On the season finale of the MISSING podcast, host Leena Kejriwal looks to a positive future – to see how on-ground initiatives have made an impact, and how technology can be a gamechanger in the prevention of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. Prabir Mishra, the Key Programme Manager of the Missing Link Trust’s rural programme in the Sundarbans, Vineet Kumar Founder and President of the CyberPeace Foundation, Tom Farrell, the Global Head of Safeguarding Alliances at British cyber-safety company SafeToNet, and Julie Dawson, Chief Policy & Regulatory Officer at digital identity and biometric technology company Yoti, give us a comprehensive look at the problems currently being faced on-ground and online, how the rising numbers of online trafficking affect law enforcement, the importance of global partnerships along with legislation, and the kind of technology solutions we see in the present and the future.

Trigger Warning: Please note, this episode contains themes and depictions of sexual violence and human trafficking that may be disturbing to listeners. Listener discretion is advised.

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CREDITS:

A podcast series by the Missing Link Trust

Host and Executive Producer: Leena Kejriwal

Writers: Mae Mariyam Thomas, Devleena Chakraborty & Husein Haveliwala

This is a Maed in India production.

Audio Engineer & Editor - Lakshman Parsuram

Producer - Mae Mariyam Thomas

Assistant Producer - Husein Haveliwala

Show Artwork - Alika Gupta

Episode Artwork - Bhaswati Bose