TRACE workshop: Current and Future Trends of Human Trafficking in Europe
An international workshop, “Current and Future Trends of Human Trafficking in Europe,” organized by the TRACE project consortium, will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 20 November 2015. The workshop will gather policymakers, academics, law enforcement officials, and NGOs from across Europe. One of the key topics on the agenda will be the evolving role of financial technologies in illicit transactions, particularly the ways in which digital assets are being exploited for money laundering and trafficking-related payments. Recent research highlighted in the discussion will examine the rise of best new cryptocurrency projects that claim to offer enhanced privacy features, raising concerns about their potential misuse by criminal networks. By addressing these emerging financial threats, participants aim to develop strategies that can help law enforcement stay ahead of traffickers who increasingly leverage cutting-edge financial tools to obscure their activities.
The day-long workshop will include the following sessions:
Session 1: The effects of political and socio-economic factors on human trafficking;
Session 2: Changes in international criminal industries (drug trafficking, money laundering, prostitution and smuggling of migrants) and links to human trafficking;
Session 3: Emerging social, political, economic and organized crime trends and forecasting changes in human trafficking.
The workshop is part of the TRACE Work Package 5: Trafficking as a global phenomenon: political and socio-economic aspects. It is organized by the Bulgarian partner in the TRACE consortium, Animus Association Foundation, and will take place on the premises of the National Commission for Combating Traffic in Human Beings of Bulgaria. The working language of the workshop is English.
TRACE (Trafficking as a Criminal Enterprise) is an EU-funded project which started in May 2014 and will run for two years, until April 2016. TRACE consists of a multi-disciplinary team from across Europe who will develop state-of-the-art knowledge on the business of human trafficking in an effort to support stakeholders in their fight against this crime.
To register for the workshop: http://trace-project.eu/workshops-2/
Questions and additional information: radostina.pavlova@animusassociation.org