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Holistic approaches to countering human trafficking for labour exploitation explored at OSCE regional workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 20 February 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
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...
OSCE and UNODC sign new 2018-2019 joint action plan
Publishing date: 31 January 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 31 January 2018 – A plan for joint action by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) for the period 2018-2019 was signed by OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger and UNODC Executive Director Yury Fedotov today at the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna.
Mongolian police officers complete OSCE-supported course on trends and tendencies of organized crime, with focus on trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 4 October 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
Local police officers from Mongolia completed a week-long OSCE-supported course on trends and tendencies of organized crime, with a specific focus on trafficking in human beings, which took place from 2 to 6 October 2017 in Ulaanbaatar.
Podgorica workshop focuses on strengthening cross-border co-operation to address irregular migration-related crimes in Western Balkans
Publishing date: 31 August 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Migration, Policing
PODGORICA, 31 August 2016 – A two-day workshop aimed at strengthening cross-border co-operation in addressing irregular migration-related crimes in the Western Balkans opened today in Podgorica bringing together policy-makers and law enforcement officials from relevant bodies in the region as well as representatives of international and regional organizations...
OSCE Secretary General visits Vienna’s West Station to meet refugees and representatives of Austria’s Interior Ministry, Police and humanitarian organizations
Publishing date: 24 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
VIENNA, 24 September 2015 – OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today met refugees and representatives of local aid organizations at the Vienna West railway station (Westbahnhof), where he was briefed by Austria’s Interior Ministry and the Vienna police about their operations...
OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting focuses on links between smuggling of migrants, human trafficking and organized crime
Publishing date: 28 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
BELGRADE, 28 May 2015- Criminal justice experts and representatives from international organizations gathered in Belgrade today for the two-day OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting, to discuss new trends related to links between organized crime, irregular migration and trafficking in human beings.
OSCE officials highlight co-operation by regional and global organizations as key to fighting transnational crime
Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
DOHA, 15 April 2015 – Two senior OSCE officials speaking on Tuesday at the Thirteenth UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, which runs from 12-19 April in Doha, stressed the need for common efforts by regional and global organizations to more effectively combat transnational organized crime...