Answer by DK Govnmt May 2011 on retaining personnel

The Legal Affairs Committee 2010-11REU ordinary part, final answer to Question no. 741PublicMinistry of JusticeFolketingetThe Legal Affairs CommitteeChristiansborg1240 Copenhagen KDate: 2 May 2011Office: Civil and Police DepartmentCase no.: 2011-150-2220Doc.: JEE44149We forward herewith the answer to Question no. 741 (ordinary part) that the Danish Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee submitted to the Minister for Justice on 18 March 2011.The question was asked at the request of Line Barfod (The Unity List – the Red-Green Alliance).Lars BarfoedCarsten Kristian VollmerSlotsholmsgade 101216 Copenhagen K.Telephone 7226 8400Fax 3393 3510www.justitsministeriet.dkjm@jm.dkQuestion no. 741 (ordinary part) from the Danish Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee:"In continuation of the answer to REU Question no. 604 (ordinary part):Has it been a problem to retain the personnel who have been specially trainedto deal with cases involving human trafficking?If so, what steps are taken to prevent them resigning?"Answer:In order to answer this question, the Ministry of Justice obtained statements from the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs, the Danish Court Administration and the National Commission of the Danish Police.The following information was provided by the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration Affairs:"The Danish Immigration Service is responsible for determiningwhether a foreign citizen has been subject to human trafficking.The Danish Immigration Service stated that there have been noproblems in retaining personnel who deal with cases involving humantrafficking. Such cases have been dealt with by the same personnelgroup at the Danish Immigration Service for a longer period of time."The Danish Court Administration stated that it does not possess any information that could illustrate personnel turnover among the judges and other practising lawyers who have received special training in dealing with cases involving human trafficking. In this connection, the Danish Court Administration stated that personnel turnover among judges and other practising lawyers is very low in general.The National Commission of the Danish Police stated that it is not aware of any particular problems in relation to retaining police personnel who deal with cases of the character mentioned.