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Norbert Ceipek: Thank you for being our partner in combating trafficking in human beings
"This meeting is very important for us. We count on our partners for the successful resolution of the issue of trafficking in human beings. Thank you for being our partner," Norbert Ceipek said at the beginning of his discussion with minister Tsvetanov. He clarified that when Bulgaria and Austria began cooperating in combating trafficking in human beings there was just a single case of a re-trafficked child in Vienna. "The model, according to which we jointly work, is very successful and several countries have shown interest in it so far," stated Ceipek.
Ten crisis centres have been established in Bulgaria, in which substantial assistance is being provided to children - victims of trafficking. All of them are based on a model of the Crisis centre for unaccompanied children "Drehscheibe" in Vienna. Norbert Ceipek said during his discussion with minister Tsvetanov that during the month of May this year, representatives of the Bulgarian crisis centres would undergo a training course in Vienna. "The enthusiasm, which people from the centres work with, has to be supported. Training is important for them, because the good practices that they will exchange in Vienna can be implemented in our country," Mr. Tzvetanov confirmed. He explained that Bulgarian government had made systematic efforts for educating children from Roma communities, which is among the accents of the recently adopted Strategy for Roma Integration. Tsvetan Tsvetanov continued furthermore that trafficking in human beings was among the priorities of the Ministry of Interior. "We have a number of successful operations, which ended with sentences," he explained and said that for the last year 119 sentences had entered in force.
Norbert Ceipek stressed that it was important to create a crisis centres for children victims of trafficking in Sofia. „This will shorten their trip back home," he reasoned.
Minister Tsvetanov gave to the director of the Crisis centre for unaccompanied children "Drehscheibe" in Vienna a certificate of gratitude for the successful collaboration.
The online newspaper Dnevnik launched a series of materials with the support of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, the non-governmental sector and other institutions which will present trafficking in human beings issues of multiple points of view. The series shows what kinds of tricks are used by traffickers, what makes people vulnerable to trafficking, who controls them and how, what makes their reintegration process more difficult. The experts' opinions and suggestions for ways and methods of tackling human trafficking will be presented.
Read more on: http://www.dnevnik.bg/temi/trafik_na_hora/
Eighteen girls and nine boys from Pazardjik are victims of trafficking.
In the frame of the Home/ISEC/2010 call for proposals, Bulgaria (the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings), France (Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs), Greece (Hellenic Aid, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Romania (National Agency against trafficking in persons), Spain (Department for Equality, Ministry of Health, Social policies and Equality) and the Netherlands (Ministry for Security and Justice) have been awarded a grant from the EC to implement a project "Development of Common Guidelines and Procedures on Identification of Victims of Trafficking".
On 18th of January the international project "Development of Common Guidelines and Procedures on Identification of Victims of Trafficking". was launched on a kick off meeting in Paris, France.
The overall objective of the two-year project (Nov 2011-Nov 2013) is to enhance and harmonise the methods and procedures for the identification of victims of trafficking within the EU through the development of common guidelines and procedures for the identification of victims of trafficking in order to better tackle THB and to ensure equity of treatment between the victims in the region as regard their rights to protection.
More specifically, the project intends to:
1. Develop a network of national contact points in the participating countries (Bulgaria, France, Greece, Romania, Spain and The Netherlands) with the aim of collecting and exchanging best practices (BP) on identification of victims of trafficking.
Colibri Publishing House published the book "Women under Influence" by the famous contemporary psychoanalyst and family psychotherapist Marie-France Hirigoyen. The Publishing House was a partner of the National Commission for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings during the National Informational Campaign in the autumn of 2011.
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- Risk Monitor: 2 million children sexually exploited each year
- “Operation Montana” – a channel for trafficking in human beings, organized by Bulgarians, was busted
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28.03.2012 The Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the NCCTHB, Mr.Tsvetan Tsvetanov held a meeting with the Director of the Crisis centre for unaccompanied children victims of trafficking “Drehscheibe” in Vienna
19.03.2012 DNEVNIK LAUNCHED A SERIES OF MATERIALS ON TRAFFICKING IN HUMAN BEINGS ISSUES
29.02.2012 LAUNCH OF THE INTERNATOINAL PROJECT DEVELOPMENT OF COMMON GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES ON IDENTIFICATION OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING (EURO TRAF GUID) (2)
