This report presents the final results of the “Strategic project on Eurojust’s action against trafficking in human beings”. The project was approved by the College of Eurojust on 10 January 2012 with the following goals: 1) strengthen and improve cooperation between national judicial authorities in the fight against THB; 2) improve the efficient use of existing EU legal instruments; 3) intensify efforts in prosecuting THB at national level; and 4) enhance the involvement of Eurojust in THB cases.

The report commences with an overview of Eurojust’s casework on THB. Section 3 introduces the main problems encountered by the national authorities in investigating and prosecuting THB cases, as identified by the project. These difficulties are then detailed in sections 4-8 of the report. Sections 9 and 10 describe the advantages of involving Eurojust and Europol in THB cases and of using JITs in THB cases, while the last chapter summarises the main conclusions reached by the project.