TASK FORCE on Combating Human Trafficking Human trafficking affects us all! Do not ignore it! established by the Austrian Federal Government and coordinated by the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Contacts and further Information Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs Austrian National Coordinator on Combating Human Trafficking, Dept. IV.4 – Focal Point for Human Trafficking Issues Tel.: +43 (0) 501150, Fax: +43(0) 501159 E-Mail: [email protected], www.bmeia.gv.at Federal Ministry of the Interior/Criminal Intelligence Service Austria Central Service Combating Alien Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings Tel.: +43 (0)1 24836-85383, Fax: +43 (0)1 24836-85394 E-Mail: [email protected], www.bmi.gv.at LEFÖ-IBF Intervention Centre for Migrant Women Affected by Human Trafficking Tel.: +43 (0)1 796 92 98, Fax: +43 (0)1 796 92 99 E-Mail: [email protected], www.lefoe.at Drehscheibe Wien (crisis centre for victims of child trafficking run by the City of Vienna) Tel.: +43 (0)1 33134-20397, Fax: +43 (0)1 33134-99-20978 E-Mail: [email protected], www.wien.gv.at/menschen/magelf Impressum: Layout: Bundesministerium für Inneres I/5 (C. Prokop) Hersteller: Bundesministerium für Inneres - Digitaldruckcenter Adresse: A-1014 Wien, Postfach 100, Herrengasse 7 Telefon: +43 (0)1-531 26-0, Internet: http://www.bmi.gv.at Vera’s story Vera was born in a small eastern European village in April 1991. Because of difficult family circumstances, which are also characterised by violence, she is sent to a home for children and juveniles at the age of 15. She is not happy there and runs away on several occasions. One day a girl who is also staying at the home tells her, that an “admirer” would be waiting for her outside. The man is twice her age and tells Vera that he wants to take her to Austria, where he would have a job for her. As soon as they arrive in Vienna, he rents a hotel room, takes her out to bars and buys her pretty clothes and jewellery. He spends money lavishly – until it is allegedly gone. Now it is time for Vera to start to work. He takes her to meet a girlfriend at the Prater (a popular amusement park in Vienna). Men stop their cars next to Vera asking her, “How much?”. Vera refuses to get into the cars, but her resistance only lasts for a few days. The pressure she is put under, also involving the use of force, increases steadily. So she starts to get into these cars. Eventually, she manages to seek protection from LEFÖ-IBF (Intervention Centre for Migrant Women Affected by Human Trafficking). That’s when her life changed. Vera’s life has taken a positive turn. But how many victims of human trafficking succeed in escaping from their perpetrators’ grasp? BM.I REPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH BUNDESMINISTERIUM FÜR INNERES Fotos: www.unodc.org
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TASK FORCEon
Combating Human Trafficking
Human trafficking affects us all!
Do not ignore it!
established by the Austrian Federal Government and coordinated by the Federal Ministry for