COMPANIES COLLABORATING WITH GLOBAL EXPERTS TO HELP ERADICATE HUMAN TRAFFICKING USING TECHNOLOGY
Tech Against Trafficking is now a workstream of the Global Business Coalition Against Trafficking (GBCAT), which brings together companies across sectors to combat human trafficking in company operations and supply chains. In addition to the work done by Tech Against Trafficking, GBCAT's other workstreams focus on Corporate Supplier Capacity Building and Survivor Empowerment & Employment.

Our Mission

Tech Against Trafficking works with civil society, academia, technologists, and leaders with lived experience to advance the use of technology to prevent, disrupt, and reduce human trafficking and to address the misuse of technology to facilitate the crime.

Why Tech Against Trafficking?

Human trafficking and forced labor are complex, thriving crimes that impact every country. There are and estimated 50 million people worldwide living in some form of modern slavery. Given the widespread nature of the abuses and the complexity of tacking them, increased engagement by all stakeholders, especially the private sector, is vital.

Through their expertise, capacity for innovation, and global reach, technology companies can play a major role in preventing and disrupting human trafficking and forced labor and supporting individuals with lived experiences. Digital technologies offer opportunities for a step change in tackling this crime. Tech Against Trafficking works to accelerate the development, scale, and impact of these.

At the same time, traffickers are using technology tools and platforms to recruit victims and improve the efficiency of their operations. Tech Against Trafficking works to address the misuse of online platforms to facilitate human trafficking.

 

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Technological solutions to date include mobile apps that help identify victims of sex trafficking; satellite imagery that tracks down fishing vessels carrying victims of forced labor; and web scraping tools that aggregate child abuse images to help law enforcement track down children in need of help. But there are many more tools out there in need of support. Tech Against Trafficking hopes to accelerate the development, scale, and resulting impact of these tools.

Latest News & Insights

A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025
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A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025

Following the third annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit, BSR’s Technology and Human Rights teams share six key priorities for business...
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024

The exploitation of people through modern slavery is generating higher profits than ever before. Profits from forced labor have risen by 37%...
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Building an Effective Data Ecosystem to Address Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains: Key Principles
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Building an Effective Data Ecosystem to Address Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains: Key Principles

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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: Leveraging Technology to Eradicate Forced Labor
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: Leveraging Technology to Eradicate Forced Labor

Key Points The second Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) Summit brought together over 140 global anti-trafficking leaders, including businesses, civil society,...
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Tech Against Trafficking Joins GBCAT for Expanded Impact and Scale.
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Tech Against Trafficking Joins GBCAT for Expanded Impact and Scale.

Just a few days prior to World Day Against Trafficking, Tech Against Trafficking announced that it is officially a workstream...
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Tech Against Trafficking Announces 2021-2022 Impacts and Expanded Partnerships with Google and Meta
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Tech Against Trafficking Announces 2021-2022 Impacts and Expanded Partnerships with Google and Meta

Since 2018 Tech Against Trafficking has been working to leverage technology to advance and scale the work of anti-trafficking organizations...
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Tech Against Trafficking Publishes its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report
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Tech Against Trafficking Publishes its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report

Tech Against Trafficking is pleased to announce the publication of its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report, found below. This report outlines...
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: How to Leverage Innovation to Tackle Modern Slavery
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: How to Leverage Innovation to Tackle Modern Slavery

Originally published by BSR on October 13, 2022. On September 27-28, Amazon and BSR hosted the first Tech Against Trafficking Summit in...
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Tech Against Trafficking Concludes the Second Accelerator
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Tech Against Trafficking Concludes the Second Accelerator

Originally published by BSR on May 12, 2022. Last week, Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) brought together technologists, nonprofits, academics, governments,...
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Tech Against Trafficking Launches Second Accelerator Program
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Tech Against Trafficking Launches Second Accelerator Program

Originally published by BSR on June 30, 2021. Last week, Tech Against Trafficking launched its second Accelerator program, welcoming Seattle...
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Microsoft Case Study on Tech Against Trafficking
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Microsoft Case Study on Tech Against Trafficking

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Webinar: Digital Tools to Boost Collaboration and Productivity
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Webinar: Digital Tools to Boost Collaboration and Productivity

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The Dual Law of Technology in Trafficking
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The Dual Law of Technology in Trafficking

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OSCE, in partnership with Tech Against Trafficking, publishes paper on leveraging technology to fight trafficking
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OSCE, in partnership with Tech Against Trafficking, publishes paper on leveraging technology to fight trafficking

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The Effect of COVID-19: Five Impacts on Human Trafficking
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The Effect of COVID-19: Five Impacts on Human Trafficking

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Accelerating Toward Data Insights: Tech Against Trafficking Successfully Concludes Its Pilot Accelerator

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Scaling Impact: Tech Against Trafficking Launches Accelerator Program

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Global Tech Companies, Partners Identify Tools to Fight Human Trafficking

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Announcing a New Collaboration Using Tech to Combat Human Trafficking
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Announcing a New Collaboration Using Tech to Combat Human Trafficking

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A Map to Help Business Collaborate with Anti-Slavery Organizations
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A Map to Help Business Collaborate with Anti-Slavery Organizations

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one should be held in slavery or servitude” and “slavery...
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A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025
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A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025

Following the third annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit, BSR’s Technology and Human Rights teams share six key priorities for business...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024

The exploitation of people through modern slavery is generating higher profits than ever before. Profits from forced labor have risen by 37%...
Read More
Building an Effective Data Ecosystem to Address Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains: Key Principles
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Building an Effective Data Ecosystem to Address Forced Labor in Global Supply Chains: Key Principles

Forced labor is entrenched in global supply chains, and it is often hidden at the lowest tiers of sourcing of...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Summit: Leveraging Technology to Eradicate Forced Labor
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: Leveraging Technology to Eradicate Forced Labor

Key Points The second Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) Summit brought together over 140 global anti-trafficking leaders, including businesses, civil society,...
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Tech Against Trafficking Joins GBCAT for Expanded Impact and Scale.
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Tech Against Trafficking Joins GBCAT for Expanded Impact and Scale.

Just a few days prior to World Day Against Trafficking, Tech Against Trafficking announced that it is officially a workstream...
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Tech Against Trafficking Announces 2021-2022 Impacts and Expanded Partnerships with Google and Meta
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Tech Against Trafficking Announces 2021-2022 Impacts and Expanded Partnerships with Google and Meta

Since 2018 Tech Against Trafficking has been working to leverage technology to advance and scale the work of anti-trafficking organizations...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Publishes its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report
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Tech Against Trafficking Publishes its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report

Tech Against Trafficking is pleased to announce the publication of its 2021-2022 Biannual Impact Report, found below. This report outlines...
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Tech Against Trafficking Summit: How to Leverage Innovation to Tackle Modern Slavery
Uncategorized

Tech Against Trafficking Summit: How to Leverage Innovation to Tackle Modern Slavery

Originally published by BSR on October 13, 2022. On September 27-28, Amazon and BSR hosted the first Tech Against Trafficking Summit in...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Concludes the Second Accelerator
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Tech Against Trafficking Concludes the Second Accelerator

Originally published by BSR on May 12, 2022. Last week, Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) brought together technologists, nonprofits, academics, governments,...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Launches Second Accelerator Program
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Tech Against Trafficking Launches Second Accelerator Program

Originally published by BSR on June 30, 2021. Last week, Tech Against Trafficking launched its second Accelerator program, welcoming Seattle...
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Microsoft Case Study on Tech Against Trafficking
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Microsoft Case Study on Tech Against Trafficking

Originally published by Microsoft on May 20, 2021. Human trafficking is a crime against humanity and a violation of the...
Read More
Webinar: Digital Tools to Boost Collaboration and Productivity
Uncategorized

Webinar: Digital Tools to Boost Collaboration and Productivity

Tech Against Trafficking and BT will be hosting an online event to help you unlock the potential of your organization through the use...
Read More
The Dual Law of Technology in Trafficking
Uncategorized

The Dual Law of Technology in Trafficking

Written and published by Thi Hoang of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. American historian Melvin Kranzberg once said,...
Read More
OSCE, in partnership with Tech Against Trafficking, publishes paper on leveraging technology to fight trafficking
Uncategorized

OSCE, in partnership with Tech Against Trafficking, publishes paper on leveraging technology to fight trafficking

Tech Against Trafficking is very excited to announce the publication of Leveraging innovation to fight trafficking in human beings: A...
Read More
The Effect of COVID-19: Five Impacts on Human Trafficking
Uncategorized

The Effect of COVID-19: Five Impacts on Human Trafficking

It is difficult to assess the long-term impacts of COVID-19 while we are in the midst of this unprecedented global...
Read More
Accelerating Toward Data Insights: Tech Against Trafficking Successfully Concludes Its Pilot Accelerator
Uncategorized

Accelerating Toward Data Insights: Tech Against Trafficking Successfully Concludes Its Pilot Accelerator

Tech Against Trafficking (TAT) celebrated its collaboration with the Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) at an event last week in London, which...
Read More
Scaling Impact: Tech Against Trafficking Launches Accelerator Program
Uncategorized

Scaling Impact: Tech Against Trafficking Launches Accelerator Program

There are few facets of modern life that are untouched by technology. Innovations in the industry have changed the way...
Read More
Global Tech Companies, Partners Identify Tools to Fight Human Trafficking
Uncategorized

Global Tech Companies, Partners Identify Tools to Fight Human Trafficking

In June 2018, a coalition of global tech companies, civil society organizations, and international institutions jointly launched Tech Against Trafficking, a...
Read More
Announcing a New Collaboration Using Tech to Combat Human Trafficking
Uncategorized

Announcing a New Collaboration Using Tech to Combat Human Trafficking

A growing number of organizations and initiatives are working to tackle forced labor and human trafficking, which affects 40 million or...
Read More
A Map to Help Business Collaborate with Anti-Slavery Organizations
Uncategorized

A Map to Help Business Collaborate with Anti-Slavery Organizations

The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that "no one should be held in slavery or servitude” and “slavery...
Read More
1 Reply
A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025

A Launchpad for Action: Key Tech and Human Trafficking Priorities in 2025

Following the third annual Tech Against Trafficking Summit, BSR’s Technology and Human Rights teams share six key priorities for business...
Read More
Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024

Tech Against Trafficking Summit 2024

The exploitation of people through modern slavery is generating higher profits than ever before. Profits from forced labor have risen by 37%...
Read More