Commission for CTHB of Bulgaria and the Ministry of Europe
and Foreign Affairs of France in Sofia, Bulgaria. The workshop
was attended by 49 criminal justice practitioners from origin,
transit and destination countries, including Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, North Macedonia, Moldova,
Montenegro, Romania and Serbia.
From 13 to 14 November, in Kyiv, the OSR/CTHB, in
co-operation with the Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine,
conducted a training session on CTHB for labour exploitation
for 24 representatives of regional CTHB police units from all
over Ukraine. A U.K. police expert was invited to share his
experiences on this issue with the Ukrainian counterparts.
On 14 and 15 November, the OSR/CTHB delivered a plenary
address on “Innovations to Tackle Human Trafficking” at
the Trust Conference organized by the Thomson Reuters
Foundation in London. This annual human rights forum
brought together some 600 delegates from the worlds
of activism, civil society, law, government and business,
committed to finding real solutions to fighting slavery,
empowering women, and advancing human rights worldwide.
Ukraine. The event was attended by 25 Ukrainian police
officers, investigators, prosecutors and judges and had the aim
to discuss challenges in the investigation and prosecution of
ICT-facilitated cases of THB.
In November and December, the OSR/CTHB contributed
to the development of guidelines on the non-punishment
principle for victims of THB. These guidelines are aimed
at police officers, state prosecutors and judges. The event
was initiated by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. On 12
December, the guidelines were presented to police officers,
state prosecutors and judges in Podgorica, Montenegro.
From 3 to 5 December, the OSR/CTHB contributed
to a UNODC-led “Regional Expert Group Meeting for
Central Asian Countries on Prevention and Responses
to Child Recruitment and Exploitation by Terrorist and
Violent Extremist Groups”. The event brought together 46
representatives of prosecutorial, judicial, child protection
and child rights sectors from four Central Asian countries
(Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan).
On 20 and 21 November, the OSR/CTHB participated in a twoday regional roundtable meeting on “Investigation, Prevention
and Prosecution of IT-facilitated Human Trafficking Crimes”,
organized in Kyiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in
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Threats posed by Criminal Activity 100%
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