How we talk about violence matters: Protecting survivors while raising public awareness

Photo: Dragan Mujan

According to a report by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, Serbia is not identified as a hotspot for human trafficking. However, this does not mean that sexual and labour exploitation have been eradicated in the country. There are numerous trafficking cases, with victims most often being young people and children, and justice for them is extremely slow.

Filipina woman survived abuse in Belgrade Waterfront: came to work as a domestic worker, ended up enslaved

Author: Miloš Ž. Lazić, 17 March 2026

NGO Atina commentary on Serbia’s official 2025 human trafficking statistics: More reports, not yet more protection

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Shadows of the past: The fight for justice and survival of a human trafficking survivor

In a world where the shadows of human trafficking cast their dark traces, stories of survival become testimonies of courage and resistance.

Neuroscience in the service of investigation and trial – communicating with victims of human trafficking

Girls and women trafficking survivors say that staying in Atina’s safe house helped them to “unburden their souls,” “purge their suffering,” and “gently release the fear.” In those words lies more pain than we can imagine – and more courage than the world often knows how to recognize.

Marijana Savić Awarded the French Order of Merit

Human Trafficking in Serbia: A Crisis That Has Been Ignored for Too Long

Human Trafficking in Serbia: Alarms We Cannot Ignore