The Social World Podcast: Fighting Human Trafficking with Data and Technology - Sherrie Bosisto

Sherrie Bosisto is the founder and Executive Director of the Global Emancipation Network, ( GEN ), a nonprofit at the forefront of using data and technology to fight human trafficking. With nearly two decades of experience in the field, Sherrie has built a reputation for bringing people together and finding practical solutions to some of society’s toughest challenges.

Currently serving as a Distinguished Research Scholar at North Carolina State University, Sherrie’s work centers on harnessing the power of data analysis and artificial intelligence to protect vulnerable communities and support law enforcement. Her career began with the Protection Project at Johns Hopkins University, and she’s held key roles with organizations like Orphan Secure, always keeping her focus on making a real difference.

We talk of the challenges she has found as she moves around the world advising countries and organisations on how to combat trafficking with the smart use of data.

Sherrie’s commitment to collaboration and innovation shines through in her latest project, the “Finding Freedom: Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery” podcast, where she brings together experts and advocates to share stories, successes, and lessons learned from the front lines.

A proud graduate of American University, where she earned her degree in international relations summa cum laude, Sherrie Bosisto is known for her steady leadership, her heart for service, and her unwavering belief that, together, we can build a safer world for everyone.

-Founder / Executive Director at Global Emancipation Network since 2016
-Also – Trafficking Investigations Hub Technical Projects Lead at California Polytechnic
-‘Global eradication of human trafficking through data analytics’
-Sherrie brings over 10 years of experience combating human trafficking to the creation of the Global Emancipation Network. She is the author of several international legal policies and guidelines on trafficking and has collaborated with the United Nations, League of Arab States, Council of Europe, Interpol, and several governmental agencies to end modern-day slavery. She enjoys traveling and reads voraciously to feed a passion for creating new solutions to end human trafficking.

Global Emancipation Network

https://www.globalemancipation.ngo/
-Based in California
-Bringing technology and data to frontline stakeholders
-Facilitating communication and technology-sharing initiatives between numerous anti-trafficking stakeholders across the globe
-Minerva – multi-tenant data analytics platform – collection of data on trafficking, texts, images from the deep web and dark web – work with experts to gain insight into the traffic on those sites
-Also collect thousands of trafficking cases, convictions, international legislation, public records
-All the data is available free of charge to the users – law enforcement, government agencies, researchers, academia, anti-trafficking non-profits – to be combined with their own datasets
-Over 2 million trafficking records