The Counter-Trafficking Data Collaborative: An International Data Resource for Research in Conflict-Driven Human Trafficking

Music City Center 

The UN's International Organization for Migration (IOM) has established a Counter Trafficking Data Collaborative (CTDC) as a global data resource on trafficking data. The centerpiece of the Collaborative's work is a public, open source, anonymized global database of trafficking reports. With almost 240,000 records as of Februray, 2025, the database includes many important features including country of victim's citizenship as well as where exploitation occurred. This supports analysis of the impact of conflict-driven human trafficking on displaced and refugee populations. This presentation provides a background on the Collaborative and the database, its contents and applications, and examples of research. A case study is presented on human trafficking trends in Eastern Europe are explored, which have shifted to focus on Ukraine in recent years.