Modern slavery and human trafficking
Antonia Petalia
Institution: UK Government
Area of Expertise: Crime prevention and criminal justice, Extortion, Firearms, Fraud, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Policing, Prisons, Recruitment, Terrorism, Threat assessment
Trafficking into Forced Criminality: the Rise of Scam Centres in Southeast Asia
In Southeast Asia, a growing number of scam centres have been identified, where recruits groom victims online to encourage investment in fraudulent schemes. But these recruits are victims themselves; tricked with job offers in another country, they are forced into criminality. Described using the Chinese term Shāzhūpán, or ‘pig-butchering scams’,…
Peter Toogood
Institution: Neon Caltrop Consulting Limited
Area of Expertise: Criminal networks, Disruption, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Policing, Threat assessment
Germán Sahid Garnica
Institution: Universidad del Rosario
Area of Expertise: Crime prevention and criminal justice, Disruption, Drug trafficking, Gangs, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Recruitment, State control, Terrorism, War and conflict
Raluca-Ioana MOCANU
Institution: University of Bucharest
Area of Expertise: Contraband / counterfeit products, Corruption, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Discourse, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Fraud, Gangs, Illicit cigarettes and tobacco, Law, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Organ trafficking, Prisons, Recruitment, State control, Terrorism, Trafficking in cultural property, Wildlife and forest crime
Rescue or Risk: ‘Volunteerism’ and Human Trafficking Risks in Ukraine
The Russia-Ukraine war has spurred, alongside a rise in escaping refugees to neighbouring countries, an increase in ad-hoc volunteerism through ‘at the border’ aid agencies. Often lacking formal identification or supervision, there is increased potential that the presence of these entities increases the risk of human trafficking as the war…
Dr Leo Lin
Institution: University of Glasgow
Area of Expertise: Asset seizure, Crime prevention and criminal justice, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Fraud, Gangs, Intelligence, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Money laundering, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, War and conflict
Marco Codispoti
Area of Expertise: Corruption, Criminal networks, Cryptocurrency, Cybercrime, Drug trafficking, Extortion, Financial flows, Gangs, Intelligence, Mafia, Modern slavery and human trafficking, Nuclear smuggling, Policing, Terrorism, Threat assessment, Trafficking in cultural property, War and conflict, Wildlife and forest crime
