2010 ilerleme raporu - Avrupa Birliği Bakanlığı

During the reporting period no significant progress has been noted in the area of combating
trafficking in human beings. 87 traffickers were arrested and the number of victims of
trafficking identified and assisted amounted to 37. The general directorate for social
assistance and solidarity in the Prime Minister’s Office has signed an agreement with the
Foundation for Women’s Solidarity and the Human Resource Development Foundation, the
two NGOs that are currently running respectively the shelters for victims of trafficking in
Ankara and Istanbul, allowing the shelters to receive financial support amounting to
approximately €120,000 for each.
Institutionally, the support mechanism envisaged to assist the national task force on the fight
against human trafficking in its coordination tasks has not been established as yet.
Identification of victims of human trafficking and provision of necessary support and
coordination between the different institutions is undertaken within the framework of National
Referral Mechanism (NRM) which includes all actively involved stakeholders. Adequate
management and organisational arrangements are in particular needed for one of the NRM’s
main features, the 157 helpline. Further work to bring the national legislation into line with
the Council of Europe’s Convention on action against trafficking in human beings is
important and so is setting a clear timetable for its ratification.
Overall, further efforts are needed as regards alignment with the acquis in this area.
For the fight against money laundering see Chapter 4
With regard to progress concerning the fight against terrorism, an Undersecretariat for
public order and security has been established in March 2010 in the Ministry of the Interior to
develop policies and strategies on counter-terrorism and to ensure coordination among the
relevant institutions. A law is in preparation concerning the fight against financing of
terrorism to meet the requirements of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
recommendations on imposing sanctions on persons involved in financing terrorism. Turkey
has taken decisions to freeze the assets of some of the persons included in the list adopted by
the UN Security Council. The Financial Crimes Investigation Unit (MASAK) received 49
suspicious transaction reports regarding financing of terrorism in 2009 compared to 228 in
2008. MASAK signed memoranda of understanding to exchange information with regard to
the fight against financing of terrorism and money laundering with its counterparts in Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Japan and Norway. Turkey faced increased terrorist attacks
from the PKK in 2010, which have prompted preparations for involving professional security
forces in the fight against terrorism.
Turkey has not yet ratified the International Convention for the suppression of acts of nuclear
terrorism, the Council of Europe Convention on the prevention of terrorism, and the Council
of Europe Convention on laundering, search, seizure and confiscation of the proceeds from
crime and on the financing of terrorism.
Overall, further efforts are needed as regards alignment with the acquis in this area.
Some progress has been made in the area of the fight against drugs. Following the adoption
of a national strategy against drugs and drug addiction (2006-2012), local action plans have
been adopted in 63 provinces. An action plan specific to the fight against drug trafficking in
rural areas was adopted in April 2010. This action plan needs to be coordinated with the
implementation of the national action plan against drugs and drug addiction (2010-2012),
which has not been adopted yet by the Ministry of the Interior although the previous plan
(2007-2009) has come to an end.
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