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IOM has implemented almost 500 counter-trafficking projects in 85 countries since 1994 and has provided assistance to over 15,000 trafficked persons. IOM's primary aims are to prevent human trafficking and protect victims of the trade by offering them options for safe and sustainable reintegration and/or return.
Office to Combat Trafficking in Persons, a government agency responsible for coordinating efforts to address human trafficking in British Columbia, Canada [14] Operation Underground Railroad; Physicians for Human Rights; Polaris, a nonprofit, non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent modern day slavery and human trafficking
Interdepartmental Working Group on Trafficking in Persons; International Bureau for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children; International Centre for Missing & Exploited Children; International Justice Mission; Internationaler Verein Freundinnen junger Mädchen
The UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, which came into force on 25 December 2003, states that while there are rules and measures to combat the exploitation of persons, there is no universal instrument to combat all aspects of trafficking in persons. [4]
Polaris is a nonprofit non-governmental organization that works to combat and prevent sex and labor trafficking in North America. The organization's 10-year strategy is built around the understanding that human trafficking does not happen in vacuum but rather is the predictable end result of a range of other persistent injustices and inequities in our society and our economy.
Kyrgyzstan supported the plan's adoption, [2] as did Canada, [3] and Mexico signed off on the plan that September. [4] The plan was first proposed by Belarus. [5] One of the most significant elements of the plan is the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, which was launched in November 2010 to support human trafficking victims through financial, legal, and ...
The protocol covers the following: Defining the crime of trafficking in human beings; To be considered trafficking in persons, a situation must meet three conditions: act (i.e., recruitment), means (i.e., through the use of force or deception) and purpose (i.e., for the purpose of forced labour)
In this article, transnational will be defined as an issue that crosses international boundaries that multiple nations are experiencing and addressing at the same time. This article will focus on the transnational efforts to prevent human trafficking. Different countries have had different approaches when attempting to prevent human trafficking.