The play ‘I Will Stand for You’ was put on stage by the Hungarian Police on October 20, 2021 on occasion of the European Anti-Trafficking Day.
To commemorate the day, an awareness-raising conference was organized for the sixth time on October 16, 2021 by SOLWODI Hungary Association and the House of Dialogue.
The event hosted by the National Institute of Criminology on 8 October 2021 was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Interior, the National Police Headquarters, the Prosecution Service, the Budapest-Capital Regional Court as well as child protection professionals.
On 7 October 2021 Deputy State Secretary for EU and International Relations Dr. Mátyás Hegyaljai, the National Anti-Trafficking Coordinator of Hungary received John Cotton Richmond, former head of the TIP Office, who also consulted with members of the NGO Roundtable.
The Ministry of Interior organized a roundtable discussion with the leaders of the three recent research projects.
For years, the suspects forced Hungarian women to engage in prostitution. In most cases, their income was taken away and used to fund the traffickers' livelihood.
A 44-year-old man from Sárosd, suspected of committing the crime of human trafficking and forced labor, was apprehended at his residence.
They forced the girls into prostitution in Germany and Switzerland.
Joint action days organized by Europol resulted in 8 suspects and 15 newly identified victims in Hungary.
The “Chance for Life” award has been founded by the Minister without Portfolio for Family Affairs