OSCE Centre training helps Uzbek law enforcement bodies to fight human trafficking
Trafficked women are also referred to as victims of modern-day slavery. This picture is from the Balkans. (Teun Voeten/Hollandse Hoogte, 1999) Photo details
TASHKENT, 3 August 2004 - The OSCE Centre in Tashkent launched the first specialized training course for law enforcement agencies on investigating human trafficking crimes.
The five-day session, which started yesterday, brings together 25 experts from different law enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan.
Topics of the training programme will include a legislative overview, the current trafficking situation, victim identification, investigative principles and risk assessment, special needs of child victims, the criminal justice conditions, phases of investigation, disruptive tactics and intelligence-gathering activity.
The training scheme is a part of the OSCE Centre's Anti-trafficking Programme, which has been developed in line with the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, agreed by the Ministerial Council in Maastricht in December 2003.
Since 2003, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent has conducted introductory training courses for law enforcement agencies and other interested state structures, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and journalists from different media outlets on awareness-raising campaigns.
As a result of these efforts, several NGOs have undertaken activities in the regions to fight trafficking in human beings.
The five-day session, which started yesterday, brings together 25 experts from different law enforcement bodies of Uzbekistan.
Topics of the training programme will include a legislative overview, the current trafficking situation, victim identification, investigative principles and risk assessment, special needs of child victims, the criminal justice conditions, phases of investigation, disruptive tactics and intelligence-gathering activity.
The training scheme is a part of the OSCE Centre's Anti-trafficking Programme, which has been developed in line with the OSCE Action Plan to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, agreed by the Ministerial Council in Maastricht in December 2003.
Since 2003, the OSCE Centre in Tashkent has conducted introductory training courses for law enforcement agencies and other interested state structures, representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and journalists from different media outlets on awareness-raising campaigns.
As a result of these efforts, several NGOs have undertaken activities in the regions to fight trafficking in human beings.