Council adopts a new directive on trafficking in human beings

The Council adopted the new directive on trafficking in human beings as proposed by the Commission last spring

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On 29 March 2010 the European Commission tabled its proposal for a new Directive on trafficking in human beings (IP/10/380). It follows up on a previous proposal tabled in 2009. The final text of the Directive is a constructive compromise that strengthens the EU response in the work against human trafficking. Once implemented, the Directive will ensure consistency among national definitions of crimes and level of penalties. Member States now have two years to transpose the new rules into their national legislation. The European Parliament voted with a strong majority in favour of the Directive on the 14th of December.

The new Directive replaces current EU legislation dating from 2002 (Framework Decision 2002/629/JHA) and will apply to all Member States but Denmark and the United Kingdom

In December 2010, the Commission appointed Ms Myria Vassiliadou to the position of European Anti-Trafficking Coordinator. Her task is to improve coordination and coherence between EU institutions, EU agencies, Member States, third countries and international actors in the field of Anti trafficking (IP/10/1715). The Commission also launched an EU Anti-Trafficking website, www.ec.europa.eu/anti-trafficking, with the aim of becoming a one stop shop for practitioners, civil society, academics and others interested in the problem of trafficking.

Publicatiedatum: ma 21 mrt 2011
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