“We know that human trafficking and sexual exploitation are human rights issues, fueled by gender, racial, and income inequalities. If we truly want equality, we must work toward a world where no one is bought, sold or exploited.”
CyberWeek: AI/ML to End Human Trafficking
It was an honor for our CEO Rochelle Keyhan to speak alongside our partners ThetaRay about their groundbreaking unsupervised machine learning, and ways high tech data solutions can help us end human trafficking.
MassChallenge Texas Startup Showcase
Busy week this week! We are training statewide code enforcement and department of health officials in Florida and attending the MassChallengeTexas BootCamp in Austin! The MassChallenge program identifies promising startups all […]
Out of Sight: Modern Slavery in Pacific Supply Chains of Canned Tuna
A few committed tuna companies (Thai Union, Bumble Bee Foods and Clover Leaf Seafoods) are working consistently to improve their approach to human rights, with innovative measures to address modern slavery, such as digital traceability of fish, and measures designed specifically to protect migrant fishers from abuse.
Lack of trafficking convictions and trainings have blunted Britain’s anti-slavery response
Insufficient coordination, data-sharing across agencies and jurisdictions, and sector-specific training, are universal problems w/ anti-trafficking efforts. Join us as we support the scaling of our National best practices to our international partner nations across Europe!
Source Country Conditions Impact Destination Country Exploitation
In order to fully understand the ways survivors experience their exploitation and the ways traffickers defraud and coerce victims from other nations, we have to make an effort to understand the conditions survivors and traffickers experience in the source countries.
RENATE: Our work with Nordic Model Countries and EU
Our CEO was in Sweden this past week with the RENATE network of survivor support agencies. As a group, throughout the week, we discussed the ways human trafficking manifests in […]
Competing for #MassChallenge TX Startup Accelerator!
We had an exciting day in Austin yesterday pitching at the MassChallenge Texas competition for a place in their 2019 startup cohort. If we are selected for this opportunity, we will […]
Artificial Intelligence and combating Human trafficking with Financial Crimes
Excellent conversation at our innovation panel on AI and combatting Human trafficking with Financial Crimes at ACAMS Hollywood, FL. We are so excited to partner with international AI/ML big data analytics firm, ThetaRay, to work together to apply their artificial intelligence to our anti-trafficking data to be able to better predict and disrupt human trafficking!
U.S. Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking meeting
Today we are at the U.S. Department of Transportation Advisory Committee on Human Trafficking meeting. The investment from the transportation sector in developing a concerted anti-trafficking approach is critical to […]