Europa. Criminal networks involved in the trafficking and exploitation of underage victims in the EU
Europa. Criminal networks involved in the trafficking and exploitation of underage victims in the EU
This report is produced in the framework of the EU Policy Cycle for organised and serious international crime. The Justice and Home Affairs Council defined its priorities for 2018-2021 based on Europol’s Serious and Organised Crime Threat Assessment (SOCTA), released in March 2017.
Trafficking in human beings (THB) is one of the identified crime priorities of the current EU Policy Cycle 2018-2021.
The aim is to disrupt organised crime groups (OCGs) involved in intra-EU human trafficking and human trafficking from the most prevalent external source countries for the purposes of labour exploitation and sexual exploitation, including those groups using legal business structures to facilitate or disguise their criminal activities. (Europol - European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, DOCUMENT REF No: 1001370, Den Haag, Oktober 2018)