19th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – Human Trafficking/Illicit Finance
Ms. Anne Basham made remarks regarding human trafficking. According to her reports, there are 40.3 billion people that have been enslaved and points that human trafficking is the second largest criminal activity in the world, however, she argues that it might be number one.
Now, who is targeted? The popular age is between 11 and 15 years of age, mostly girls. According to the report, this illicit activity is a primary source of revenue for terrorist financing.
How can it be stopped or prevented?
- Follow the money – see where all the money is flowing to
- Education – assign funds for schools to implement human trafficking education to the school curriculum
What can we do?
- Defensively – cut flow of money
- Offensively – provide money for education
