1. CBSS - Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings with focus on adults

2. Prevention of THB- Can It Be Successful?
Information campaigns
- Target Group?
- Perception about the risk groups how and by whom they are recruited- family, boyfriend
-Raise public awareness ex. ”Politi” link in Norway
- Help cards and information to foreign workers, women in prostitution
Media- Countries of origin and destination
Education
Fight the root causes
Fight corruption and crime
Fight the demand

3. Protection- What Are the Challenges?
Correct information about possibilities
Support and assistance in the return process
Patience
Cultural sensitivity
The psychological needs of the victim
Individual situation- background and capabilities- help to self help
National and local conditions

4. The Way Forward
Interdependence and Partnership – Cooperation and coordination of activities to join forces and avoid duplication
Knowledge- Trainings, research on all forms of human trafficking
Identification and victim support- More resources and assess the current models
Increased prosecution
Tackle the demand that induces trafficking in human beings
Self-reflection

5. Thinking about effective TBH strategies for your work
Educate yourself, then others
Develop working methods within the embassies
Use the Protocol as a Guide/Check list
Don’t reinvent the wheel: Look at other countries’ experience and examples
Identify Issues that are unique to your country and the country you work in: e.g. Sexual Tourism?
What are the priorities and trends for the Region?
Do not forget the Victim Centered Approach
Think outside the box

6. Where does THB exist in your home country or in the country you work in?
Consider:
Where does it happen?
What kinds of jobs and industries?
Who are the victims?

7. Ask yourself if there might be something beneath the surface . . .

8. In short
Combating trafficking in persons is an endeavor for our entire society
Trafficking in persons is a complex phenomena that affects us all, and that requires strategies that involves, not only government, but also civil society, working together
Consular officers have a privileged and strategic position to identify victims and intervene on their behalf and to offer them assistance
Do not contribute to the demand

9. CBSS- Secretariat Anna Ekstedt - Senior Adviser
Secretary to the CBSS Task Force against Trafficking in Human Beings
Council of the Baltic Sea States Secretariat
P.O. Box 2010
SE Stockholm
t/f: /1944
m: +46  e:

10. e-mail: tfthb@cbss.org
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