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ASTRA conducted or participated in ten large-scale anti-trafficking media campaigns “Open Your Eyes” (2002), “There Is a Way Out” (2004), “Save the Children from Human Trafficking” (2005), “Child Trafficking – Our Reality” (2006), “Naked Facts” (2008), “Stop Trafficking in Children” (2011), “Labour Exploitation. Human Trafficking. Serious and Organized Crime” and “Stop Labour Exploitation” (2012), “Prevent, Protect, compensate” (2014), “Migration are OK. It is all about people” (2017), CEDAW campaign Dark Clouds over Serbia (2018).

Within its Prevention and Education Program ASTRA has organized or participated as a lecturer in basic and specialized training for police officers, judges and prosecutors, medical doctors, school teachers, social workers, NGO activists, human rights lawyers and media representatives. Special attention is paid to work with young people, who are, although broad and diverse, the category under high risk of trafficking. They are reached out through workshops, lectures, street actions, peer education, etc. and ASTRA’s activists seek to be present at all events frequented by young people.

More then 540 victims of trafficking supported, laws changed, policy initiatieves adopted, awareness raised with more than 50000 professionals, students and general public.

ASTRA collaborates with UNODC on corruption and organizations crime projects.