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When Indonesian domestic worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih departed from Hong Kong last Friday, she left a nightmare behind her. Eight months of alleged beatings by her employer had disfigured the 23-year-old so badly she was barely recognizable. A gaunt, pockmarked face with chipped teeth had replaced her once smooth, girlish features. Her feet, scalded with hot water, were

Campaign launch “One story, Two Outcomes”: urging European Governments to give trafficked people their rights. United against human trafficking in Europe, the LSI NGO Platform launches their campaign “One Story, Two Outcomes” on UN Human Rights Day. The platform, consisting of 19 NGOs across Europe, aims to show that a bad situation can have different

Special Department of the Higher Court in Belgrade, Serbia has issued first-instance judgment finding four persons guilty as co-perpetrators of trafficking in human beings, Article 388 Para 7 in connection with Para 1 and 3 of the Criminal Code of Serbia. Members of the group are accused of recruiting girls from Serbia on several occasions

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action from Belgrade, in cooperation with the experts from the Dutch Criminal Police and with support of the Royal Netherlands Embassy to Serbia, has carried out a training for police officers aimed at improving their skills for communicating with trafficking victims in order to obtain their valid and quality statement

NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action presented the new media campaign “Human Trafficking. Labor Exploitation. Serious and Organized Crime” on a press conference held today, June the 19th, 2012, at Belgrade’s Media centre. This campaign is a response to increase in the number of identified victims of human trafficking that have been subjected to labor

Belgrade, 25th of May – In regard to the International Day of Missing Children, 25th of May, it is our pleasure to announce that the Republic Agency for Electronic Communication (RATEL) has assigned #116000 – The European Hotline Number for Missing Children to NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action, based on decision # 1-01-345-20/12-1 made

Belgrade, 19 May 2012 Third expert meeting for lawyers titled “Health and Psychological Consequences of Human Trafficking” was held at Zira Hotel, Belgrade, on May 18, 2012. The expert meeting is part of the project “Protection of Trafficking Victims’ Rights through/and the Provision of Legal Assistance” carried out by ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action and

It is our pleasure to announce that ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action has started the implementation of the educational program “Foster Family as a Place for the Recovery and Reintegration of Human Trafficking Victims” accredited by the Accreditation Board of the Republic Institute for Social Protection on October 25th 2011. ASTRA created the program for

Belgrade, 11 April 2012   Expiry of the Terms of Office of the Asylum Commission Members   The terms of office of the members of the Asylum Commission, which reviews complaints against the decisions on asylum applications taken by the Asylum Office, are to expire on 17 April 2012. The Government of the Republic of

International Conference on Labor Exploitation as a Form of Human Trafficking – Recommendations and Conclusions – NGO ASTRA – Anti Trafficking Action organized the first international Conference on Labor Exploitation as a Form of Human Trafficking, in Belgrade on March 1 and 2, 2012. The Conference was the first event dedicated to this problem in