Human trafficking

EU Commissioner Mariya Gabriel and Minister of Justice Tsetska Tsacheva will participate in an international conference on "Secure Future for Women - A Safe Future for All", BNR

Discussions in Sofia are within the framework of the Bulgarian Euro-Presidency.

India will offer vocational training to almost half a million survivors of human trafficking under a program launched this week by President Ram Nath Kovind.

At the National Commission for Combating Trafficking of People in 2017, 107 signals were received about suffered people, Plovdiv's journalist Kamelia Dimitrova told the commission.

According to her, the victims are in the sphere of sexual and labor exploitation, there are signals of trafficking for the purpose of begging.

A group of people who sought asylum in Hungary after attending a folk-dancing event in the country possessed fake dance licenses, which they had obtained by paying a human-trafficking gang 6,000 euros to smuggle them abroad, daily Habertürk reported on Jan. 4.

A large group of people have been detained in Sweden after police launched an offensive against a begging ring in the south of the country which allegedly transported Bulgarian citizens to Sweden in order to beg, then took their earnings, The Local reports.

Police in Athens said on Monday they had smashed a prostitution and sex trafficking ring and arrested 22 people.

According to reports, the suspects face a wide range of charges, including sex trafficking, prostitution, forgery, possession of weapons, resisting arrest and others.

Police detained at least 442 migrants in anti-human trafficking operations across Turkey on Nov. 13, security sources told state-run Anadolu Agency.

Between 10-15% of the minors and juveniles In Bulgaria fall victims to trafficking in human beings. We believe that children are extremely vulnerable, we work actively with schools. We have an academy for volunteers trying to protect them from this crime.

Two successful joint operations of the specialized prosecutor's office and the Ministry of Interior against drug distribution and human trafficking were carried out in several cities in Bulgaria on 17th of October, аccording to the Bulgarian National Television. 

The National Commission for Fighting Human Trafficking launches its annual campaign on the 18th of October - the European Day Against Human Trafficking, reports sega.