The Security Program of the Center for the Study of Democracy. Cutting-edge #research and #policy insights on #crime and #security.

Bulgaria
Joined May 2016
📑 FORCE's research team analysed the implementation of Regulation 🇪🇺 2018/1805 in 25 MS & identified the practical challenges in the national implementation & the most relevant domestic legislation that practitioners should be aware of. Read more 👉 projectforce.eu/findings/
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👥 The FORCE team is developing Common Standards and Recommendations to support compliance with Regulation (EU) 2018/2015 on freezing & confiscation orders. Stay updated and get the guidelines by subscribing to our newsletter 👉 projectforce.eu/
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Joint investigation by 🇩🇪🇷🇴🇷🇸 led to the arrest of 4 individuals in a criminal network smuggling irregular migrants.This highlights the importance of information-sharing & capacity-building of various organizations to combat trafficking👉our core objective eradicate-thb.eu/
🚨 Joint raids on the #Balkanroute see migrant smugglers halted. 🚛 Europol & @Eurojust supported the 🇩🇪🇷🇴🇷🇸 joint investigation into an organised crime network smuggling 850+ migrants from Türkiye to Germany in lorries. Press release ⤵️ europol.europa.eu/media-pres… #EMPACT
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📅On May 8th, 2023 the BayHfoeD team presented ERADICATING during @Europol #EMPACT action week 👮The ERADICATING team did capacity building for countering smuggling and cases of THB with first line officers, tailored for cross-border challenges. More info: eradicate-thb.eu/
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Human trafficking remains a challenge in 🇧🇬.To combat this LEAs need more resources & political will. Targeting high-risk areas & investigating recruiters at the source is the key. Read the article in @DeutscheWelle magazine by CSD's @Rusev_A77 & @BezlovT👉bit.ly/42Ojlbj
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⚠️ Information can be used as a weapon to achieve political and economic goals, making modern information analysis vital in countering #disinformation and #fakenews with implications for #security 🗣️CSD's @todorgalev during the #CERIS workshop on Disinformation & Fake News
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🚨 A success operation by 🇨🇿🇫🇮 &🇭🇺 #LEAs successfully suspected 13 human traffickers responsible for enslaving more than 400 women in sexual labor. This shows just how important the #cooperation between LEAs is in tackling human trafficking
🚨 90 victims of sexual exploitation identified. The operation involved 🇨🇿 🇫🇮 & 🇭🇺 authorities, with support from Europol & @Eurojust, and led to the arrest of 13 suspected human traffickers. Press release ⤵️ europol.europa.eu/media-pres…
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📅 Last week in Athens, ERADICATING held a transnational #training event featuring simulation exercises, attended by stakeholders and practitioners and aimed at strengthening their abilities in investigating and prosecuting people involved in #THB and #CSE cases.
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📉#UN Report 2022: Trafficking victims decrease not due to fewer cases, but reduced law enforcement. ERADICATING supports EU law enforcement in combating THB through simulation exercises and e-learning platform. Learn more: eradicate-thb.eu #EUlawenforcement #THB
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Key to successful implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/1805 is reducing differences & improving #coordination between nations. Our report aims to bridge non-harmonized legal systems & support investigations of cross-border crimes. Stay tuned👉 projectforce.eu/
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📣We are thrilled to share our training #event with simulation exercises from March 6th to 10th, 2023 in Athens, Greece! The event's focus is to engage #antitrafficking practitioners in simulated scenarios to investigate cases of #THB in different contexts eradicate-thb.eu/?p=1713
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💡To complement EU efforts in #preventing THB, ERADICATING aims to support capacity-building efforts to combat and prevent THB by enhancing the #cooperation and information-sharing between #LEAs. Stay tuned 👉 eradicate-thb.eu bbc.com/news/world-europe-64…
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⚠️Human Trafficking is a #violation of human rights, posing a social and security threat across the #EU. 📖This practical guide is one of the #AwarenessRaising resources included in the ERADICATING "Footprint" toolkit. Full text available here 👉 eradicate-thb.eu/publication…
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📢Look out! CONNEKT is launching its Social Media Surveys to complement its results & learn more about what people think of #radicalisation & #ViolentExtremism. 👉Do not miss the opportunity of having your say and learning more about the insights of the project. #CONNEKTSurveys
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🔴 How is illicit trafficking carried out through the movement of legitimate cargo? 📍 Our report explores the different #smuggling techniques used along the #maritime #Balkan route – take a look ⤵️ globalinitiative.net/analysi…
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Success stories like the 🇪🇸&🇩🇪 operation are not the norm in recovery of #IllicitAssets. @AssetRecoveryEU intends to fill the gap of harmonized rules and practices on CFO 👉 projectforce.eu/ europol.europa.eu/media-pres…
To combat human trafficking, #Bulgaria, #Germany and #Greece need to expand training and increase inter-agency cooperation. Find out how CSD’s ERADICATING project will help tackle human trafficking in these 3 countries 👇 csd.bg/blog/blogpost/2022/08…
Engaging religious communities in preventive action could be the key to countering religiously motivated radicalisation. Read more in CSD’s policy brief on managing religious diversity in Southeast Europe. csd.bg/publications/publicat…
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Our Advisory Board has discussed today the project's research methodology and assessed the work done so far. We are🙏 grateful to Wiebke Weber (@RECSM_UPF), @koenleurs, @angela_veale, and @tom_renard (@ICCT_TheHague) for supporting @ConnektH2020. ➡️h2020connekt.eu/advisory-boa…
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"A number of recent 🇧🇬 Cabinets were partly composed of political parties with obvious far-right programmes, which was the recognition of the cornerstone role that far-right narrative has at the highest level of governance", said Stanislav Dodov for CSD. go.csd.bg/resilience-narrati…
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