A co-created data base of hotel rooms to stop human trafficking

Traffickcam

Source: Traffickcam via Exchange Initiative

Taking photos of your hotel room can help stop human trafficking

By taking and uploading four pictures of their hotel room, TraffickCam users contribute to a database of hotel room photos that local law enforcement can use to identify the location of sex traffickers and victims.

The Exchange Initiative, an organisation that works to stop human trafficking, created TraffickCam because they couldn’t identify the motel room used in an online ad for sexual services by a sex-trafficking victim.

Due to their accessibility, privacy and affordability, hotels, hostels and motels have become the most common site for trafficking-related abuse. With TraffickCam, hotel guests can make a big difference with a small contribution. 3 million photos from 250.000 different hotels have been uploaded to the app. Based on an ad, TraffickCam generates 20 highpotential matches from which the correct room is identified with an 85%success rate.

Economic Growth

Economic Growth

TraffickCam works to stop forced labour by providing law enforcement with a tool to stop human trafficking (8.7)

Gender Equality

Gender Equality

TraffickCam helps victims of sex trafficking by locating sites of abuse (5.1, 5.2, 5.3)

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

TraffickCam helps law enforcement stop trafficking-related crime (16.1, 16.2, 16.3)

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