going conflicts, general instability and a lack of economic opportunities in neighbouring regions. These “mixed-migration flows” are comprised of refugees and economic migrants who are highly vulnerable to exploitation and human trafficking.

As part of its role in addressing this issue, the OSCE developed a training project called Combating Trafficking along Migration Routes to enhance the capacity of participating States and Partners for Co-operation to rapidly identify victims and effectively prosecute traffickers, thus strengthening the overall criminal justice response along these routes.

Throughout the project, some 200 practitioners will participate in three simulation-based learning exercises at the training facilities of CoESPU in Vicenza, Italy. In November 2016, the first simulation-based training was conducted for 55 trainees. Two other live-exercises will be organized in 2017 for approximately 150 participants. The courses consist of realistic simulations of criminal cases of labour and sexual exploitation among migrants, including child victims. Each simulation scenario strives to emphasize the constitutive elements of THBTHB
Trafficking in human beings (the act, the means, and the purpose).

The 2nd live simulation training course will include cases of labour and sexual exploitation among migrants. The simulations are developed in the current framework of mixed migration scenarios, though without country-specific references, so that they are suitable for promoting practical co-operation and joint solutions to common challenges among beneficiaries across the whole OSCE region. The live-exercises are based on realistic, expert-developed storylines to simulate cases of labour and sexual exploitation among migrants, including child victims.

Learn more about the project at www.osce.org/projects/cthblivex