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OSCE Secretary General discusses tackling organized crime and drugs trafficking with UNODC
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General
Meeting with the Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Yury Fedotov, on 22 December 2011 in Vienna, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier discussed the prospects for closer co-operation to tackle organized crime and drugs trafficking...
OSCE Special Representative presents annual report, agenda for preventing trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, called on states to tackle the structural factors that increase the vulnerability of people to trafficking such as discrimination, violence, and lack of education and job opportunities, in her annual report to the Permanent Council on 15 December 2011...
States need to co-operate better to support social inclusion of trafficked persons, says OSCE Special Representative
Publishing date: 1 December 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, addressed an expert seminar organized by the Polish Presidency of the European Union in Warsaw on 30 November 2011 on trafficking in human beings in the EU and Eastern Partnership countries...
OSCE Special Representative highlights role of parliamentarians in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, in her address to the Committee for Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Bundestag on 9 November 2011 stressed the critical role that Parliaments can play in changing the perception of trafficking, especially in the field of labour exploitation...
Protecting children from trafficking is top priority, says OSCE Special Representative during visit to Moldova
Publishing date: 1 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
CHISINAU, 1 November 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, during her visit to Moldova today called on the country to continue improving measures to prevent human trafficking, including trafficking for labour exploitation, and protect victims' rights, including access to compensation and long-term support for the social inclusion of victims, especially child victims...
Human trafficking is intolerable in a civilized world, says OSCE Special Representative on Anti-Trafficking Day
Publishing date: 18 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 18 October 2011 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called on governments to intensify the fight against modern-day slavery and prioritize victims’ rights on the occasion of the European Union Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October...
OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...