human trafficking

Greek officials implored Turkey to try to stop the movement of migrants and refugees from its soil, charging that the individuals who have come over from that nation recently -- particularly from Somalia -- appear to have been part...

Raise Your Voice Festival 2020, the first digital festival against human trafficking and climate change is set to take place digitally between April 24 and 26 in Greece. The festival is coordinated by 53 civil society organisations from Greece and...

The Greek Coast Guard arrested three Turkish nationals, aged 69, 42 and 37, on Monday after searching a yacht while it was under sail in the sea region of Othoni, northwest of Corfu. The Turkish nationals are accused of illegally...

According to an announcement made on Thursday, Greece's national police and the EU's law enforcement agency Europol dismantled a 66-member organized crime group believed to be involved in trafficking human beings, illegal adoption and money laundering on Monday. The network, which...

Greek police authorities recorded 142 human trafficking cases in the years 2014-2018, with women being the majority of victims, according to a report which came out on Tuesday, on the occasion of the UN's World Day Against Trafficking in...

Now that borders with Greece are closing one after another, and as more refugees and migrants are being trapped in the country despite the fact that the EU-Turkey agreement has become effective for several days now, one "business sector"...

Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu sought to ease the concerns of his counterpart in Greece, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, over the outcome of the upcoming EU-Turkey summit in a telephone conversation the two leaders had the other day. Mr. Davutoğlu...

The European Court of Human Rights on Thursday condemned Greece for not taking action to protect a Nigerian woman who was victim of a human trafficking ring that was exploiting her for two years. Pointing to "police negligence" and "investigation...

The Hellenic Coast Guard apprehended two Turkish nationals on Monday, suspected of assisting the trafficking of Syrian refugees to the Greek islands. According to Greek media, the men were caught facilitating the smuggling of 14 Syrian refugees to the Greek island of Kalymnos. "The...

Greece will face the European Court of Human Rights as 42 people from Bangladesh who worked in a strawberry farm in Manolada are suing the European nation for failing to prevent human trafficking. This lawsuit marks the first time that Greece is being accused of...