News Archive

March 31, 2022 3:49 PM

Universities joining anti-trafficking action

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church organized a conference under the title of “Human trafficking – the state of play in Hungary” in the restored Károlyi-Csekonics Palace.

March 25, 2022 3:07 PM

Conference on the connections of intimate partner violence and trafficking in human beings

Action against the two overlapping phenomena should be linked, say many experts.

March 24, 2022 9:02 AM

Governmental and civil society actors discussed the situation of Ukrainian refugees

The Ministry of Interior's National Coordination Mechanism and the NGO Roundtable met on 17 March 2022 to review recent issues related to human trafficking.

March 7, 2022 8:17 AM

New overview of modern slavery

Szandra Windt's new book Invisible people – the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings in Hungary was published by the National Institute of Criminology.

February 25, 2022 2:47 PM

Thematic issue of Belügyi Szemle published

The publication specifically addresses the phenomenon of human trafficking.

February 22, 2022 12:39 PM

Trapped in exploitation for 5 and a half years

Ferenc R., arrested in mid-February 2022, forced the victim into prostitution in one of his brothels in Vienna between 2014 and 2020.

February 7, 2022 4:33 PM

Hungarian trafficker sent to prison in the Netherlands

The 29-year-old man forced vulnerable women into prostitution.

January 3, 2022 2:50 PM

This is how the legislation on victims of trafficking in human beings has changed

In line with the action plan of the national anti-trafficking strategy, the Ministry of Interior revised the Government Decree on the identification order of victims of trafficking in human beings last year.

December 22, 2021 2:04 PM

Nine traffickers apprehended by the Police

The men involved in the exploitation and trafficking of women providing sexual services were detained by police in Békéscsaba, Gyomaendrőd, Szarvas, Makó and Sopron. Criminal proceedings were instituted against them on suspicion of trafficking in human beings.

December 10, 2021 11:37 AM

Consultation with the US State Department

Deputy State Secretary Mátyás Hegyaljai participated in an online meeting with the U.S. Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons.