PCC SEE Meeting on Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings
Sofia, Bulgaria - A PCC SEE Meeting on Illegal Migration and Trafficking in Human Beings was organised in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 8-10 December 2014, under the auspices of the Bulgarian Chairmanship in Office and in cooperation with the PCC SEE Secretariat. The meeting offered the national experts an opportunity to exchange expertise and best practices in areas of illegal migration and trafficking in human beings and to outline the possible further steps for enhancing cross-border cooperation within the PCC SEE in the counteraction to such phenomena.
The meeting was divided into two panels focusing in particular on new challenges to border security, new methods used by organised crime groups facilitating the illegal border crossing of third-country nationals, good practices of the Contracting Parties at national, bilateral and multilateral level with regard to countering illegal migration, and sharing experience and best practices in countering organised trafficking and illegal taking abroad of persons from Southeast Europe to Western Europe for the purposes of sexual and labour exploitation and begging.