The European Commission Office of the EU Anti-Trafficking Coordinator has informed Member States that topic 5 of the Work programme for 2019 for Union actions in the framework of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund includes support to victims of trafficking in human beings.
As a result of international cooperation, the Szabolcs-Szatmár Bereg county chief prosecution office has pressed charges and is prosecuting a couple who were captured in Hungary, and a person who had been assisting them with the transportation of women victims. Young Hungarian victims engaged in prostitution had been continuously exploited for several years.
Nógrád County police launched proceedings against a 43-year-old man.
Information published by the Nógrád County Police Headquarters
Information note published by the National Police Headquarters.
Coordinated action took place in the morning of 6 March 2019 by police forces.
The exploited prostitutes' sexual services were advertised on German websites.
The deadline for applications for this call is 28 May 2019.
It is expected that in the first half of 2019 new calls for project proposals will be launched in the framework of the co-financing EU’s Internal Security Fund.
On the occasion of the 10th EU Anti-Trafficking Day, the Ministry of Interior, the White Ring Public Benefit Association and the Anonymous Ways Foundation held a conference on 17–18 October 2016 at the premises of the Ministry. On the first day of the event, the focus was on victim support, while on the second day the topic of human trafficking was in the forefront. The participants of the conference were workers of the social sector, NGO’s and government agencies involved in victim identification.
Mátyás Hegyaljai, national coordinator for the fight against human trafficking and deputy state secretary for EU and international relations held a press conference at a conference organized on the occasion of the 10th EU Anti-Trafficking Day.