Human trafficking: A call to arms for anti-financial crime and risk professionals

Moody’s Talks: KYC Decoded

Every year, on January 11, the US recognizes National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. Human trafficking – currently a $150 billion industry – continues to be a pervasive threat around the globe, with criminals profiting from the enslavement of other people. This brings us to the obvious question: what can anti-financial crime and risk professionals do to make this world a safer place and help put an end to this abhorrent practice?
In this episode, we delve into this pressing issue with experts: Christopher Kemp, Director of Enterprise Operations at the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative; Chris Bagnall, Solutions Director at Quantexa; and Karim Rajwani, Head of Product at Sigma360. Their conversation sheds an important light on dealing with this crime, focusing on:

• The primary forms of human trafficking
• The staggering scale of the problem
• Strategies and solutions to stop it
• The role of data and technology in empowering professionals to dismantle trafficking networks
• Immediate, actionable steps we can implement to make a difference

To learn more about this important topic, we encourage you to explore these additional resources:

• Webinar, ‘Breaking Chains with AI: Advanced Detection of Sexual Exploitation and Human Trafficking Networks’
• ACAMS Article of the Year, ‘Understanding Human Trafficking’
• ACAMS Back to the Basics
• ACAMS Fighting Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking course
• Blog, ‘Decision Intelligence is the Key To Stopping Modern Slavery And Human Trafficking’
• The National Action Plan to Combat Human Trafficking (NAP)
• Wear Blue Day campaign
• Polaris website
• UN Office on Drugs and Crime Human Trafficking website
• Stop the Traffik website
• US Department of State Understanding Human Trafficking fact sheet
• Freedom United website
• INTERPOL website
• Government of Canada Operational Alert
• Government of Canada Updated Indicators
• WeProtect Project Shadow

Find other ways your organization can help combat human trafficking - visit our website - and please feel free to get in touch; we would love to hear from you.