Trafficking in human beings is one of the fastest growing forms of organised crime, millions of people fall victim worldwide, who are exploited, threatened and often deprived of their freedom. Ms Krisztina Berta, Deputy State Secretary for EU and International Relations, National Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator would like to take effective steps to prevent and combat this phenomenon, in cooperation with national and international partners. For a successful action, it is crucial to raise the awareness of the society and draw the attention of potential victims to the possible risks.
Hungarian and Dutch Police signed an Action Plan on operational cooperation for the second half of the year - announced the Police on its website on Friday.
The relevant authorities began preparing the implementation of the four-year National Strategy against Trafficking in Human Beings - announced Ms Krisztina Berta, Deputy State Secretary for EU and International Relations, National Anti-Human Trafficking Coordinator on the press conference held on Wednesday.
MEP Lívia Járóka participated at the launch of the EU Civil Society Platform against Trafficking in Human Beings organised by the European Commission. In her speech she drew the attention to the enhanced vulnerability of Roma communities, the necessity of transposing the EU Directive against trafficking and the further challenges that Member States must face.
In accordance with the proposal of Lodewijk Asscher, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment, a working knowledge of Dutch will be required for high-risk jobs from 1 July 2013 in the Netherlands.
Effective fight against human trafficking requires a comprehensive approach. On 16-18 April 2013 Putting Rantsev into Practice working conference was organized in Amsterdam by Poland, Cyprus and the Netherlands.
In order to further improve bilateral cooperation against human trafficking, a Dutch delegation visited the Ministry of Interior, as well as the National Police Force and the Prosecution Service on 18-19 December 2012. The delegation included representatives of the Dutch Ministry of Security and Justice, Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations and the Coordination Centre Human Trafficking (CoMensha) and was accompanied by a representative of the Dutch Embassy of Budapest.
Connected to the new EU Anti-Trafficking Day (18 October) the Ministry of Interior launches a new Facebook site entitled Anti Human Trafficking Hungary.
The crime prevention department of the Hungarian Police and the Budapest representatives of Hans Seidel Foundation co organized an international conference on 12 October 2012 in the police management center entitled “ Battle against human trafficking – unprotected victims”.
The Central European and Central-Eastern European priorities in the combat against human trafficking and the topic-related tasks of Salzburg Forum are on the agenda of the Salzburg Forum Ministerial Conference that is going to take place between 10 and 11 October 2012, in Mátraháza, Hungary.