On Thursday 5 October, the European Parliament’s Committees on Civil Liberties (LIBE) and on Women’s Rights (FEMM) adopted their position on the new directive on trafficking in human beings, which affects at least 7,000 people a year in the EU, according to a European Parliament press release.
The new proposals would give EU law enforcement new tools to dismantle criminal organisations by adding new categories of crime, including forced marriage and illegal adoption, to the existing EU...