This presentation concerns the role that technology plays in facilitating, preventing and combating human trafficking.

1. @TRACE_EU http://trace-project.eu

2. ▪ Facilitation
▪ recruitment
▪ Exploitation
▪ Prevention
▪ To combat human trafficking
▪ The role emerging technologies

3. 1. Identify & map different types of technologies being used to faciliate,
prevent and combat
1. CATEGORIES:
1. WEB –BASED (internet, applications & software)
2. HARDWARE
2. Assess this use
3. Identify future trends in technology and human trafficking
4. Develop recommendations for theTRACE target audience
1. Policy makers
2. Law enforcement agencies
3. Civil society organisations

4. ▪ Technology facilitated trafficking: “[…]the social
and technical ecosystem wherein individuals use
information and communication technologies to
engage in human trafficking and related
behaviors (Latonero et al)
▪ recruitment
▪ exploitation

5. Web based (internet, applications &
software)
• Social networking sites
• Advertising and classifieds
• Applications (Instagram, Skype etc.)
• Web sites, including DarkWeb
• Online dating sites
• Online forums
• Peer to peer networks
Hardware
• Cameras, video and image and
other recording devices
• Telephone, mobile & landline
• Desktop computers, laptops &
tablets
• Scanners
• Television programming services

6.  Example: facilitating – recruitment – online dating
websites
x European national, accepts y’s marriage
proposal after a two-year relationship using
the online dating site eHarmony. Once in the
UK & residing at y’s home, x & daughter were
forced to work long hours without pay,
verbally abused and held captive inside the
home. (2010)

7. Web-based (internet, applications and
software)
• Case management tools
• Facial reconstruction software
• Databases
• e-Learning training platforms
• Case management tools
• Geographic information systems
• Financial tracking
• I2 Software
• Supply chain management tool kits
Hardware
•CCTV
• Routers and backup devices

8.  Example: Combat – UNODC case law database
• Publicly available repository of
summaries and full court cases
to support successful
convictions
• 30 April 2014, more than 1000
cases from 83 countries.
• People can contribute new
cases by directly contacting
the UNODC.

9. Web-based (internet, applications &
software)
• Applications
• Crowdfunding
• E-learning training programmes & platforms
• Websites (generic & other)
• Financial tracking
• Online petitions
• Social networking sites
Hardware
• Television
• Telephone

10.  Example: Preventing – social media – awareness raising

11. Big Data
Digital
Currencies
RPAS
Geographical
mapping
Tailored
search engines

12. TRACE Briefing paper TRACE report TRACE Handbook
Further information is available on theTRACE website.
anna.donovan@trilateralresearch.com
@TRACE_EU http://trace-project.eu