Thanks to Europol, Spain and Ukraine, a network exploiting Ukrainian woman has been disrupted.
This shows that one has to continue to be vigilant and take the right measures to prevent human trafficking and protect those fleeing the military aggression against Ukraine.
You want to know more about
- the awareness raising campaign ´End Human Trafficking. Break the Invisible Chain’ launched by the European Commission?
- how to recognise signs of human trafficking?
- where to report or get help?
Check out here⤵️
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Do you know that around 10.000 people fall victim to human trafficking in the EU every year?
Many more remain undetected.
You can help by
- raising awareness
- recognising the signs
- call national helplines
A New Year - new opportunities to combat trafficking in human beings
with 🇪🇺 EU support
2026
👉new Strategy & 6th Progress Report
👉enforcement of new Anti-Trafficking legislation
👉operational actions with EU agencies
And much more…
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Action supported by Europol has disrupted a criminal network engaged in a multitude of criminal activities and present in dozens of countries.
Their activities include cyber-enabled fraud, drug trafficking, and human trafficking.
Read more in our press release: https://ow.ly/JMxf50XTSvj
You want to ‘Have Your Say’ on the new EU Strategy on Combatting HumanTrafficking
Check below👇
Deadline: 26 January 2026
Looking forward to your contributions
#EUvsHumanTrafficking
404 potential victims and 93 perpetrators of labour exploitation identified during action in 32 countries across Europe.
Read more in our press release: https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/54-individuals-arrested-in-action-against-labour-exploitation
Ahead of 18 October
EU Anti-Trafficking Day
👉 Key findings from 10 years of Human Trafficking data 👇
Over 30 potential victims were identified in an international operation against human trafficking enabled online. Europol supported 73 specialists from 26 countries worldwide in the action.
#EUvsHumanTrafficking
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🚨 Dozens of women rescued from sex trafficking in Austria and five traffickers arrested in Colombia with support of Europol
Read more in our press release ⤵️
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Congratulations to @Europol, Brazil 🇧🇷 & Irlande 🇮🇪 for dismantling a criminal network involved in human trafficking and for saving victims of sexual exploitation
Cooperation with South America is key as the number of victims from the region is increasing in the EU 🇪🇺
More below 👇
On Workd Day Against Trafficking in Persons
👉read my joint statement with UNODC
#EndHumanTrafficking
♟️ Human trafficking is organised crime.
We will continue to fight back with intelligence, coordination & cross-border action.
💙 On this #WorldDayAgainstHumanTrafficking, we stand with UNODC and law enforcement agencies to #EndHumanTrafficking
Together against human trafficking
#Frontex teamed-up with @europol.europa.eu @interpol.int and 43 countries worldwide saving 1,200 victims of human trafficking.
🔗LEARN MORE: www.frontex.europa.eu/media-centre...
We stand united in protecting the most vulnerable! 💙
#StrongerTogether #EMPACT
Impressive operation with clear results, thanks to Europol, Frontex, Interpol, Austria, Romania and many other participants, who every day play a key role in combatting trafficking in human beings.
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First global airline alliance launching a coordinated initiative to prevent and combat Trafficking in Human Beings
👍Bravo
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Safety and stability remain out of reach for many Ukrainians.
We're proposing to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians fleeing war in the EU until March 2027.
This is about more than protection.
It's about paving a fair, stable and predictable path forward ↓
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🙏 to Frontex for organising an international conference on human trafficking
👉Border and Coast Guards play a crucial role in detecting potential victims & perpetrators
👉 Together with other partners, we discussed how to improve the detection and protection of children
2023 data on trafficking in human beings in the EU 🇪🇺 is out⬇️
▶️10 793 victims ↗️6.9% ▶️64% non EU citizens
▶️63% women & girls
▶️43% sexual, 36% labour, 20% other exploitation
▶️more suspects and convictions
⬇️read more⬇️
It was an honour to participate in the Brdo process ministerial meeting and discuss with the Western Balkan countries trends, challenges and reinforced cooperation in combatting trafficking in human beings and protecting victims.
Security is a shared responsibility for all European nations.
At the #BrdoProcess with @magnusbrunner.bsky.social & partners from Western Balkans to strengthen cooperation against threats like terrorism & human trafficking.
Candidate countries have to be part of strong European security structures
Elisabeth Margue a reçu @dianeeu.bsky.social, accompagnée d’ @annecalteux.bsky.social, pour échanger sur le 5e rapport sur les progrès réalisés au sein de l’Union européenne dans la lutte contre la traite des êtres humains. Nos efforts se poursuivent pour mieux identifier et aider les victimes.
Another successful 🇪🇺 operational action targeting human trafficking online👇
👉21 suspects
👉41 victims detected
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Three years ago, 🇪🇺 and 🇺🇦 joined forces to prevent #HumanTrafficking of those fleeing the aggression against Ukraine
Today, we continue implementing the 🇪🇺EU Common Anti-Trafficking Plan⬇️ to protect the victims and stop the criminals
#StandWithUkraine
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As chair of the EU Civil Society Platform against #HumanTrafficking
I am pleased to announce a new Call for expression of interest for membership
Interested?👇More here👇
EU 🇪🇺 operational law enforcement cooperation allowed to dismantled a 🇨🇳 criminal HumanTrafficking network with the support of Europol 👇
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🚨Violent human traffickers stopped in Germany and Hungary: 7 arrested and 6 victims identified.
The suspects recruited the victims, young women from Hungary, via the so-called lover boy method.
Read the full story in our press release ⤵️
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The new Report on combatting #HumanTrafficking in the European Union 🇪🇺 is out
with
☑️Trends
☑️Challenges
☑️Actions at EU and national level
#EUvsHumanTrafficking
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