UN.GIFT talks to Philipp Engel, founder of the Red Light Campaign, on our first  @UNGIFTraffick Twinterview

UN.GIFT talks to Philipp Engel, founder of the Red Light Campaign, on our first  @UNGIFTraffick Twinterview

The UN.GIFT.HUB provides a platform for global dialogue and is now introducing The Hub Q & A Blog, a UN.GIFT knowledge product to voice the views and perspectives of those working on the frontlines, of this fight against human trafficking.

The UN.GIFT.HUB provides a platform for global dialogue and is now introducing The Hub Q & A Blog, a UN.GIFT knowledge product to voice the views and perspectives of those working on the frontlines, of this fight against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Three Austrian friends will be travelling to Sri Lanka to compete in a tuk tuk race. The objective of their journey is not only to become the fastest motorised riksha drivers across Sri Lankan beaches and jungles, but to raise funds for programmes against human trafficking.

Actions speak louder than words. If you are a company who employs illegal labour at cheap rates do you understand how your profit is built on misery? If you do then you are no better than the criminal gangs who perpetrate such crimes. Actions speak louder than words.

I learned a long time ago that within strategy development it was essential to visualise "the bigger picture", to see where an event in one area had an impact in another, complete with a complex range of consequences and repercussions. This is important otherwise it would be like walking along a busy street with your eyes closed

Apart from the sheer destructive misery and heartache caused by human trafficking, one of the first and perhaps most striking aspects to be seen by any investigation into trafficking is that it touches so many people in so many towns and cities in so many societies. This is a global problem.

There are some people who have been illegally brought in to be domestic slaves. There are some people who have been illegally brought in or have been enticed into industrial slavery. There are some people who are in slavery due to the extreme form of arranged or forced marriages. There are many who are in sexual slavery - sold on darkened street corners or through dubious advertising sites.