This year’s “Global Chain” Code title was realized from 1. to 6. June 2025. Years, and the laws of the Law of Austria and Romania was led by the Coordination and Support of Europol, Frontex and Interpol.
15,000 officials from 43 different countries participated, and 158 traffickers and the victims of the victims and the victims were deprived of 1,194 victims.
The focus of the “Global Chain” action was in combating trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation, forced crime and forced begging.
With the aim of successful implementation of this international operational action in Bosnia and Herzegovina, in the period from 2. until 6. in the level of the BiH Police Bodies, the National Coordination Center, which coordinated with overall activities in the area of our country, together with the central coordination center in Warsaw.
Representatives of the competent authorities in BiH, participants in the action, participated in the work of the National Coordination Center.
13 Law Enforcement Agencies in BiH, with the active participation of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH and the National Contact point for the BiH cooperation with EUROPOL, participated in the operational action.
All involved bodies were treated in accordance with its scope and legal competencies, with the coordination of activities from the level of the National Coordination Center.
3,220 employees from 13 law enforcement agencies and 195 points on targeted focal points were engaged. Within these activities, 41,933 persons, 6,318 vehicles, 126 locations and 71 airplane are controlled.
As a result of these activities, 20 potential victims of trafficking was discovered for the purpose of sexual exploitation, forced begging and forced marriage (Citizen of China, Brazil and BiH).
Three people were arrested for the criminal offense of international prostitution and international human trafficking (one citizen of China and two citizens of BiH), while actively working on the detection of all detected crimes and documents of illegal activities.
The two yellow warrants of InteroPlets and the search of objects in several locations, where objects that can serve as evidence in further proceedings (mobile phones, laptops, personal documents, finished money) and other cases that refer to commit criminal offenses were found.
Based on the preliminary results of the action, at the national level, four new investigations were initiated for criminal offenses related to human trafficking (forced marriage, forced begging, prostitution) and forged documents. At the international level, seven potential investigations involved, including international guidance to prostitution, international trafficking in human beings, counterfeiting documents and human trafficking.
They say that two most prominent cases regarding the criminal offense for prostitution and international trafficking in people for sexual exploitation, within which foreign victims (Chinese and Brazilians) have been utilized from the level of the National Coordination Center Directorate.
The first information is divided by foreigners’ service services, after which the Federal Police Administration and the State Investigation and Protection Agency has been involved.
Thanks to the rapid reaction and coordinated procedure in the field, with the supervision of the Prosecutor’s Office of BiH, the potential victims of trafficking and all necessary measures were successfully located in their disposal and collection of evidence, writes Clix.
