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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
National leadership structures are critical parts of an effective anti-trafficking strategy, say participants at annual anti-trafficking meeting
Publishing date: 6 June 2023
STRASBOURG, 6 June 2023 – How to enhance anti-trafficking national leadership structures is the focus of the largest annual meeting of the National Anti-trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs, which has started today at the headquarters of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France.
OSCE assists Ukrainian law enforcers in investigating cybercrimes and trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 2 June 2023
The first group of 30 law enforcement officers from the National Police of Ukraine (the NPU) have improved their knowledge and skills in countering cybercrime during the 3-day training course organised by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine in Lviv from 29 to 31 May
OSCE trains facilitators of the Women’s Resource Centres network in Tajikistan on counteracting human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 May 2023
An OSCE-organized three-day training course on counteracting trafficking in human beings for facilitators from Women’s Resource Centres (WRCs) concluded on 28 April 2023 in Dushanbe.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro continues to train police officers on identifying victims who have been trafficked
Publishing date: 25 April 2023
How police officers should conduct interviews with persons suspected of being trafficked was the focus of a two-day workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry of Interior’s Department for Combating Human Trafficking on 24 and 25 April in Budva.
Anti-trafficking leaders call for stronger national leadership and political will from States to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 19 April 2023
VIENNA, 19 April 2023 – Anti-trafficking leaders at the 23rd Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons urged the 57 participating States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to strengthen their response to prevent and eradicate human trafficking, by generating the necessary political will to tackle the issue.
Solutions to multiple challenges faced by Roma women urgently needed, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 6 April 2023
WARSAW, 6 April 2023 — Greater efforts are needed at all levels to combat the intersecting and overlapping discrimination suffered by Roma and Sinti women, compounded by long-standing social and economic exclusion, said the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) ahead of International Roma Day on 8 April.
New generation of trainers ready to assist OSCE participating States in identifying potential foreign terrorist fighters at the borders
Publishing date: 31 March 2023
The identification of potential foreign terrorist fighters at the borders was the focus of a two-week train-the-trainer course and curriculum development workshop for border security officers, organized by the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department. Twelve participants, who are