Photo: FoNet/Milica Vučković

Author: V. Jeremić

Darija Kisić plans to open a shelter that has already been opened by her predecessor

At the end of the election campaign, the Minister of Labor, Darija Kisić, should open the Shelter for Victims of Human Trafficking, demonstrating to the public that the current government cares for the most vulnerable categories of society.

Five years since the adoption of the Anti-Trafficking Strategy, little has been done to improve the position of victims

Author: V. Jeremić

Photo: Medija Centar

More members of working groups than identified victims

The five-year strategy adopted by the state to organize its efforts in the fight against human trafficking expires this year.

Despair as a compass

Photograph: Predrag Mitic

"We know from the experience of our organization that smuggling often ends up with violence, extortion, and often debt bondage and exploitation, and in there we also see a link with human trafficking. Despite the fact that the victim gave consent to the smuggler to take her across the border, she hasn’t consented to violence and exploitation This is where we start thinking about when the volunteering in entire process stops”.

Author: Momir Turudic

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Protecting the right to privacy and data confidentiality of victims of human trafficking

Who cares about the victims’ dignity?

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If we do not agree that “mankind owes to the child the best that it has to give“ it will be difficult to agree on anything else. This quote of the preamble of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of the Child, is something the majority of people would say it is understood that it is indisputable. It is the same thing like asking a question: “Is there anyone against the peace?“ However, reality refutes to accept that.

There is not much time left to apply for an incredible event we are very much looking forward to!

On Friday, September 10 (11-13 CET), we will be in the company of phenomenal speakers and experts in the social inclusion of human trafficking victims, at a roundtable "Sustainable Freedom: Unlocking the inclusive growth of human trafficking survivors". Join us there!

Atina: Sexually abused children are being inflicted irreversible damage once their identity is disclosed

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According to the latest available data from 2019 for Serbia, 64 percent of the victims of human trafficking are persons under the age of 18, while last year, following the statistical data, situation was similar – around 90 percent of them were girls”, Jelena Hrnjak from organization Atina has stated.

Why the system is not capable of identifying and helping victims of trafficking in Serbia

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During last year, out of 57 victims of human trafficking, almost half of them, that is 24, were children. Traffickers most commonly use children for forced labour or begging, criminal activities, sexual exploitation or forced marriages, as stated by NGO “Atina”, organization that deals with combating human trafficking.  

Fourteen-year-old girls are at highest risk

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Half of the victims of human trafficking are minors, and it is feared that the number of victims is up to 10 times higher

In the past year, of the 57 identified victims of trafficking, 24 were minors, almost half of whom were girls. Experts around the world, as well as experts in the Balkans and Serbia, assume that the number of victims in this area is up to ten times higher!