THB data collection
Hungary
Eszter Gál
Bratislava, 26-27 March 2013
Hungary as a source and transit country
• For women and girls trafficked for sexual exploitation
• For men and women trafficked for labor exploitation
Main destination countries:
Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United
Kingdom
Main source countries:
Serbia, Kosovo, China, Bulgaria, Romania
Institutional framework
Government Resolution 1018/2008 on the National Strategy against trafficking in
human beings
•Establishes the National Coordination Mechanism, NGO Roundtable
•Appoints the Anti Human Trafficking Coordinator
•Sets out the goals of fight against human trafficking in Hungary
Members of the National Coordination Mechanism
•Ministry of Interior
•Ministry of Foreign Affairs
•Ministry of Human Resources
•Victim Assistance Service
•National Headquarters of the Hungarian Police - Crime Prevention Unit
•Office of the Public Prosecutor
•National Bureau of Investigation
•Metropolitan Court
•Office of Immigration and Nationality
•International Organization of Migration
•National Bureau of Investigations
•National Institute of Criminology
•National Crisis Management and Information Service
Legal framework
Government Resolution 340/2012 (XII. 5.) on the National Statistical Data Collection
Programme
Act XC of 2005 on the Freedom of Information by Electronic Means
Act XLVI of 1993 on Statistics
Act LXIII of 1992 on Protection of Personal Data and Public Access to Data of Public
Interest
IRM Regulation No 3/2008 (I. 16.) on the Allocation and Territorial Jurisdiction of the
Investigating Authorities
IRM Regulation No 67/2007 (XII. 28.) on the Territorial Jurisdiction of the Bodies of
the Police
IRM Regulation No 59/2007 (XII. 23.) on the Unified Crime Statistics of the
Investigating Authorities and Prosecutions
Data collection
Unified Statistical System of Investigations and Prosecutions („ENYÜBS”)
•data about crime, perpetrator
•reporting process is not continuous
•publicly available
Internal police database („Robotzsaru”)
•used by police officers
•separated module for offences on suspicion of human trafficking
•data about perpetrator, victims
National Crisis Management and Information Service
•data on victims abroad and local victims
•information about the form exploitation/circumstances
Consular Services
•source of information – number of cases
•taken measures – number of cases
•victim support – number of cases
Data collection - involving the National
Coordination Mechanism and NGOs
• Started on 6 June 2012
• Anonym data collection and aggregation per quarter
• The electronical data reporting template has 5 sheets
Sheet 1: General part – data of the information service provider
Sheet 2: Data about the victims
Sheet 3: Data about the traffickers
Sheet 4: Guide for the data providers
Sheet 5: Glossary
Data collection about the victim
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General information about the victim
Gender, date of birth
Marital status/Number of children
Nationality
Status of residence of the foreigner upon arrival in Hungary
Educational level, occupation/source of income
2. Travelling and place of origin of the victim
• Travelling method date of travel/arrival
• Transit countries
3. Recruitment method
• Relationship with the recruiter
• Nationality/gender/date of birth of the recruiter/trafficker
4. Exploitation
• Forms of exploitation
• Period of exploitation in months
• Methods used during the exploitation
5. Measures taken by the information provider
• prosecution
• victim support
Data collection about the traffickers
1. Source of information
2. General information about the trafficker
• Gender, date of birth
• Marital status
• Nationality
• Status of residence of the foreigner upon arrival in Hungary
• Educational level, occupation/source of income
3. Process of trafficking
• Recruitment method
• Forms of exploitation
• Methods used during the exploitation
4. Role of the perpetrator
• Recruiter/Exploiter
• Relationship with the victim
5. Measures taken by the information provider
• Prosecution, indictment, conviction
Thank you for your attention!
thb@bm.gov.hu