MEDIA ADVISORY

OSCE’s paper “Following the Money”, step-by-step guide to financial investigations into trafficking in human beings, to be presented in Vienna

VIENNA, 4 November 2019 –The OSCE Office for the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings will present a paper entitled: “Following the money: Compendium of resources and Step-by-step Guide to Financial Investigations Into trafficking in Human Beings”, on 11 November, 09:30 to 14:00, Hofburg in Vienna.

After analysing all the existing resources, “Following the money” catalogues more than 600 indicators and typologies of trafficking in human beings (THB) and provides a step-by-step guide outlining a list of practical steps to follow in order to initiate successful financial investigations into THB, thus providing a unique toolkit for practitioners from both the public and private sectors.

Two panels of experts will present the paper and discuss the role of financial investigations in combating THB.

The event will feature some of the leading global experts on financial aspects of human trafficking, including: Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating trafficking in Human Beings, James Cockayne, Director of the Centre for Policy Research at United Nation University, Secretariat, Financial Sector Commission on Modern Slavery and Human trafficking, and Timea Nagy Payne, Financial Sector Commissioner and a survivor of modern slavery.

All the experts and keynote speakers may be available for interviews subject to constraints.

Journalists wishing to attend and report on the event and the paper are required to register by sending an email to Szilvia Okolicsanyi [email protected] by 8 November, Friday, 17:00.    

For more details, please contact [email protected], OSCE Associate Public Information Officer. 

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