Abstract

Using GIS to CATCH Human Trafficking
Track: Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice
Authors: Steve Price, Frost eric

CATCH, the Center Against Trafficking Commodities and Humans is a new initiative to end Human Trafficking in our lifetime. Leveraging the power of GIS mapping systems, geospatial databases, and cloud technologies we provide maps and data to law enforcement agencies, medical professional, social service workers, NGO, faith based organizations, and the families and victims to assist with location of resources and identifying patterns of trafficking in space and time.
Our efforts focus on providing simple compelling maps that show patterns of human trafficking based on data mining opensource databases. Through use of GIS technologies we aim to first raise awareness of Human Trafficking, and secondly help combat Human Trafficking world wide. Tools and techniques used on our web site will be presented.