The aim of the project is to increase awareness and enhance responses to financial and benefit fraud in the Baltic Sea region to better identify and prevent human trafficking.
Financial and benefit fraud have been increasingly detected in the region. Preventing these crimes, however, has proven challenging. Limited understanding of the connections between financial and benefit fraud and human trafficking complicates anti-trafficking work. This lack of knowledge weakens the possibility of victims to be assisted, receive justice and amendments through criminal proceedings. Meanwhile the perpetrators evade punishment.
The project activities include practical and strategic objectives, such as developing victim profiles and conducting a study on financial and benefit fraud. Additionally, the project will host a regional webinar, organize study visits, and draft a planning document for further actions against these crimes.