Trafficking in Human Beings Following the adoption of the Law of Ukraine On Combating Trafficking in Human Beings in September 2011, the PCU continued to provide expert legislative assistance to Ukrainian authorities focusing on the finalization of the respective subordinate legislation. This support led to the Cabinet of Ministers’ approval of the following legislative documents: - State Targeted Social Programme on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for the Period until 2015 (Decree #350 as of 21 March 2012); Procedure for the Provision of Status of Victims of Human Trafficking (Decree #417 as of 23 May 2012); Procedure for the Provision of One-Time Financial Aid to Victims of Human Trafficking (Decree #660 as of 25 July 2012); and Procedure for Co-operation of the Anti-Trafficking Stakeholders (Decree #783 as of 22 August 2012). Following the successful piloting of the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) in two regions of Ukraine (Donetsk and Chernivtsi), the PCU, in co-operation with Ukrainian authorities, started the multiplication of the state-led NRM in four more Ukrainian regions: Kharkiv, Khmelnytskiy, Luhansk, and Vynnytsia. As a result of a series of round tables with key regional NRM actors in July-August 2012, pilot cities were identified and the training programme for NRM stakeholders was rolled out in these regions. During the reporting period, more than 1,900 NRM stakeholders, including law enforcement officers, strengthened their understanding of human trafficking issues and of co-operation and co-ordination between governmental actors, focusing on their roles in assistance to victims of this crime. Due to the largely transnational character of trafficking in human beings, large international events which involve massive short-term migration provide “fertile soil” for trafficking manifestations. The football tournament EURO-2012, which Ukraine co-hosted with Poland, required a co-ordinated law enforcement approach to anti-trafficking measures. The expert support provided by the PCU in co-operation with the TNTD/SPMU resulted in the inclusion of the anti-trafficking measures in the Implementation Plan to the Integrated National Security Strategy for the EURO-2012 Championship adopted by the Ukrainian Government in February 2012. To enhance the law enforcement response to human trafficking during the EURO-2012 football championship, the PCU, in collaboration with the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine, supported the development and publication of 500,000 information cards on combating THB, which were distributed to English-speaking guests of the country at the border entry points during the EURO-2012. In addition, the PCU facilitated the update and publication of 10,000 copies of an anti-trafficking brochure for precinct police inspectors as well as its distribution to the respective MoI divisions in all regions of Ukraine. In its efforts to enhance the awareness of front-line community police about the crime of human trafficking as well as its role in combating it, the PCU, in co-operation with the MoI of Ukraine, developed a draft anti-trafficking training module for cadets/future community police officers with a view to piloting it in selected MoI educational institutions. In November, the proposed draft module was discussed with professors from police educational institutions in Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv and Lviv. Their comments and recommendations were to be used to finalize the draft prior to its piloting. The PCU also supported the participation of representatives from the Ukrainian MoI in a number of OSCE events, namely the “OSCE Roundtable on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings” (St. Petersburg, 18 April); the “OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on the Rule of Law Framework for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings” (Warsaw, 14-16 May); the “OSCE 106