Handbook on how to assist and protect victims of human trafficking

Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer delivered the opening speech when the new handbook was launched in Stockholm. Photo: Linn Nilsson/Regeringskansliet

Together with the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS), Child10 and the International Organisation for Migration (IOM), Sweden has developed updated support material in the form of a handbook for diplomatic missions that come into contact with human trafficking in various forms.

“To combat human trafficking, it’s necessary to focus on preventive efforts, which is where the support material and training initiatives are important,” says Anna Ekstedt, Sweden’s Ambassador against Human Trafficking.

Minister for Justice Gunnar Strömmer delivered the opening speech at a seminar when the new handbook was launched in Stockholm. Ambassadors and other representatives from some 80 foreign diplomatic missions in Sweden took part. Representatives of Swedish government agencies such as the Swedish Police Authority, the Swedish Migration Agency and the Swedish Gender Equality Agency – the latter of which is the agency responsible for coordinating national efforts against human trafficking – also attended the seminar.