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Combating Human Trafficking: Progress Made by the Monitoring Centre

Caritas Austria joins the efforts

13/10/2026

Austria, too, is severely affected by this crime against humanity. Together with the Archdiocese of Salzburg, the Ambassador of the Sovereign Order of Malta to the Republic of Austria, H.E. Ambassador Sebastian Prince of Schoenaich-Carolath, a monitoring centre for Human Trafficking was established. Now Caritas Austria is also taking up this important cause. The Austrian Broadcasting Corporation reported on this in its news programme “Salzburg today” on 11 October 2026. H.E. the Ambassador is interviewed in the report.

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