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ASTRA once again took part in the 6th Meeting of the Council of Europe Network of Specialised Lawyers and NGOs Providing Legal Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking, held on 3–4 November 2025 at the Palais de l’Europe in Strasbourg.The meeting brought together legal experts and practitioners from across Europe to exchange experiences and strengthen […]

October 8th 2025, Chisinau, Moldova – At the invitation of the organization Ave Copii from Moldova, the Director of ASTRA presented thirteen years of experience of the 116000 Missing Children Hotline in the Republic of Serbia.This meeting brought together key Moldovan stakeholders, including representatives from law enforcement, social services, and NGOs, alongside international experts in field

Institutions and civil society in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia are intensifying cooperation to combat the trafficking of children for the purpose of forced begging, which represents a long-standing and pressing challenge faced by both countries. At a joint meeting held on October 2 in Sarajevo, representatives of ministries, prosecutor’s offices, courts, law enforcement agencies,

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, a National Discussion Forum on “The Status and Rights of Victims of Human Trafficking” was held in Tirana. The forum provided a unique opportunity for colleagues from Albania to present innovative activities and the results of several months of work on analyzing judicial practice in cases of human trafficking and

The Government of Serbia does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking but is making significant efforts to do so. The government demonstrated overall increasing efforts compared with the previous reporting period; therefore, Serbia was upgraded to Tier 2. These efforts included convicting more traffickers and investigating government officials allegedly complicit

From September 17–19, 2025, La Strada International and La Strada Poland brought together European civil society anti-trafficking organizations and other key stakeholders in Warsaw. The international gathering marked the 30th anniversary of the La Strada network, whose first projects were launched in 1995 in the Netherlands, Poland, and the Czech Republic. The event was jointly organized by La Strada International and

A representative of ASTRA participated in the Regional Conference on Forced Marriages, held in Skopje from September 10 to 12, 2025. The conference brought together representatives of public institutions, civil society, and international partners from the Western Balkans and Europe to exchange experiences and develop new approaches in addressing the issues of forced marriages and

On September 15, 2025, a meeting was held at ASTRA’s premises between two services dedicated to supporting children: NADEL, the National Child Helpline 116111 intended for children, teenagers, young people, and parents, and ASTRA, which operates the European hotline for missing children in Serbia, 116000. We discussed further cooperation, the common challenges we face, as

July 22, 2025 – At the invitation of the Human Rights and Peace Committee of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA-Serbia), Professor Dr. Djordje Alimpijevic and ASTRA’s Director Marija Andjelkovic delivered a lecture on the crucial role of healthcare professionals in identifying and documenting the consequences of human trafficking. The lecture attracted great

ASTRA, in cooperation with the local government of Vranje, organized a two-day accredited training for representatives of institutions and organizations entitled “Support for Victims of Human Trafficking in the Social Protection System – Identification, Needs Assessment, and Planning.” Twenty professionals from the fields of education, social protection, healthcare, and local services participated in the training,