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.
Action against the two overlapping phenomena should be linked, say many experts.
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.
Szandra Windt's new book Invisible people – the phenomenon of trafficking in human beings in Hungary was published by the National Institute of Criminology.
The publication specifically addresses the phenomenon of human trafficking.
Ferenc R., arrested in mid-February 2022, forced the victim into prostitution in one of his brothels in Vienna between 2014 and 2020.
The 29-year-old man forced vulnerable women into prostitution.
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.
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.
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.