News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Bosnia and Herzegovina prosecutors explore challenges in investigating cases of online child trafficking and child abuses
Publishing date: 9 October 2019
Prosecutors from across Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered at the Annual Prosecutorial Conference on Criminal Matters which concluded on 9 October 2019. Over the course of three days, participants took part in panel discussions on; corruption and organized crime, war crimes, preventing violence against children in a digital environment, child victims of crime, gender-based violence, migration and the criminal justice system...
Valiant Richey appointed as OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
VIENNA, 4 October 2019- Valiant Richey has been appointed as the new OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings. OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and Ambassador Radomír Boháč, the Permanent Representative of the Slovak Republic to the OSCE and Chairperson of the OSCE Permanent Council, welcomed Richey’s appointment as the fifth Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings since the OSCE Permanent Council established the position in 2005...
OSCE and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry organize training courses on introduction to trafficking in human beings and its forms
Publishing date: 4 October 2019
A series of two-day training courses on the Introduction to Trafficking in Human Beings and its Forms were held on 24 and 25 September and on 30 September and 1 October 2019 in Dushanbe.
OSCE supports international roundtable on combating human trafficking and illegal migration
Publishing date: 30 September 2019
Strengthening co-operation in addressing trafficking in human beings was the focus of the international roundtable which concluded on 27 September 2019 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.
OSCE workshop explores measures to prevent human trafficking in the organization’s supply chains
Publishing date: 27 September 2019
A one-day workshop on how to prevent human trafficking in the OSCE’s supply chains was organized by the OSCE on 27 September 2019 in Belgrade. More than 50 of the organization’s staff working in procurement and human trafficking as well as experts from OSCE participating States, the academic community and the International Labour Organization attended...
First OSCE simulation-based training in combating human trafficking along Mediterranean migration routes concludes in Vicenza
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
VICENZA, Italy, 20 September 2019 – The first simulation-based training for practitioners across the Mediterranean region and beyond concluded today in Vicenza, Italy...
OSCE/FRONTEX joint conference on preventing document fraud discusses co-operation in Western Balkans region
Publishing date: 12 September 2019
A co-ordination conference for the Western Balkans region on preventing document fraud was held on 11 and 12 September 2019 in Vienna, organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the FRONTEX Center of Excellence for Combating Document Fraud.