The Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) held its 43rd meeting from 27 June to 1 July 2022.
During the meeting, GRETA adopted final reports on Belgium, Luxembourg and Ireland as part of the third round of evaluation of the Convention, as well as a final report on Belarus under the second round of evaluation of the Convention.
GRETA also approved draft reports on North Macedonia, under the third evaluation round of the Convention, and on Greece, under the second evaluation round of the Convention.
GRETA held an exchange of views with Siobhán Mullally, UN Special Rapporteur on trafficking in persons, especially women and children.

The 30th meeting of the Committee of the Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings took place in Strasbourg on 17 June 2022 (a combination of physical and online meeting).
The Committee re-elected Ambassador Christian Meuwly as its Chair and elected Ambassador Maria Spassova as vice-Chair.
Further, the Committee adopted recommendations addressed to the authorities of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Latvia, Norway and Portugal, based on GRETA’s third round evaluation reports.

The Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) published its annual report for 2021.
In addition to detailing GRETA’s activities in 2021, the report zooms in on the impact of information and communication technology (ICT) on trafficking in human being. It contains a summary of the  findings and recommendations of a study on this issue conducted in 2021. 

In its third evaluation report, GRETA welcomes Bosnia and Herzegovina's improved legislative and policy anti-human trafficking framework, but calls for strengthened implementation, in particular in terms of victims' access to justice and effective remedies. 
The report, based on a GRETA visit to the country in September 2021 and information provided by the authorities and civil society, notes that most of the 306 potential victims of human trafficking, identified in the period 2017-2021, were children exploited for begging. GRETA urges the authorities to strengthen the prevention of child trafficking, including by providing adequate financial support to day-care centres for children in street situations.

On the occasion of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, held every year on 30 July, the Council of Europe Group of Experts on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings (GRETA) joins the Inter-Agency Coordination Group against Trafficking in Persons (ICAT) in calling on State Parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings to counter the increasing use of technology to recruit, advertise and exploit victims of human trafficking, and to harness the great potential that technology can have in countering this crime. 

Two training sessions on Child Trafficking for Child Education Professionals from 40 schools were organised in Brčko and Sarajevo in June 2022.

A training session took place on 26-27 July 2022 on preventing child trafficking through age assessment of children at risk for representatives of the Border Police, the Service of Foreigners’ Affairs, the Sector of Asylum and the Sector of Immigration within the Ministry of Security, the Ministries of Internal Affairs at all levels, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Welfare, and centres for social work.

Further, a training for health care professionals took place in Teslic on 30 June and 1 July 2022.

Thirty-five labour inspectors from Skopje and Bitola enhanced their knowledge on protection from discrimination at workplace and forced labour with focus on the public sector and related vulnerable groups, particularly Roma persons. 

A training session for Health professionals to contribute in the proactive identification and referral of potential human trafficking victims took place in Skopje on 26-27 May 2022 for 20 doctors and nurses from emergency aid wards, gynaecologists, surgeons and paediatrics, who discussed the preparation of a new information material, on human trafficking, the responsibilities of medical professionals and the victim referral procedure. 

Two training sessions on preventing and detecting child trafficking were held from 23 to 27 May 2022 in Sabac for 50 education advisors and counsellors from 50 schools throughout Serbia. Amongst the important subjects discussed by participants were warning signs and specific indicators for the preliminary identification of trafficking and exploitation.

Training on "Residence permits for the victims of human trafficking" was delivered on 12-14 June 2022 in Izmir to 51 migration management officials from the Presidency of Migration Management in Türkiye in charge of issuing residence permit. 

Preventing Labour exploitation in Türkiye was the focus of the capacity building activity which took place in Ankara on 8-9 June 2022 with the participation of 22 lawyers of the Union of Bar Associations (UTBA). 

Four training sessions on strengthening the identification, referral and protection of the child trafficking victims were delivered to social workers in Antalya, Ankara, Bursa, Gaziantep from 28 June to 1 July 2022.