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On June 19, 2103, the US State Department released the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report. Once again Serbia has been classified as Tier 2 country. Below is the country report for Serbia.   SERBIA (Tier 2) Serbia is a source, transit, and destination country for men, women, and children subjected to sex trafficking and forced […]

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action organized the international conference Contemporary Psycho-Social Challenges in Combating Human Trafficking in Belgrade, March 18, 2013. The goal was to highlight contemporary issues in combating human trafficking that are rarely discussed among experts and stakeholders despite their importance in terms of EU integration process. At the occasion over a

Special Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade, Serbia has issued first-instance judgment finding four persons guilty as co-perpetrators of trafficking in human beings, Article 388 Para 7 in connection with Para 1 and 3 of the Criminal Code of Serbia. Members of the group are accused of recruiting girls from Serbia on several occasions

The 2012 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons was released on December 12, 2012 by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). The Global Report 2012 provides an overview of patterns and flows of trafficking in persons at global, regional and national levels, based on trafficking cases detected between 2007 and 2010 (or

  Seminar „The Role of Prosecutors in Criminal Proceedings related to Trafficking in Human Beings“, organized by the Serbian Public Prosecutor’s Office and NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action, was held on 1st and 2nd of November 2012 in Belgrade. Realization of the seminar was supported by the French Embassy in Belgrade and the Judicial

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action from Belgrade, in cooperation with the experts from the Dutch Criminal Police and with support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy to Serbia, has carried out a training for police officers aimed at improving their skills for communicating with trafficking victims in order to obtain their valid and quality statement

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action presented the new media campaign “Human Trafficking. Labor Exploitation. Serious and Organized Crime” on a press conference held today, June the 19th, 2012, at Belgrade’s Media centre. This campaign is a response to increase in the number of identified victims of human trafficking that have been subjected to labor

Belgrade, 25th of May – In regard to the International Day of Missing Children, 25th of May, it is our pleasure to announce that the Republic Agency for Electronic Communication (RATEL) has assigned #116000 – The European Hotline Number for Missing Children to NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action, based on decision # 1-01-345-20/12-1 made

Belgrade, 19 May 2012 Third expert meeting for lawyers titled “Health and Psychological Consequences of Human Trafficking” was held at Zira Hotel, Belgrade, on May 18, 2012. The expert meeting is part of the project “Protection of Trafficking Victims’ Rights through/and the Provision of Legal Assistance” carried out by ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action and

It is our pleasure to announce that ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action has started the implementation of the educational program “Foster Family as a Place for the Recovery and Reintegration of Human Trafficking Victims” accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Republic Institute for Social Protection on October 25th 2011. ASTRA created the program for