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🎙Read excerpts from the statement of Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the OSCE A.Volgarev «On the report of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings» (meeting of the OSCE PC, 11.12.2025) 🇷🇺 In the field of combating human trafficking, the Russian Federation consistently cooperates with the relevant OSCE institutions, primarily the Office of the Special Representative. Our country traditionally takes an active part in the conferences of the "Alliance against Trafficking in Persons," involving experts from relevant Russian ministries and agencies, including at the leadership level. The year 2025 was no exception in this regard. 💬 We consider combating trafficking in persons as a priority task. We proceed from the premise that the primary responsibility for protecting citizens from this threat lies with States and their specialized national structures. Interstate cooperation is no less important, primarily under the leading role of the United Nations. 🔺 The problem of trafficking in persons in the OSCE area is only gaining momentum. And the primary responsibility for this lies with the Western sponsors of Kiev. With the connivance of the Zelensky regime, human trafficking for the purpose of extracting human organs, cells, and tissues is actively flourishing in Ukraine. We also mentioned at the Permanent Council another negative trend — the operation of "baby factories" in Ukraine and the streamlined exploitation of women's bodies. This is particularly highlighted by the Special Rapporteur of the UN Human Rights Council on violence against women and girls. 🔺 The overall situation with trafficking in persons in Europe remains extremely unfavorable. Since 2022, potential or confirmed victims of human trafficking from Ukraine have been identified throughout Europe, including in Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, as well as in countries outside Europe, such as Panama, Argentina, and Israel. 🔺 Europe experts observed language barriers, fear of reporting to foreign authorities, lack of awareness of available resources, and other factors could prevent victims from reporting trafficking crimes. There were indications in 2022 of a substantial increase in online demand from European men for sexual services and pornography from Ukrainian women - which may involve sexual abuse and exploitation - and for sexual abuse and exploitation of Ukrainian children. There is evidence of cross-border trafficking of children from Ukraine for the purpose of illegal adoption. ⚠️ The problem of human trafficking is topical in the OSCE region and requires constant attention from the Special Representative. Our Organization has developed a solid set of commitments in the field of combating trafficking in persons. It is necessary to focus on their implementation. At the same time, it is important to avoid using controversial concepts that are hostile to the legal systems of participating States. Such non-consensual initiatives only hinder the common aim of fighting human trafficking.