Child Trafficking in Austria Ambassador Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger National Coordinator on Combating Human Trafficking Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs

International Conference “National integrated strategies to eliminate violence against children” Vienna, 20-21May 2010

Situation in Austria

• Austria: country of transit and destination • forms of exploitation in Austria • „hidden“ crime: no reliable data available • Austria: signatory to all relevant international legal instruments to combat child trafficking • Austria adopted all the relevant national legislation

Identification of Victims of Child Trafficking

• difference between victims of child trafficking, UAMs and „smuggled“ children • „offenders“ vs. „victims‘ status“ • dependence on offenders • „unreal stories

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Protection of victims of child trafficking in Austria

• Youth and welfare institutions • Special crisis centre „Die Drehscheibe“ („revolving disk“) • Role of law enforcement • Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking/Working group on Child Trafficking

Challenges in the fight against child trafficking

• Establishment of an Austrian-wide Victims Protection Mechanism (National Referral Mechanism) • Statistics/Data • Prevention activities • International adoptions • Rate of convictions • Prevention in countries of origin • Law enforcement cooperation

Contact

Austrian Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking Ministry for European and International Affairs Minoritenplatz 8, 1014 Vienna, Austria Tel.: +43(0)501150 Fax: +43(0)501159 www.bmeia.gv.at

The Austrian National Coordinator on Combating Human Trafficking Ambassador Ms. Elisabeth Tichy-Fisslberger Ministry for European and International Affairs Director General, Head of the Legal and Consular Section Tel.: +43(0)501150-3887 Fax: +43(0)501159-3887 E-Mail: [email protected]

Ms. Regina Rusz Counsellor/Head of Unit Ministry for European and International affairs International Cooperation, Crime Prevention Tel.: +43/501150-3242 E-Mail: [email protected]