Traffickcam
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.
TraffickCam works to stop forced labour by providing law enforcement with a tool to stop human trafficking (8.7)
TraffickCam helps victims of sex trafficking by locating sites of abuse (5.1, 5.2, 5.3)
TraffickCam helps law enforcement stop trafficking-related crime (16.1, 16.2, 16.3)
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