Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings

The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology
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The Criminal Offence of Human Trafficking – Lexology

Right from under the noses of the British Home Office, hundreds of child refugees, seeking asylum in the United Kingdom, are being abducted and trafficked for all sorts of reasons. The British Home Office has been repeatedly cautioned by a multitude of agencies, about the dangers such vulnerable children faced, arriving unaccompanied from their homelands….

Human trafficking: Council of Europe experts call on Luxembourg to step up efforts to identify …
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Human trafficking: Council of Europe experts call on Luxembourg to step up efforts to identify …

The Council of Europe’s expert group on human trafficking (GRETA) has urged Luxembourg to make additional efforts to identify and assist victims of trafficking, and to ensure that human trafficking cases are investigated proactively and results in effective, proportionate, and dissuasive sanctions. These are among the main proposals for action included in the third evaluation…

Council of Europe body expresses concern at low number of human trafficking prosecutions
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Council of Europe body expresses concern at low number of human trafficking prosecutions

THE COUNCIL OF Europe has expressed concern about the low number of investigations and prosecutions in Ireland for human trafficking offences as it calls for the state to “step up its fight”. The findings are part of a third evaluation round carried out by GRETA –  the Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in…

Human Trafficking Victims in Bosnia ‘Need Better Protection’: Report – Balkan Insight
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Human Trafficking Victims in Bosnia ‘Need Better Protection’: Report – Balkan Insight

The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings, GRETA, an independent monitoring group, said in a report for the Council of Europe published on Tuesday that Bosnia and Herzegovina’s has improved legislation to combat human trafficking but it needs to be implemented more effectively to ensure protection and justice for victims. The…