News and press releases

On 30 January 2013, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, Ambassador Natalia Zarudna, took part in a discussion in the Majilis (Lower Chamber of Parliament) of Kazakhstan on amendments to the draft law on trafficking in human beings...

SARAJEVO, 23 January 2013 – Fletcher M. Burton, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking at conference on human trafficking, welcomed efforts to improve BiH’s response to combat this crime by improving criminal legislation at all four levels...

ASHGABAT, 18 December 2012 – Criminal-justice officials and members of the judiciary met at an OSCE-supported course in Ashgabat that concluded today to discuss protection of victims of human trafficking through a national referral mechanism...

Montenegro’s “National Strategy on the Fight against Trafficking in Human Beings 2012-2018” and the Action Plan for its implementation were presented by OSCE Mission and the National Co-ordinator’s Office to relevant institutions and journalists on 13 December 2012 in Podgorica...

LISBON, 30 November 2012- The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, at the close of her visit to Portugal today, praised the government for giving priority to the fight against human trafficking...

Better co-operation on immigration issues is a way to prevent human trafficking. On November 23, 2012 the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized a roundtable discussion in Kyiv to promote better co-ordination between Ukrainian authorities and consular officials in combating human trafficking...

KYIV, 21 November 2012 – A training seminar on curbing transnational organized crime for high-level officers of the specialized departments of the Security Service of Ukraine started in Kyiv today with support from the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU)...