News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Travel document security focus of OSCE training in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 28 July 2017
An OSCE-organized five-day training course on the detection of forged documents and imposters took place in Ashgabat from 24 to 28 July 2017. The course brought together representatives from Turkmenistan’s Interior and National Security Ministries, the State Border Service, and the State Migration Service...
OSCE and the Russian Federation join efforts to fight human trafficking through public-private partnerships
Publishing date: 21 July 2017
Moscow, 21 July 2017- The Conference on “Public-Private Partnership in the Fight Against Human Trafficking” organized by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, in co-operation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, concluded today at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations.
Ensuring risk reduction of human trafficking in crisis situations remains high on agendas the objective of OSCE Special Representative’s visit to Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 July 2017
KYIV, 10 July 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, on 7 July concluded an official visit to Ukraine aimed at raising awareness of human trafficking and the risks encountered by vulnerable groups as a consequence of the ongoing crisis...
OSCE hosts meeting of 51 National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs in Vienna
Publishing date: 5 July 2017
Hosted by the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, a meeting of National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinators and Rapporteurs from across the OSCE regional framework concluded on 30 June 2017 at the Hofburg, Vienna...
Canada’s “Project Protect”, an innovative model to hit traffickers' finances, says OSCE Special Representative on official visit
Publishing date: 27 June 2017
Ottawa, 24 June 2017 – OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Madina Jarbussynova, concluded on Friday a five-day follow-up visit to Canada to discuss the country’s progress in implementing OSCE anti-trafficking commitments subsequent to the previous 2011 Special Representative’s report.
Fourth OSCE workshop on the prevention of trafficking in human beings in supply chains opens in Astana
Publishing date: 16 June 2017
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, 16 June 2017- A two-day workshop on the “Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains through Government Practices and Measures” opened yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan in Astana.
OSCE pioneering live exercise provides practitioners from 38 States with expertise to tackle human trafficking along migration routes
Publishing date: 9 June 2017
VICENZA, Italy, 9 June 2017 – The second five-day OSCE simulation-based training course on combating human trafficking along migration routes concluded today at the Centre of Excellence for Stability Police Units (CoESPU) in Vicenza, Italy...