Seminar and Training “A New Reality in Combating Human Trafficking”

On 10 September 2026, Kateryna VLADOVSKA, a representative of the Department, together with temporary detention facility staff, human rights compliance inspectors and police officers of the Main Inspectorate Directorate of the Main Department of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Region, took part in the seminar and training “A New Reality in Combating Human Trafficking”. The event was initiated by the Division for the Organisation of Activities of Temporary Detention Facilities and Human Rights Compliance of the Main Department of the National Police in Khmelnytskyi Region jointly with the Department for the Organisation of Activities of Temporary Detention Facilities and Monitoring of Actions with Detainees. The training was conducted by Alla Sobko, Counter-Trafficking Project Manager at the Charitable Foundation “Caritas Khmelnytskyi UGCC”. In September 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approved the State Targeted Social Programme for Combating Human Trafficking for the period up to 2030, which takes into account the new challenges posed by the full-scale war, the migration crisis and digital risks. Victims will no longer have to repeat their story to different state institutions each time, which ensures their rapid identification and referral to assistance. The full-scale war has created new risks and new vulnerable groups: the number of people who have experienced enemy captivity and are officially recognised as victims of human trafficking is growing; Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, whom the joint efforts of the state, volunteers and parents manage to rescue from the aggressor, require special attention, as do displaced persons abroad who have found themselves in situations of exploitation. All these challenges have been brought about by the war, and every day we learn to overcome them only by joining forces and supporting one another.