Interior (MoI), and the provision of certified translation of legal documents exchanged in the
frame of mutual legal assistance procedures in such transnational cases.
On 20-21 June, the PCU supported the participation of representatives from the Ukrainian
MoI, Security Service and State Border Guard Service in the Alliance Against Trafficking in
Persons “Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation: Decent Work and
Social Justice” organized by the OSR/CTHB in Vienna. In addition, the PCU supported the
participation of representatives from the Ukrainian MoI, Security Service and State Financial
Monitoring Service in the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Expert Seminar “Leveraging
Anti-Money Laundering Regimes to Combat Human Trafficking” held on 3-4 October by the
OSR/CTHB in Vienna (see also chapter 3.5).
In order to prevent an increase of human trafficking in the context of the upcoming EURO2012 football tournament, which Ukraine was going to co-host with Poland, the PCU, in cooperation with the SPMU, facilitated a working meeting on 22 June between representatives
of the Austrian police and Ukrainian law enforcement in Vienna, focusing on tactics, tools
and mechanisms for the implementation of anti-trafficking policing in cases of massive shortterm migration (see also chapter 2).
As law enforcement agencies play an important role in the identification of trafficked persons
and their referral for further assistance, the PCU partners with the Ukrainian MoI, Security
Service and State Border Guard Service in the development of a state-led National Referral
Mechanism (NRM) in Ukraine. In June, two site visits to the NRM pilot regions were
conducted (Donetsk, 6-10 June; and Chernivtsi, 14-17 June) to monitor the progress and
provide recommendations for the selection of the NRM model to be multiplied nationwide.
Capacity-building efforts undertaken by the PCU strengthened the understanding of human
trafficking among governmental actors, both at the central and local levels, focusing on their
roles in assistance to victims of this crime. Good practices of other OSCE States were also
studied by key national and regional NRM stakeholders during a visit to Serbia organized
with the support from the OSCE Mission there. Hands-on experience and lessons learned
from Serbian counterparts allowed Ukrainian experts, including representatives from the
Department for Combating Cybercrime and Trafficking in Human Beings, to critically assess
and re-adjust piloted NRM models. In 2011, the NRM pilot project in the two regions of
Ukraine resulted in the identification of 49 victims of trafficking and 289 presumed victims of
trafficking who were assisted by respective governmental authorities in co-operation with
local NGOs.
In the framework of the development of a state-led NRM, the PCU trained over 1,250
representatives from social services, educational and health care institutions and law
enforcement bodies on assistance to trafficking victims. Comprehensive training programmes
for NRM stakeholders developed and tested in Chernivtsi and Donetsk pilot regions will
serve as a basis for the national in-service training. In the framework of the all-Ukrainian
social project “Let’s Do It Together”, the PCU implemented an anti-trafficking awareness
raising campaign focused on outdoor advertising in public transport in the cities of Donetsk,
Kharkiv, Kiev and Lviv, where the EURO 2012 football matches were to be held. The
advertisements featured, inter alia, the hotline numbers of local anti-trafficking police units.
Domestic Violence
In order to assist national authorities in addressing the issue of domestic violence, the PCU
facilitated the development of a comprehensive manual on Corrective Work with Domestic
Violence Perpetrators and the finalization of a specialized course on combating domestic
violence for cadets (future precinct police officers).
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