Today, July 25, 2017, the director of the Center for Assistance and Protection of Victims and Potential Victims of Trafficking in Human Beings Bojenco Diana participated in the second meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (CN TFU), during which the project of the Set of measures to prevent and combat trafficking in human beings, necessary to be carried out by at the end of 2017.
During the meeting of the National Committee for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, a set of measures was approved to improve the situation in the field. Among them were mentioned: strengthening the capacities of investigation, prosecution and sentencing of traffickers, combating corruption in the judicial system, protecting investigators and prosecutors from external influence, ensuring the protection of victims during trials and criminal prosecution.
The meeting was also attended by Pavel Filip, Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Andrei Galbur, the Minister of Labor, Social Protection and the Family, Stela Grigoraș, representatives of the US Embassy in the Republic of Moldova, the Prosecutor General, Eduard Harunjen, the head of the Permanent Secretariat of the National Criminal Court of Ukraine, and the secretary of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings, Ecaterina Berejan. In this context, Prime Minister Pavel Filip referred to the report of the State Department of the United States of America on human trafficking, in which the Republic of Moldova was demoted in the ranking. “Of course we can highlight several problems we face, but it is necessary to mobilize and organize ourselves in such a way that in the next period we advance in this segment.”
At the same time, the members of the Committee had the opportunity to analyze the Report of the US State Department on the situation of human trafficking in the Republic of Moldova, 2017 edition, presented by the representatives of the United States Mission in Moldova. In this context, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Alexandru Jizdan reiterated the importance of implementing the action plan necessary to prevent and combat Human Trafficking, as well as strengthening communication at the institutional and national level, in order to facilitate the exchange of information as well as the correct information of our development partners, regarding our actions and results.
At the end, the participants reviewed the important actions discussed during the meeting, identifying solutions and proposals in order to monitor the process of combating human trafficking and ensuring compliance with the recommendations of international experts in this segment.
