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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
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
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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.IREPUBLIK ÖSTERREICH
BUNDESMINISTERIUM FÜR INNERES
Fotos: www.unodc.org
Human trafficking
The situation in Austria
Human trafficking represents a grave violation of
human rights and is one of the most serious
crimes worldwide. It includes the recruitment,
transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons by the
use of coercion, deception or the abuse of power
for the purpose of exploitation, including sexual
exploitation and the exploitation of a person’s
labour, for the purpose of forced labour, servitude
or other forms of exploitation such as the removal
of organs.
According to a recent study by the International
Labour Organization (ILO), 2.4 million people are
estimated to fall victim to human trafficking
annually, with women and children making up a
major share of those trafficked. Human trafficking
has become one of the most profitable forms of
organised crime. According to the ILO study,
criminal networks generate revenues of 32 billion
dollars per year from the “human being as a
commodity”.
Austria is affected both as a transit country and as
a target destination. The most frequent
phenomena of human trafficking include sexual
exploitation of women, slave-like situations of
domestic servants and child trafficking.
How to identify a potential victim of human
trafficking?
Ask questions!
Indications of exploitation:
False or misleading statements on the type or
place of work and employer
Excessive working hours, no holidays or days off,
dangerous labours
No wage or salary at all, or payment noticeably
below the minimum wage
No opportunity to quit working, emotional and/or
financial dependence on the “employer”
Extremely bad working conditions (e.g. disregard
for fatigue, exhaustion, physical illness, etc.)
No employment contract, no work card (written
employment conditions) or similar documents
Personal documents, such as passport or ID,
confiscated by the “employer”
Threat of violence or actual use of violence by the
so-called employer, for example if ”performance”
is not regarded as satisfactory
Inadequate accommodation (cellar, etc.)
Generally inhumane treatment in the workplace
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Task Force on Combating Human
TraffickingThe Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking (TF-
HT) was set up in Austria by a Ministerial Council
Resolution in November 2004. It is headed by the
Federal Ministry for European and International
Affairs (FMEIA) and charged with coordinating and
intensifying the measures taken by Austria in
combating this crime. The regular meetings of the
Task Force are chaired by the FMEIA. The TF-HT is
composed of representatives of all the competent
ministries, including outsourced agencies, the federal
provinces and non-governmental organisations.
Regular contacts and intensive cooperation within the
Task Force promote mutual trust and lay a sound
foundation for concrete and effective progress. Close
Members and institutions participating in the
Task Force on Combating Human Trafficking
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Federal Ministry for European and International
Affairs (chair)
Women’s Directorate at the Federal Chancellery
Federal Ministry of Finance
Federal Ministry for Health
Federal Ministry of the Interior
Federal Ministry of Justice
Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
Federal Ministry for Defence and Sports
Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and
Consumer Protection
Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture
The Offices of the Province Governments of all
Federal Provinces
ADA - Austrian Development Agency
LEFÖ-IBF (Intervention Centre for Migrant
Women Affected by Human Trafficking)
Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights
ECPAT (“End Child Prostitution, Child
Pornography and Trafficking of Children for
Sexual Purposes”) Austria
The first Austrian National Coordinator on
Combating Human Trafficking
Ambassador Dr. Elisabeth Tichy-
Fisslberger was appointed on 10
March 2009 by the Austrian
Federal Government as the First
Austrian National Coordinator on
Combating Human Trafficking.
cooperation with the federal provinces at all levels
(prevention, victim protection, criminal prosecution
and international cooperation) plays an important
role in this context. The Second Austrian National
Action Plan Against Human Trafficking covering
the period 2009-2011 was adopted by the Council
of Ministers in May 2009.
