Success Stories<\/strong><\/h3>\nIn 2024, the ProCap team achieved a significant victory in the fight against human trafficking\u2014a crime that violates human dignity, strips individuals of their freedom, and infringes upon fundamental rights. Through its intervention in an active trafficking case in a neighboring country, and with the invaluable support of relevant national and cross-border authorities and services, the team contributed to the rescue of a young individual held in trafficking conditions<\/strong> and their reunification with family members in Greece<\/strong>.<\/p>\nSimilarly, in early 2025, a young woman<\/strong>, with the support of the ProCap team, was officially recognized by the competent prosecutorial authorities as a victim of trafficking<\/strong>. This recognition grants her the right to a residence permit<\/strong> as a victim of human trafficking, along with access to protection services<\/strong>.<\/p>\nThrough these critical interventions, ProCap continues in 2025 to provide holistic support<\/strong> to victims of trafficking, empowering them to reclaim their rights and rebuild their lives with dignity and safety.<\/p>\nThe Situation in Greece and Europe<\/strong><\/h3>\nGreece remains one of the primary entry points for individuals seeking international protection in Europe. Displaced populations and people fleeing persecution are among the groups most vulnerable to human trafficking<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAccording to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) for the Protection of Victims of Human Trafficking<\/strong>, during the first half of 2024<\/strong>, 189 cases<\/strong> of human trafficking were officially recorded in Greece. Of these, 160 involved adult victims<\/strong> and 29 were children<\/strong>\u2014including 13 unaccompanied minors<\/strong>.<\/p>\nAcross Europe, the latest Eurostat data for 2023<\/strong> recorded 10,793 victims of human trafficking<\/strong>, marking a 6.9% increase compared to 2022<\/strong>. This is the highest recorded number<\/strong> for the period 2008\u20132023<\/strong>, highlighting the growing scale and urgency of the issue across the continent.<\/p>\n* The project \u201cPROCAP \/ PROtection of victims of trafficking, CAPacity building and support to key stakeholders\u201d is co-funded by the European Union under the Programme Greece \u2013 Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 2021-2027, as a Specific Action on the Provision of services to victims of trafficking in human beings who are third country nationals with OPS code: 6002554.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As part of the initiative \u201cProCap-PROtection of victims of trafficking, CAPacity building and support to key stakeholders”, SolidarityNow is providing vital support services through two Mobile Units operating in Attica and Central Macedonia. The services offered include: Psychosocial and legal support Interpretation Integration and employment support activities These services are delivered through both individual case […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16352,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16351"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16359,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16351\/revisions\/16359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solidaritynow.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}