Two days of dialogue in Vienna at @osce_cthb's 26th Alliance Conference came to a close. Experts, policymakers & civil society tackled forced criminality and shared ways to better identify victims, strengthen protection & advance accountability. #CTHB26 #askOSCE

🔍#CTHB26 PANEL1⃣: "Criminalized Survival: Exposing a Hidden Dimension of #HumanTrafficking." Moderated by award-winning journalist @PhoebeMcIndoe, Panel 1 examines how victims are coerced into criminal activities & treated as offenders rather than victims. 🗣️Speakers: UN Special Rapporteur @smullallylaw • Saken Kabibulla, lived experience expert 🇰🇿 • Deputy Prosecutor Gaëlle Ortiz, France 🇫🇷• @GI_TOC 's Livia Wagner • Prof. Märta Johansson, Orebro University, Sweden🇸🇪 Watch live:cthb.osce.org/event/alliance…. Comment on @X #CTHB26 #askOSCE

Trafficking isn't always obvious. When victims are forced into crime, they’re often treated as offenders. At @osce_cthb's 26th OSCE Alliance Conference, journalists trained to: 🔍 spot hidden indicators 🧠 investigate forced criminality ⚖️ report ethically #AskOSCE #CTHB26

🌟#CTHB26 Welcoming remarks: Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu, @OSCE Secretary General: "Forced criminality is not only a human rights issue—it is a multi-dimensional security threat." #askOSCE Follow live: cthb.osce.org/event/alliance…

🔴 LIVE TODAY The OSCE CTHB 26th Alliance Conference is live from Vienna, tackling forced criminality to: 🔍 identify victims 🤝 protect trafficked persons ⚖️ hold perpetrators accountable Follow live 👉 osce.org/live #CTHB26 #askOSCE

Behind a scam, there may be a trafficking victim. Forced criminality is 📈: driven by profit, enabled by tech & strengthening organized crime. Not just a human rights issue. A security threat. @osce_cthb's 26th Alliance Conference focuses on how to respond. #askOSCE #CTHB26

🔔 Today is the day! Join us for the 26th @OSCE Alliance Conference. 🗣️The Rise of Forced Criminality: Addressing a Security Blind Spot👉cthb.osce.org/event/alliance… 📅 April 20-21 📍 Vienna & Online Stay tuned for live coverage on @X starting at 13:30 CEST Comment using👉#CTHB26 #askOSCE

📣 Monday&Tuesday: the 26th Alliance Conference goes live from Vienna. Forced criminality is a fast growing and underreported dimension of human trafficking. 🔴 Join us live 👇 📺 osce.org/live ⏰ 13:30 CET - Monday / 10:15 CET - Tuesday #CTHB26 #askOSCE

🗣️ "Our past doesn’t define our future." – Sosa Henkoma. Chaque enfant a droit à un avenir libre et protégé. Pourtant, la traite des mineurs continue de briser des vies et d’anéantir des espoirs. Face à cette menace persistante, seule une mobilisation collective peut changer le cours des choses. À l'@OSCE, la 🇫🇷 réaffirme avec force son engagement à protéger les plus vulnérables et à punir les trafiquants lors de la 25e Conférence de l'Alliance contre la traite des êtres humains. #CTHB25 👉 Renforcer la répression en ciblant les réseaux criminels et en améliorant la coopération judiciaire internationale. 👉 Lutter contre l’exploitation sexuelle et le travail forcé dans le cadre de notre stratégie nationale et des actions concrètes sur le terrain. 👉 Former les professionnels de l’éducation, de la justice et de la protection de l’enfance pour mieux repérer et accompagner les victimes. 👉 Soutenir l’@OSCE dans la mise en place de solutions durables et renforcer les actions de prévention et de protection. 📸 Micky Kroell / OSCE #StopTraiteEnfants #OSCE #askOSCE

🗣️ "Our past doesn’t define our future." – Sosa Henkoma. Child trafficking isn’t just a crime – it’s a devastating reality that robs children of their future. In the fight to protect the most vulnerable, we must stand together. At the @OSCE, 🇫🇷 is reaffirming its commitment to protect minors and hold traffickers accountable at the 25th Conference of the Alliance Against Trafficking in Persons. #CTHB25 👉 Strengthening efforts to disrupt criminal networks and improve international legal cooperation. 👉 Tackling sexual exploitation and forced labor through our national strategy and on-the-ground actions. 👉 Empowering professionals in education, justice, and child protection to spot and support victims. 👉 Supporting @OSCE in implementing lasting solutions while intensifying prevention and protection efforts. 📸 Micky Kroell / OSCE #StopTrafficking #OSCE #askOSCE

It was an honor to participate in the 24th Alliance Conference. Thank you @OSCE_CTHB, @USOSCE, and the Honorable Rafael Bautista for your continued efforts to combat trafficking in persons. – CD #askOSCE #CTHB24 #EndHumanTrafficking

The #CTHB24 Alliance Conference resumes tomorrow at 9:00 CEST with a discussion on bridging gaps for more impactful prevention. Join us, follow and comment using #CTHB24 / #askOSCE. Thanks! #EndHumanTrafficking

Sofia Voultepsi discussing efforts in #Greece to identify child victims of #criminalexploitation #CCE “the most under-recognised type of #HumanTrafficking” #ChildTrafficking @osce_cthb #CTHB24 #AskOSCE

“When the trafficker came upon me, I was already a broken girl in a broken system” @ToMalaika calling for the allocation of services and supports for victims of #HumanTrafficking and responses which are tailored to the needs of the victims #ChildTrafficking @osce_cthb #CTHB24 #askOSCE

“When we do nothing we are doing something” Rafael Bautista, #ChildTrafficking survivor, calls for action on behalf of #HumanTrafficking #ChildTrafficking victims @osce_cthb #CTHB24 #askOSCE

"The scale of the crime has expanded, the nature of the crime has evolved. Our overall efforts to combat - and eventually end #HumanTrafficking - are not only insufficient, but increasingly insufficient." @OSCE #SRJohnstone, opening the #CTHB24 Live stream👉osce.org/event/alliance24…Comment on #X / Twitter #CTHB24 #askOSCE

My very interesting intervention at the #anti-trafficking #conference in Vienna. There is a lot to be done at the national and global level! We need leadership and political will to fight human trafficking. I presented the conclusions of our mission as the Ad Hoc Migration Committee of @oscepa in MOLDOVA and the Czech Republic! #CDHB23 #AskOSCE

#CTHB23 PANEL 3⃣ soon live on osce.org/live. Join the conversation on game-changing laws and policies and new anti-#HumanTrafficking intervention areas to advance a 'whole of society' approach, such as #supplychains, #technology, #demand. Follow and comment on #Twitter using #CTHB23 / #askOSCE.

#CTHB23 - Stay tuned! Panel2⃣ examines the critical, bedrock systems and structures needed in each country to effectively combat #HumanTrafficking👉the architecture for impact. Join us live👉osce.org/live. Follow and comment on #Twitter using #CTHB23 / #askOSCE.

#CTHB23 #askOSCE Working in a clean office, staying in a ditto hotel, dining in restaurants, enjoying appetizers in between presentations, buying clothes,... all of this fosters #HumanTrafficking and #sexualexploitation: are @NorwayAmbOSCE and @SwedeninATOSCE reducing #demand?