Launch of the Group of Friends for Combating Technology-facilitated Trafficking in Persons.
The event untitled " A Connected World, A Coordinated Response: Preventing and combatting Technology‑Facilitated Trafficking in Persons " is organized by the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations. Recent developments show a significant and sustained rise in the misuse of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, to facilitate trafficking in persons at every stage. The event will highlight: The central role of Member States in preventing and combating technology‑facilitated trafficking in persons, including through the active and full implementation of commitments under the UN Trafficking in Persons Protocol, the sharing of national experiences, good practices and challenges, and the strengthening of cooperation. The significant and continued rise of technology‑facilitated trafficking in persons, the various forms of exploitation it enables, the stages at which technologies are misused, and the ways in which organized criminal networ...