News and press releases

YEREVAN, 15 June 2005- As part of its efforts to help combat human trafficking in Armenia, the OSCE Office in Yerevan organized a meeting today with officials and NGO representatives to discuss the establishment of a National Referral Mechanism...

KYIV, 31 May 2005- The British Council, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, UNICEF and USAID today presented a study "Trafficking in Ukraine. An Assessment of Current Responses." The study was...

BELGRADE, 26 May 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings today called for a review of the mechanisms for combating human trafficking. Speaking at a conference in Belgrade, organized by the OSCE Mission to...

DUSHANBE, 17 May 2005- Helga Konrad, the OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, who is in Dushanbe on a two-day visit, is holding talks with high-level Tajik Government officials on ways to fight human trafficking...

PARIS, 28 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings called upon financial institutions to develop comprehensive poverty-reduction strategies to help reduce trafficking in human beings...

VIENNA, 21 April 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, today urged the CIS Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs to join forces in combating human trafficking. "We need the political will to...

CHISINAU, 8 April 2005- More children are being trafficked from Moldova to Russia, shows an international report presented in Moldova today. It also shows that the number of trafficked persons returning to Moldova, especially from the Western Balkans...