The conference of the Austrian Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings takes place on the occasion of the EU Anti-Trafficking Day. This year’s event is primarily intended to take into account the changed circumstances brought by the use of state-of-the-art technology in the fight against human trafficking, demonstrating that its use brings not only opportunities but also new challenges.

The conference is organized by the Task Force on Trafficking in Human Beings in cooperation with the Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA), the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), the VIDC, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), the Juridicum of the University of Vienna, the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Fundermental and Human Rights (LBI-GMR), the Working Group for the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation (ECPAT), the victim protection organizations LEFÖ-IBF and MEN VIA, and the OSCE.

Julia Planitzer and Helmut Sax from LBI-GMR will speak on the topic of child trafficking and monitoring in times of cybercrime.