Press Release: European Première at Berlaymont of the movie ‘TRADE’, starring Kevin Kline. The first EU Anti-Trafficking Day on 18 October will call for the establishment of national mechanisms to support and assist victims of trafficking in human beings

The movie 'TRADE' will be shown on 15 October 2007 at the Berlaymont for the first time in Europe, in the presence of Franco Frattini, Vice-President of the European Commission, and Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of UN Office on Drugs and Crime. The movie, directed by German Director Marco Kreuzpainter and starring American actor Kevin Kline, highlights the reality of human trafficking for sexual exploitation by tracking the abduction of a young Polish woman and a 13 year-old Mexican girl, setting in motion a brother's extraordinary journey to rescue his sister. At the occasion, Vice-President Frattini will announce the first EU Anti-trafficking Day on 18 October 2007, with the motto 'TIME FOR ACTION'.

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