The last two members of a criminal gang in Kecskemét have been arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation of the Rapid Response Police (KR NNI). The pair continued to exploit women despite the fact that their relatives had already been behind bars last year.
In 2007, the European Union declared 18 October as the EU Anti-Trafficking Day. The main objective of the European Day is to raise awareness on the prevention and to increase the flow of information and knowledge on trafficking in human beings. In Hungary, several professional days and training sessions have been organised in recent years to enable professionals to share their experiences in the fight against trafficking in human beings.
The training programme of Slachta Margit National Institute for Social Policy was implemented in the framework of the project entitled “Renewal of methodological and information systems in the social sector” between June and September 2023.
On the occasion of the European Day of Trafficking in Human Beings (18 October), on 9-10 October 2023, the International Criminal Investigation Department of the National Bureau of Investigation organised a professional conference in Balatonföldvár, where speakers and participants shared their experiences in the field.
The Family-Friendly Hungary Centre and the National Crisis Management and Information Telephone Service organised a professional day on 4 October 2023. Experts gave presentations on domestic violence, abuse, forms of exploitation, how to recognise them, and the possible ways to rehabilitate victims.
Criminal proceedings have been underway against five members of a family in Heves County for human trafficking and forced labour. All of them were arrested.
The police of Fejér county arrested two members of a family from Sárbogárd.
Almost 60 experts met at the National Coordination Mechanism and NGO Roundtable on 11-12 July.
The young woman was forced into prostitution and severely abused by her partner for nearly six months. She managed to escape from her abuser in Austria. Lajos M., 31, was arrested in Sopron on 28 June by the regional division of Rapid Response Police National Bureau of Investigation (NBI).
The global assessment by US State Department continues to place Hungary in Tier 2.