On the eve of European Anti-Trafficking Day, officers from the Educational Security Service and staff from the Migration Police Department conducted a series of interactive sessions in educational institutions across the region.
Law enforcement officers explained to children how to recognize the risks of recruitment and dangerous online communication. Initially, they described how traffickers operate. Under the guise of ‘easy jobs’, ‘quick money’, or ‘interesting projects’, criminals establish trusting relationships with a child, extract personal information, demand suspicious tasks to be performed, or arrange meetings.
Afterward, law enforcement provided students with practical action algorithms in case of suspicious situations: how to identify a suspicious message, how to preserve evidence, and whom to contact. ‘Before responding to a message in a messenger—stop and think. If someone promises easy money or insists on a private meeting—this is a warning sign. Tell an adult about it and show them the conversation. Also, in case of danger, call 102 or the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 527’, the officers addressed the children.
Furthermore, during the events, students were given informational leaflets with hotline numbers and step-by-step advice.