The European Union plans to step up its efforts to combat human trafficking with a series of legislative measures. Representatives of the EU member states and the European Parliament agreed late on Tuesday evening to comprehensively supplement an existing directive on criminal prosecution. According to the Belgian EU presidency, EU lawmakers reached a provisional agreement to add forced marriage, illegal adoption and surrogacy as types of exploitation covered by the EU’s anti-trafficking law. “The update of the directive on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings will also require…