Croatia: Together in the prevention of human trafficking

Through educations, public appearances, round tables and other project activities, a higher level of knowledge about one's own rights and awareness of the functioning of the legal system in the Republic of Croatia will be achieved.

Various activities are planned:

• education of police officers,
• education of employees of other state bodies,
• education of citizens and local communities,
• involvement of people from public life at public events and gatherings,
• involvement of professionals, academics and scientists,
• involvement of NGOs, and
• work with particularly vulnerable groups.

One of the particularly vulnerable groups is defined during the open aggression against Ukraine; the project was supplemented with a component that works with refugees and their inclusion in the community in order to prevent human trafficking, sexual exploitation and labour exploitation with special emphasis on women and children. In addition to the educational part, there are also the art workshop, which was led by police officers and members of the Medulin Art Art Association, the children made drawings and learned about their fundamental rights in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, with a special emphasis on promoting the right to life and security rights. Through the workshop, the children learned that police officers are their friends and helpers. In this way, at an early stage, the relationship of trust between the police and the youngest and most vulnerable is worked on. In conclusion, we state that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in cooperation with the Met, launched the Amber Alert service in Croatia called NENO Alarm. In the promotion of the project's activities, a musical instrument was used, a bow made from voluntarily given weapons, which is played by the world-famous artist Ana Rucner.

The intervention is still running.