Posted on 13 Feb 2017

Responsible and Ethical Private Sector Coalition against Trafficking’ Initiative
Present in the framework of the Webinar Series
THE PRIVATE SECTOR COUNTERING HUMAN TRAFFICKING:
New technologies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tackling Human Trafficking

The sixth and last webinar of the New technologies, Innovation and Entrepreneurship Tackling Human Trafficking webinar series was held on Thursday, May 18 , 2017  10:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT/ 4:00 – 6:00 pm CEST

With the altering terrain of cyberspace, criminal activity has been greatly impacted. Law enforcement and other key stakeholders face new challenges with addressing this crime. However, technology provides significant avenues to discovering and identifying human trafficking.

From a law enforcement perspective, how has technology changed the scope of criminal activity? From the development of software to detect the online exploitation of children to the development of specific apps, how effective are these new media solutions in terms of finding cases? What is the next wave of technological advancements that could detect these crimes?

This webinar will discuss these questions and will assemble a panel of experts drawn from law enforcement, the private sector, academia, public policy and the NGO community:

 

Find more about RESPECT and our Webinar Series of 2016-2017.
This webinar series is hosted by the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime and Babson College’s Initiative on Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). Also supported by TraCCC, the Terrorism, Transnational Crime and Corruption Center at George Mason University, and Dentons LLP.

For further information, contact Livia Wagner of the Global Initiative Secretariat:
livia.wagner@globalinitiative.net

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