The Use of Vulnerability Research to Inform Human Trafficking Interventions

According to United States Agency for International Development (USAID) human trafficking is “a crime that uses force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of exploiting an individual for profit through forced labor or sexual exploitation” (USAID, 2021). Despite the recognition of human trafficking as a devastating social injustice and an international crime as well as the vast numbers of counter trafficking interventions being implemented all over the world, the practice continues across and within borders globally.