As in previous years, Europol, along with Hungary and more than 30 other states, held a joint operation between 22 and 28 September 2025 as part of international efforts to combat labour exploitation.
The male and female members of a family from Szabolcs county were involved in an illegal business that ran 12 women in Switzerland and Germany.
On 17 October 2024, a training was organised at the National Institute of Criminology (OKRI) in the framework of the international project "Developing a financial model of labour exploitation to identify victims and companies and prevent exploitation" (INVERT), which was awarded by the European Union Internal Security Fund programme.
The Office of the Prosecutor General of Hungary brought charges against two men who forced a woman into prostitution in Budapest by deception and threats.
The operation was organised by Europol, Frontex, and Interpol in early June. The week-long raid in Hungary was coordinated by the National Bureau Investigation of the Rapid Response Police (NBI).