On May 29, INL Moldova officially launched a new Project in combating TIP with the participation of Charge D ’Affairs of U.S. Mission in Moldova Julie Stufft, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, Minister of Internal Affairs, Prosecutor General and IOM Chief of Mission.
In line with the Government of Moldova’s objectives to combat trafficking in persons (TIP), INL funded a new two-year $400,000 IOM-implemented project. The project, entitled “Enhancing the Government’s Counter-Trafficking Response and Improving the Protection of Victims of Trafficking and Witnesses in the Republic of Moldova” aims to enhance the government’s efforts to prevent and counter TIP crimes and protect victims and witnesses. This project comes right after Moldovan Government officially approved May 25, 2018 the National Strategy for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for the years 2017-2022, and the Action Plan for the Implementation of the National Strategy for Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings for the Years 2017-2019.
