Transcript Harmonised data collection on trafficking in human beings

Harmonised data collection on
trafficking in human beings
in the Czech Republic
Michal Šmíd
Security Policy Department
Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic
Sharing best practices in harmonised data collection on trafficking in human beings
Bratislava, 26th - 27th March 2013
Ministry of the Interior, Security Policy Department
• was appointed by the government of the Czech Republic to play
a role of National Rapporteur in 2003
• submits annual reports on THB situation (since 2008) - for this
purpose collects data and receives the statistic information on
THB from various sources
• does not restrict only on THB data collection – is interested also in
another crimes/misdemeanors that are connected with THB e.g.
organized crime in general, procuring, oppression, illegal
employment, etc.
• but also other close connected phenomena - prostitution, begging,
public tenders
• not only hard (statistic) data also soft data
• making use of analysis, studies, press and open recources,
cooperation/communication with other stakeholders
Involved stakeholders:
• at local/regional/national level: information exchange through Interministerial coordination group to combat THB (ministries, office of
government, NGOs, IOM) – the members of the group contribute to
the annual reports
- cooperation with local government – municipality police of Prague
and their reports on prostition; information from expert operational
meetings on imigration issue and illegal employment issue
• at EU/international level: Czech embassies, Czech police liaison
officers, Czech liaison officer by Europol, National Member for the
Czech Republic by Eurojust, other partners
• Enables monitoring situation, assesing
developments, forming the anti-THB policy
trends
and
latest
Information about victims is collected mainly by the following
agencies and sources:
• Ministry of the Interior, Crime Prevention Department - collects data
on trafficked victims who are provided with services within the
Program and Support and Protection of Victims
• Police of the Czech Republic - collects data on victims identified
during police raids or identified during the investigation and
prosecution
• NGO´s and IOM - collects information on victims that they assist
• Labour Inspectorates and Labour Offices - collects only statistics on
numbers of controls, motions to controls
Information on perpatrators is collected by the following
institutions:
• Police of the Czech Republic - collects statistical information from all
police forces – e.g. Age (0-15, 15-18, 18- 30, 30 and more), gender,
citizenship, recidivism, education, employment, family background
and upbringing, marital status and other criminal characteristics
• Ministry of the Justice - collects information on aspects of the
criminal justice procces - for example, number of prosecutions,
accused persons, convicted persons, statistics on sentences and
penalties, citizenship and gender of convicted persons etc.
Problematic aspects of THB data collection
• Double counting
- data protection issue
- project of E-criminal justice process (2017 ???)
• Definition of THB (especially for the purpose of labour exploitaion)
- THB definition by NGO vs. governmental institutions
- THB in the Czech republic is understanded as three sided
relation (trafficker, victim and exploiter)
Thank you for your attention!