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The horrors of human trafficking are widespread across the world. Big problems require top technology and ingenuity, that’s where the idea of creating Artificial Intelligence powered software for law enforcement comes in. Technologist and founder Emily Kennedy’s idea for fighting the spread of human trafficking centers on the heart of the mission and the technology created to find and rescue victims while bringing criminals to justice.

The event took place on 10 March and was hosted by the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration and the United States Agency for International Development Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance in partnership with the Global Protection Cluster Task Team on Anti-Trafficking.

The session brought together leading humanitarian experts to discuss current trafficking issues in humanitarian operations and how protection and anti-trafficking actors can effectively respond to these challenges.

A joint investigation by El Nuevo Herald and The Miami Herald exposes how the trafficking of Haitian children has risen since the January earthquake. The series shows how boys and girls end up in prostitution, shoe-shining, street-begging, window-washing — with the proceeds often going to adults who give them housing and food.

Slavery and Exploitation: Human Trafficking in Australia

In Nepal, there are growing concerns that victims of the recent earthquake have become the latest targets of human traffickers. They’re part of a wider problem. The UN says around 7,000 Nepalese women and girls are trafficked to India every year.

Interpol Officer explains the fight against Child Trafficking after the Tsunami in Sri Lanka.

Tens of thousands of people remain homeless on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami.
Many are trying to rebuild their lives. But for children who lost their parents, life remains a day-to-day struggle.
Al Jazeera’s Wayne Hay reports from Palu.

TEN News journalist Matt Doran has received a United Nations of Australia Media Peace Award for his “Human Trafficking: Australia’s Modern-Day Slave Trade” report

Roz Currie (BC’s Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons) and Larissa Maxwell (Deborah’s Gate) discuss practical tips for providing services to trafficked persons.