08/2025/ONS - Trafficking in human beings (THB) – sexual exploitation

This onsite activity is part of CEPOL's  Blended Training Programme on Trafficking in human beings for the purpose of sexual exploitation in the digital age.

The blended training programme is aimed at enhancing the knowledge and skills on the detection and the investigation of cases of sexual exploitation committed by OCGS using the Internet as well as on the identification and the protection of the victims.  It is made up of 3 training activities that are built on each other, in a step-by-step approach.  This is a multi-step activity; therefore, the participation of the nominated person in all steps and activities of this programme is required.

The training package has the following 3 components:

1. Step 1 - Webinar 3011/2025 `The revised Anti-trafficking Directive and the 5<sup>th</sup> report on the progress made in the EU in combating Trafficking in Human Beings`  (24 March 2025)
2. Step 2 - Online training activity 2002/2025 `Investigation of the digital business model of trafficking in human beings` to be organised and facilitated virtually on LEEd (28 April – 9 May 2025)
3. Step 3 - Onsite training activity 8/2025 `Trafficking in human beings – sexual exploitation` to be organised onsite at CEPOL HQ, Budapest, Hungary between 3-5 June 2025

The participants of this comprehensive training package are invited and expected to attend all three training activities, in consecutives steps. In order to attend the onsite course it is a requirement and a pre-condition to successfully attend the online course.

EMPACT training activity

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Combating new forms of organised crime requires more cooperation between police and gendarmes, customs officers, border guards, judges, and prosecutors. EU institutions, agencies and Member States work together to tackle organised and serious international crime through a permanent and key instrument: the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT).

CEPOL plays a crucial role in the EMPACT mechanism through the provision of specialised training and the identification of training needs within each common security threat. Every year, CEPOL provides a comprehensive training package for each common EU crime priority consisting of onsite, online and exchange training activities.

Check more of CEPOL's EMPACT training activities here.