Podcast: Human trafficking in Europe – Myths and facts
Four experts from across Europe discuss how governments are responding to human trafficking in the five years since the Council of Europe treaty against human slavery entered into force.
Four experts from across Europe discuss how governments are responding to human trafficking in the five years since the Council of Europe treaty against human slavery entered into force.
The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) report published today, calls on the authorities to ensure that “human trafficking is criminalised by all criminal codes applicable on the country’s territory (i.e. in Republika Srpska, the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Brčko District).
Low human trafficking conviction rates in Portugal and gaps in the country’s investigation procedure are revealed in a new Council of Europe report published today.
The Council of Europe’s group of experts on action against trafficking in human beings (GRETA) urged the French authorities to launch a coordinated national action plan on trafficking as a matter of priority and recommended that a nation-wide referral mechanism be set up to formally identify victims of trafficking and ensure that they are helped and protected.
A new report on human trafficking in the United Kingdom urges the authorities to improve the rate of prosecutions and convictions.