Location
Romania
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Romania moves to strengthen laws protecting children online
Romania is taking major steps to update its laws and better protect children from online sexual exploitation. Lawmakers and experts met in Bucharest to discuss changes to the Criminal Code that would ensure the law reflects today’s digital world and clearly recognizes that this form of abuse harms real children. -
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IJM Signs Memorandum of Cooperation with the National Police of Ukraine
This Memorandum of Cooperation is significant in ensuring collaboration between Ukrainian and EU institutions in Romania and Bulgaria, to combat cross-border trafficking and protect refugee rights. -
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Ukrainian Refugees Flows in Romania and Human Trafficking Trends
Between March 1 and May 31, 2024, International Justice Mission (IJM) implemented an extensive data collection program to understand the risks of trafficking and exploitation faced by Ukrainian refugees in Romania. In total, 40 professionals from 29 IJM Romania partner institutions were interviewed. Additionally, from April to May 2024, a total of 495 Ukrainian refugees responded to an online questionnaire, which aimed to collect information about their experiences in Romania, perceived risks, and willingness to report these risks to the authorities. The data collection is part of the scope of the project “Regional Response to Trafficking in Persons within the Ukraine Crisis”, funded by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, U.S. Department of State, and implemented by IJM. -
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IJM and World Vision Awarded US$10M Child Protection Grant by U.S. State Department for Romania
IJM and World Vision were awarded a US$10M Child Protection Compact grant by the U.S. Department of State to address child trafficking in Romania. -
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IJM’s European Anti-Trafficking Program Holds Conference with Top Lawmakers to Encourage Cross-Border Collaboration
IJM Romania hosted a conference with more than 120 lawmakers from across Europe titled: “Enhancing Cross-Border Collaboration to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.” Police officers, prosecutors, national referral coordinators, embassy representatives and international experts from primary source and destination countries in Europe – specifically Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, UK, Germany and the Netherlands – participated in the event. -
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Government of Romania Holds "Common Challenges and New perspectives in Fighting Trafficking in Persons" Conference
March 21, 2023, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA – The Government of Romania, through the Department for Community Social Responsibility and Vulnerable Groups, the Senate of Romania and the International Justice Mission organized the international conference "Common Challenges and New Perspectives in Fighting Trafficking in Persons." The conference analyzed the challenges and specific measures taken at the European level to combat the risks related to cross-border and national human trafficking, as well as among displaced population from Ukraine. -
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Bridging Language Barriers with Cutting-Edge Tech
Translation has been a key need for our teams in the field. This new technology works without reliance on online language resources because all of the artificial intelligence has been built into it: speech recognition, translation, and speech generation. Unlike Google Translate or other similar services, it does not transmit any part of the conversation, its location, participants, etc., into cyberspace. It also has no recording capability. This is especially important in sensitive conversations about potential criminal activity, personal medical and family issues, etc. -
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Update on IJM Response to Ukraine Refugee Crisis
IJM Romania is continuing to implement protection strategies and raise awareness on how to prevent trafficking at the Ukraine-Romania border, the Romania-Moldova border and now into overflow centers in larger urban areas such as Bucharest, Romania. -
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IJM Romania identifies critical gap that often leaves survivors of trafficking losing their rights
In a rare victory, a young woman who was trafficked to London for sexual exploitation was awarded monetary compensation. As a survivor of modern slavery in the UK, it was Antonia's* legal right to receive the reparation, yet IJM Romania has found that the reality for too many survivors is that they are often left empty handed.