POLICY REPORT ON IMMIGRATION AND ASYLUM IN LATVIA ...

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In 2007-2009, a network of human trafficking and soutenerism was stopped as a result
of the cross-border investigation which was made successfully in both countries, and the
organizers of the said network have been convicted.
Representative of the Human Trafficking Prevention Division of the Organised Crime
Combating Department, the Chief Criminal Police Board of the State Police participated in the
international conference “Combating of Human Trafficking: New Challenges and Treats",
which was organized by the International Organization for Migration, the Ministry of Internal
Affairs of the Republic of Belarus, the International Development Cooperation Agency of
Sweden and the Swedish Institute, and was held on 15 October 2010 in Belarus, Minsk:
Chairperson of the Board of the Society “Shelter “Safe House””, S.Zalcmane, participated in
the Conference with a presentation and mentioned marriage of convenience of citizens of
Latvia as a new form in human trafficking as well as one of the most important problems the
combated through cooperation of the State Police and non-governmental institutions and the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In 2010, structural units of the State Border Guard have not cooperated with countries
of origin and transit of third-country nationals in the field of combating of human trafficking. 119
119 Information provided by officials of the State Border Guard.