eMin Update– Using Blockchain to Combat Modern Slavery
VideosThis webinar provides updates on the ‘eMin’ project, a blockchain-enabled tool for responsible recruitment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIbhaZgiF0U&t=5s ...Read More
Transplant lists grow longer year on year, and the percentage of successful matches made is in the single digits in most countries. While the purchase of organs is illegal almost everywhere in the world, organs are still procured through the growing black market. The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that traffickers illegally obtain 7,000 kidneys each year globally.[2]
Criminal groups target the most vulnerable in society (the poor, the homeless, refugees and children); harvest their organs at a fraction of the cost of sale; and provide minimal subsequent care. Organ trafficking can also occur in addition to sex and/or labour trafficking as part of a multi-level equation of exploitation. As always, with the market forces at play and the demand being motivated by a life or death calculation, the question of how to manage the illicit trade is a major public health consideration. What is being done to address the trafficking of organs, and how can the private sector work in tandem with government, academia, and NGOs to combat this serious form of illicit trade?
This webinar is the sixth and final of the RESPECT Webinar Series 2015 “Understanding Illicit Trade: Impact of Human Trafficking and Smuggling on the Private Sector”, looking at emerging issues surrounding human trafficking and promising anti-trafficking initiatives from the private sector. This series is hosted by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and through sponsorship by Dentons. Also supported by TraCCC, the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University.
The webinar features a panel of experts from the private sector, academia, public policy, and the NGO community:
We were live-tweeting the meeting via the @GI_TOC account, with the hashtag: #GITrafficking.
This webinar provides updates on the ‘eMin’ project, a blockchain-enabled tool for responsible recruitment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIbhaZgiF0U&t=5s ...Read More
21st Conference of the Alliance against Trafficking in Persons WHEN 14 June 2021, 14:00 – 16 June 2021, 16:30 WHERE Hofburg (Vienna, Austria) and via Zoom (upon registration) ORGANIZED BY OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating...
Since 2019, Tech Against Trafficking has helped advance and scale the work of anti-trafficking organizations with promising technology solutions through its flagship Accelerator Program. To celebrate the close of our second Accelerator, we are hosting a 2-hour virtual event where...
Watch Kyle Ballard's presentation "Zero, Some, or Zero-Sum: Exploring Trade-Offs in Identifying Human Trafficking Among Migration Flows" below. Kyle is the Senior Coordinator for Reports and Political Affairs in the U.S. Department of State’s Offi...Read More