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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Trafficking of human beings and migrant smuggling in mixed migration flows focus of OSCE Mission to BiH-supported training course in Teslic
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
A two-day training course on trafficking in human beings (THB) and migration for judges and prosecutors from across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) started today, 17 April 2019, in Teslic...
Using technology to combat trafficking in human beings: OSCE Alliance against Trafficking conference explores how to turn a liability into an asset
Publishing date: 9 April 2019
VIENNA, 10 April 2019 – How technology can be developed, harmonized and deployed to help combat all forms of human trafficking was the focus of the two-day 2019 OSCE Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference, which concluded in Vienna yesterday. More than 400 practitioners from across the OSCE’s 57 participating States and the Partners for Co-operation took part...
Combating trafficking in human beings focus of OSCE-supported training seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 March 2019
16 representatives of the Akimats (regional administration) of 14 regions of Kazakhstan responsible for the work of the regional commissions on combating illegal export, import and trafficking in human beings took part in an OSCE-supported training seminar on combating human trafficking, which concluded on 1 March 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Representatives of law enforcement bodies and non-governmental organizations also participated in the two-day event, which was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, the United States Embassy in Kazakhstan and the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
OSCE supports training for judges on combating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 February 2019
A one-day OSCE-supported training seminar on good legislative and judicial practices to combat trafficking in persons concluded on 21 February 2019 in Astana.
Holistic approaches to countering human trafficking for labour exploitation explored at OSCE regional workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 20 February 2019
Some 70 representatives of national institutions of Ukraine and eight other OSCE participating States- the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Sweden and Turkey – completed a two-day workshop in Kyiv on 20 February 2019 focusing on holistic approaches to countering trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation...
Preventing trafficking in human beings in governmental supply chains focus of OSCE-co-organized regional conference in Athens
Publishing date: 1 February 2019
ATHENS, 1 February 2019 – A two-day regional conference on preventing trafficking in human beings through government procurement practices and measures, with a focus on the Balkan region, concluded yesterday in Athens, Greece...
Fifth OSCE simulation-based training in combating human trafficking along migration routes concludes in Vicenza
Publishing date: 17 December 2018
Over 70 anti-trafficking practitioners from more than 30 OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation in Europe, Central Asia and North America practiced how to apply a multi-agency and human rights-based approach during the fifth OSCE international simulation-based training to combat