Press release - Trafficking in human beings: deal on new EU rules
It requires the Member States step up their response to trafficking in human beings including mandating national anti-trafficking coordinators.
- It requires the Member States step up their response to trafficking in human beings including mandating national anti-trafficking coordinators.
- We have agreed to tackle exploitation of trafficking victims in its most obvious forms.
- It can never be okay to take advantage of trafficking victims.”
Next steps
Parliament and Council will have to formally approve the agreement. - The new rules will come into force twenty days after their publication in the EU Official Journal, and member states have two years to implement the provisions.