Austria Strengthens Efforts Against Trafficking of Human Beings on the Hungarian-Serbian Border

PeopleOther ♦ Published: July 19, 2022; 17:50 ♦ (Vindobona)

Austria is engaged against anti-smuggling and human trafficking on the Hungarian-Serbian border and sent representatives of the Austrian Ministry of Interior to Hungary. The Director General for Public Security, Franz Ruf, and the Head of the Office against Smuggling and Trafficking in Human Beings at the Federal Criminal Police Office, Gerald Tatzgern, exchanged information with the Hungarian police there.

Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (r.) and Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin (l.). / Picture: © BMI Bundesministerium für Inneres / Gerd Pachauer

The representatives should assess the situation development in coordination talks with the Hungarian border police. Likewise, according to Austria's (BMI) Interior Ministry, a structured exchange took place with investigators on the Hungarian side.

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