The Bulgarian National Television news report on SOS Children's Villages’ ‘Firefly - Illuminate the Darkness’ Project draws attention to how foster parents, social workers, psychologists and specialists working with children are trained to protect them from human trafficking. The ‘Lover boy’ trafficking scheme, used to trap girls in a human trafficking circle, is also mentioned. Firefly’s online application aims to inform children about the online risks of trafficking in human beings. The entire BNT report can be watched in Bulgarian via the link in this article. Further information about the project can be found in our article.

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