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Funding Allows IOM to Maintain its Global Human Trafficking Database

 

Switzerland - IOM has received new funding to continue to expand and maintain its Global Human Trafficking database until 2011 from the United States Government Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP).
 
The IOM Global Human Trafficking Database is the world's largest database of primary data on registered victims of trafficking (VoTs), containing data on over 13,500 registered victims of more than 80 different nationalities trafficked to more than 90 countries.

Initially designed as a case management tool for IOM counter-trafficking direct assistance programmes, the system quickly demonstrated its added value to research.  Containing information of both a quantitative and qualitative nature, the database stores valuable primary data on:

*    The socioeconomic profile of victims;
*    The profile of traffickers;
*    Trafficking routes;
*    Patterns of exploitation and abuse;
*    Nature of assistance provided;
*    Instances of re-trafficking.

"In addition to serving its case management function, the database also serves as a knowledge bank, from which statistical and detailed reports can be drawn," explains Richard Danziger Head of IOM Counter-Trafficking Programmes.  "This strengthens the research capacity and understanding of the causes, processes, trends and consequences of trafficking, informing programme development and policy making on counter-trafficking."

Whereas trafficking data collection efforts have often been criticized for being fragmented, the IOM Global Human Trafficking Database has notably been commended for being systematic. 

 

As cited in a 2006 report by the US Government Accountability Office, "the database created by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) provides a useful systematic profile of victims and traffickers across countries" (2006:10) and "improves the overall understanding of the broader dimensions of trafficking" (2006:21).  The report further highlights that the system could, in return, "assist... efforts to compile better data on trafficking victims" (GAO, 2006: 20).

IOM will soon be publishing a number of in-depth narrative reports which form part of the IOM Global Human Trafficking Thematic Research Series.  Drawing upon both quantitative and non-personal qualitative data held within the IOM database, the series will specifically address contemporary issues on human trafficking.  The first edition will cover the issues of re-trafficking, trafficking and social exclusion, the trafficking of males, and traffickers and organized crime.  A number of regional reports will also be published, exploring changing trafficking trends in the respective regions.  

IOM's priority will be to prioritize data collection in countries where the knowledge base is lower.  All documents will be available at www.iom.int

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IOM GLOBAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATABASE

Description:

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is using a unique tool to monitor the assistance and collect information on the victims of trafficking (VoTs) it assists. The IOM global human trafficking database is a global repository of only primary data on registered victims of trafficking (VoTs), and contains data on approximately 13,500 registered victims of more than 80 different nationalities trafficked to more than 90 destination countries (October, 2008).

It is a standardized anti-trafficking data-management tool available to all IOM missions and is actively used throughout all regions of the world. Containing only primary information, this unique tool specifically facilitates the management of the whole IOM direct assistance, movement and reintegration process through a centrally managed system as well as mapping the victim's trafficking experience. The structure follows the format of the accompanying IOM VoT questionnaires, used by IOM missions and partnering organizations involved in direct assistance, and containing a wealth of information both of a quantitative and qualitative nature: the Screening Interview Form is intended to assess whether the individual is a victim of trafficking and thus eligible for an IOM's assistance project; and the Assistance Interview Form stands to track the nature of direct assistance given along with documenting further details of the trafficking experience.

Aims and ongoing activities:

While initially designed as a case management tool for IOM counter-trafficking direct assistance programmes, the system quickly demonstrated its added value to research. The aim of the database is to contribute to the general knowledge on trafficking in persons, trafficking trends and to help governments, research institutes as well as other institutions to better tailor CT policies and programmes.





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