The Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) is the first global data hub on human trafficking, with data contributed by organizations from around the world

The Counter-Traf­fick­ing Data Col­lab­o­ra­tive is the first glob­al data hub on human traf­fick­ing, pub­lish­ing har­mo­nized data from counter-traf­fick­ing orga­ni­za­tions around the world. Launched in Novem­ber 2017, the goal of CTDC is to break down infor­ma­tion-shar­ing bar­ri­ers and equip the counter-traf­fick­ing com­mu­ni­ty with up to date, reli­able data on human traf­fick­ing. CTDC data has so far been accessed by users in over 150 coun­tries and territories.

His­tor­i­cal­ly, it has been dif­fi­cult to make data on human traf­fick­ing read­i­ly acces­si­ble to ana­lysts, aca­d­e­mics, prac­ti­tion­ers and pol­i­cy-mak­ers. Data on human traf­fick­ing are often high­ly sen­si­tive rais­ing a range of pri­va­cy and civ­il lib­er­ty con­cerns where the risk of iden­ti­fy­ing data sub­jects can be high and the con­se­quences severe.

It is wide­ly rec­og­nized that one of the fore­most chal­lenges in devel­op­ing tar­get­ed counter-traf­fick­ing respons­es and mea­sur­ing their impact is the lack of reli­able, high-qual­i­ty infor­ma­tion. Data on human traf­fick­ing are often high­ly sen­si­tive, rais­ing a range of pri­va­cy and civ­il lib­er­ty con­cerns where the risk of iden­ti­fy­ing data sub­jects can be high and the con­se­quences severe. For the first time, CTDC lever­ages mod­ern tech­nol­o­gy to over­come these obsta­cles allow unprece­dent­ed pub­lic access to the world’s largest datasets on human traf­fick­ing. Bring­ing togeth­er glob­al data in one plat­form will strength­en and empow­er local, nation­al and inter­na­tion­al insti­tu­tions to erad­i­cate crimes of traf­fick­ing and exploitation.

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