The Global Investigative Journalism Network, @gijn, has created three guide for investigative reporters covering human trafficking:
- Human Trafficking Resources: Data.
- Human Trafficking Resources: Stories.
- Human Trafficking Resources: Best Practices in Reporting.
It’s a tough subject this close to the holidays but the victims of human traffickers don’t enjoy holidays, 365 days out of the year.
What I missed in “Best Practices” was mention of the use of data science to combat human trafficking.
On that score, a starter set of three resources:
Data science can help us fight human trafficking by Renata Konrad and Andrew C. Trapp.
Combating Human Trafficking Using Data Science (Booz Allen whitepaper)
How Data Analytics Is Helping to Fight Human Trafficking by Alex Woodie.
It’s unlikely that human traffickers are more cyber secure than your average corporation or government agency, so there is a role for hackers to breach information systems used by human traffickers.
If you have resources on human trafficking to suggest, contact @gijn.