On the eve of the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, which is celebrated annually on July 30, the staff of the NGO "Sana Sezim" together with the staff of the Department for Combating Organized Crime of the Department of Internal Affairs of Shymkent city, KSU "Center for Special Social Services #3" of Shymkent city, Linear Police Department at the airport of Shymkent city and Linear Department of Internal Affairs at Shymkent station held a joint campaign at the airport and railway station of Shymkent city.

In anticipation of the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, an international conference on "Strengthening National and International Partnerships Combating Trafficking in Persons" was organized on 27-28 July 2023. This forum was organized by the Law Enforcement Academy, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the USAID Project "Safe Migration in Central Asia", implemented by Winrock International, and the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the U.S. Department of State.

On July 8, 2023as part of her trip to Shymkent Ambassador Kathy Leach met with Shakhnoza Khassanova, the director of the Legal centre of women initiatives "Sana Sezim".

The sides discussed the lasting cooperation relations with the British Embassy, human rights situation in the region, specifics of work, and current projects.

On July 4, 2023 an online meeting on "Legal Assistance to Stateless Persons in the Republic of Kazakhstan" was held, organized by NGO "Sana Sezim" in partnership with the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The event brought together representatives of the National Center for Human Rights and regional representatives of the Commissioner for Human Rights.

High-level representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Health, National Centre for Human Rights, UNHCR, KIBHR, as well as NGO Sana Sezim attended the event. The platform provided an opportunity to discuss the problem of statelessness from different angles and share experiences and knowledge.

On June 29, 2023 the staff of NGO "Sana Sezim" together with the employees of the Migration Service Department of Police of Turkestan region organized a mobile reception of citizens in three districts of Turkestan region. Specialists informed the population of Saryagash, Keles and Ordabasy districts about the problems of undocumented persons and consulted about the process of documentation. This support was possible within the scope of joint project of NGO "Sana Sezim" with UNHCR "Provision of legal assistance to stateless persons in Turkestan, Kyzylorda, Zhambyl regions and Shymkent city".

The next Central Asian Regional Simulation exercise "Combating Trafficking in Persons: Strengthening Interagency Cooperation through Simulation Training" kicked off in Astana. This large-scale event will last from June 26 to 30, 2023.

Since 2018, simulation exercises on combating trafficking in persons on migration routes have been held in Kazakhstan. They are organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana with the support of the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Coordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and other international organizations. The venue for the exercises is the Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor's Office of Kazakhstan, which is an important anti-trafficking center.

With the support of the OSCE, WIN and Violence Against & Girls, the event "Strategies and Activities to Support Victims of Gender-Based Violence in Central Asia" was held from 20-21 June 2023. The event focused on networking and capacity building for women's resource centers and civil society organizations.

NGO "Sana Sezim" actively supports the operational and preventive measure "STOP-Trafficking", organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan from 14 to 16 June. As part of this initiative, on June 16, 2023 NGO "Sana Sezim" together with the Office for Combating Organized Crime of the Shymkent City Police Department conducted an information campaign at the railway station.

Thanks to the incredible enthusiasm of our volunteers, we were able to achieve maximum coverage and disseminate important information to the public. Together we will do everything we can to prevent human trafficking and protect everyone from human trafficking!

On June 15, 2023the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan launched an operational and preventive measure "STOP Trafficking". It is aimed at detecting and suppressing cases of human trafficking and illegal deprivation of liberty for further exploitation.