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SECOND LIVE SIMULATION TRAINING COURSE IN

“COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING ALONG MIGRATION ROUTES”

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From 5 to 9 June, 2017, the Center of
Excellence for Stability Police Units
(CoESPU) has hosted the OSCE
Second Live Simulation Based Training
Course in “Combating Human
Trafficking along Migration Routes”.
The second edition of this pilot training,
organized by OSCE – Organization for
Security and Co-operation in Europe –
and partnered with the Italian
Carabinieri, aimed to enhance the
ability of the participants to effectively
investigate the Trafficking in Human

Beings (THB), and promptly identify the
THB victims along migration routes by
promoting a multi-agency and human
right-based approach.
Over 150 professionals from law
enforcement, Carabinieri included, labour
inspectorates, financial investigative units,
prosecutorial offices, NGOs and social
services from more than 36 states are
participating in the first OSCE live
simulation.

The course foresees an intensive one-
week realistic, expert-developed exercise
that simulate real cases of labour and
sexual exploitation among migrants,
including child victims.
During the training activity, participants
were encouraged to make proactive use
of special investigative techniques,
including financial probes, to trace and
size traffickers’ profits: unique in its
kind, its implementation required wide

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