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Harbouring Explained

ByEyes on Trafficking News October 4, 2021January 3, 2023

Vienna (Austria) 04 October 2021 – Victims of human trafficking are accommodated or forced to stay in locations prior to and during their exploitation or between periods of abuse. These settings can be in brothels, private homes, factories, farms, or fishing vessels. They are often dangerous, inhumane and unsanitary, and can be controlled by criminals…

Iraqi Anti-Crime Officials Strengthen Cooperation with UNODC and Austrian Police

ByEyes on Trafficking News July 21, 2021January 3, 2023

Vienna (Austria), 21 July 2021 – Senior Iraqi police officers have arrived in Austria to meet with experts from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to exchange expertise and discuss ways to cooperate closer to tackle the crimes of human trafficking and migrant smuggling. During the one-week visit, the officials will also…

The Impact of the Pandemic on Human Trafficking

ByEyes on Trafficking News July 8, 2021October 30, 2022

Vienna (Austria) 8 July 2021 A new study released today by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) illustrates the devastating impact of COVID-19 on victims and survivors of human trafficking and highlights the increased targeting and exploitation of children.

UNODC Highlights Lack of Justice for Migrants Abused on Smuggling Routes

ByEyes on Trafficking News June 28, 2021January 2, 2023

Vienna (Austria) 28 June 2021 Migrants who use smuggling networks to flee their home countries are often subjected to extreme violence, torture, rape and kidnapping while in transit or captivity. Despite the severity of these offences, little action is taken by national authorities and, in some cases, officials are complicit in these crimes. These are…

UNODC Supports Jordan and Lebanon to Respond to Trafficking of Refugees

ByEyes on Trafficking News June 11, 2021October 20, 2022

Vienna (Austria) 11 June 2021 Refugees who are fleeing conflict and crisis are being targeted by human traffickers who take advantage of their vulnerable circumstances and search for a better life. Traffickers thrive in situations of instability and refugees, among them unaccompanied children, are at risk when they cross borders, travel inside a host country…

DataJam Against Exploitation

ByEyes on Trafficking News June 7, 2021October 20, 2022

Vienna (Austria) 7 June 2021 A web application that can support police investigations into human trafficking rings has taken the top prize at the recent “DataJam Against Exploitation” competition. The team behind the winning entry, ‘Buyer Resist’, consists of five young professionals from British Columbia, Canada who were among 75 participants of 16 different nationalities…

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Freedom in Disasters is recognised as a charitable non-profit organisation by the Austrian Government

ByEyes on Trafficking News May 25, 2021October 20, 2022

Following the launch as for-impact, social enterprise in early 2021, Freedom in Disasters (FiD) sought to be officially recognised as charitable organisation. Headquartered in Vienna, FiD approached the Austrian Ministry of Finance to confirm that the organisational purpose is aligned to those of charitable organisations under §41 of the federal tax code. On May 25th,…

Joint Statement

ByEyes on Trafficking News March 25, 2015February 26, 2023

On 31 December 2014, the United Nations Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT), an alliance of six organizations committed to combatting human trafficking, concluded its long-standing work towards curbing one of the most heinous crimes and human rights violations of our time. Members of UN.GIFT Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) International…

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Experts meet to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households

ByEyes on Trafficking News December 21, 2014January 4, 2023

Child maid servant in India, although it is banned by the government High-level diplomats from across the OSCE region met at the Secretariat today to discuss ways to stamp out trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households, focusing on the outcomes from a series of workshops held by the Organization’s anti-trafficking Office during the past…

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