Human Trafficking: Improving our Awareness for a Better Future for Victims
Most Americans have heard of human trafficking, but few know how prevalent it is within the United States.
Using Interagency Collaboration and Innovation to Fight Transnational Security Challenges
At any given time, there are 27.6 million victims of human trafficking across the globe. Multiple Federal agencies have missions and responsibilities related to combating this horrendous crime and often need to work together to make an impact.
Preventing Trafficking in Our Most Vulnerable Population: Youth
Human trafficking thrives on chaos and desperation in communities already ravaged by ills like poverty, addiction, etc. While we cannot know for certain the effects of COVID – 19 on sex and labor trafficking in real-time, we can almost accurately predict that communities will be more vulnerable to violence, abuse, and exploitation in the wake of this worldwide economic and social disruption. As the economic fallout of the pandemic deepens and further exacerbates vulnerabilities, communities should anticipate that millions more may fall into labor and sex trafficking in the aftermath of this crisis.
Creating a Blueprint to Assess and Combat Human Trafficking in States
Across the country, state governments face the growing and complex challenge of fighting human trafficking within their jurisdiction. This may happen separately in law enforcement organizations or within organizations that provide services to victims. While collaboration among agencies is growing quickly, in order to address the complexities of human trafficking states and their counties must use a disciplined approach that assesses the scope of the problem and the specific gaps within their jurisdiction.
Amplifying Customer Experience By Looking Through a Behavioral Science Lens
The emerging fields of Customer Experience (CX) and behavioral science have steadily grown in popularity over the past few years. Leading organizations worldwide are adopting and implementing CX to achieve great success. However, highly impactful tactics that lie at the intersection of CX and behavioral science are being overlooked and underutilized. By using a behavioral science lens, organizations can amplify CX initiatives to multiple their already impressive results.
Arc Aspicio Partners with JMU XLabs to Address Human Trafficking
Washington DC, April 13, 2020 — Arc Aspicio, along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is collaborating with James Madison University (JMU)’s XLabs Program to provide mentoring and subject matter expertise to students who are using innovative methods to help combat human trafficking.
Arc Aspicio Commitment to Volunteering
Arc Aspicio completed an ambitious Community Involvement Program in 2019. The company participated in mission focused events, increased their volunteerism, and provided pro bono consulting services, including communication and operational support, to the Amara Legal Center and the Information Technology Disaster Center (ITDRC).
Arc Aspicio Partners with Non-Profit to Combat Human Trafficking
Arc Aspicio recently completed pro bono support to the Amara Legal Center to develop a brand for the Virginia Coalition Against Human Trafficking and design communication materials to educate Virginia legislators on human trafficking within the state.
Human Trafficking – A Crime Like No Other
Human Trafficking is an insidious practice – one that is very hard to crack down on. The complexities of human trafficking make it especially hard to stop. Though organized crime, drug trafficking, or other global illicit networks come in infinite iterations, human trafficking is even more nuanced due to its commodity – human beings. All humans – from your daughter or son, to your neighbor, to your teacher, are vulnerable to the pernicious cycle of human trafficking, and an understanding of this is both vital to solving the problem, while also making it extremely difficult to investigate, prosecute, and ultimately mitigate.
Sparking a National Conversation on Human Trafficking
In November 2019, facilitators from Arc Aspicio’s Strategy Innovation Lab (SILab) led a dynamic conversation with a distinguished group of human trafficking professionals with experience in federal law enforcement, victim services, non-profit organizations, academia, the private sector, and included a survivor. I was part of a team of facilitators who provided ground rules and led a small group’s conversation with prepared questions. My background of twenty-eight years of Federal law enforcement has given me a breadth of experience attending and participating in human trafficking events across the United States and abroad, usually aimed at training personnel or presenting information about this crime. Seldom do they engage human trafficking experts across profession areas to share experiences and perspectives and strategize actionable solutions.
How Better Data Can Help Address Human Trafficking at the National Level
Human Trafficking is a global problem, the extent of which is not clearly understood and is difficult to measure. To tackle this issue, Arc Aspicio’s SILab hosted Innovative Ideas to Combat Human Trafficking – A Conversation in November 2019. The SILab is a knowledge hub that accelerates innovative and sustainable solutions through methods, tools, thought leadership, events, and other resources to help our people, partners, and clients solve complex problems. Nearly 30 professionals with experience combating human trafficking in law enforcement, victim services non-profits, academia, and the private sector and a survivor participated to offer strategic and actionable solutions for combating human trafficking during the event.
Combating Human Trafficking: Hosting Strategic Conversations to Create Innovative Ideas
Human trafficking is a complex crime that requires the collective resources from law enforcement, industry, academia, and victim services providers in Government and the private sector to address. It is a national level problem but, unfortunately, it is often only addressed at the local level where it impacts communities.
One SILab, 30 Professionals, 2 Hours, 50 Bold Ideas to Combat Human Trafficking
Human trafficking, whether it be labor or sex trafficking, is a complex crime where victims may not even recognize they are victims. This makes it hard for law enforcement professionals to identify and prosecute it, and for victims to find the extensive support they need to participate in the legal process. The mission to fight human trafficking is complex, but Arc Aspicio is dedicated and proactive in fighting this prevalent crime.