News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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.
Combatting trafficking in human beings focus of OSCE-supported training seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 September 2019
An OSCE-supported training seminar on combatting human trafficking concluded on 6 September 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Some 28 representatives of the flag carrier “Air Astana” and the Education Centres of the Committee of Civil Aviation of the Republic of Kazakhstan from the cities of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Aktau and Shymkent participated in the event.