By Chayada Rungtao | Media and Communications Officer
LIFT International continued its mission to strengthen justice systems, support survivors, and hold offenders accountable for their offences of human trafficking and sexual exploitation. To have a far-reaching impact in stopping more traffickers and protecting more survivors, we worked closely with local Multidisciplinary Teams (MDT) with a child-centric approach and partnered with law enforcement. This resulted in the achieved outcomes during November 2022 to February 2023.
This quarter's highlights include:
Identification: The intelligence and investigative teams collected critical information and created 21 reports that were disseminated. They also conducted 17 deployments to support anti-human trafficking efforts. In addition, LIFT provided extraction services for six devices to partners, allowing for the collection of crucial digital evidence. These combined efforts resulted in the successful arrest of four offenders.
Protect and Prosecute : Total 94 support activities to 26 survivors were provided by our social workers and legal experts. Both teams work together to ensure that victims are not re-traumatized during the prosecution process. These support activities included the provision of 18 lovepacks, counselling, updates on their cases, and case referral.
Survivors' stories remind us of our work's significance. Earlier this year, LIFT's team met with Fai*, a recovered survivor of sexual trafficking. She has well reintegrated into her community and now inspires others by helping girls who have faced similar experiences.
“My chains of trauma had been broken by the justice I received. Through the support of LIFT's social work I have been able to get through a difficult time, and now I am helping another young woman in a similar circumstance with the same passion LIFT's team helped me.” - Fai*
Human trafficking is a complex issue that requires collaboration from every relevant sector. There is a lot of work to be done, but we are driven with a passion to free the exploited. Because of your support, we can serve oppressed people and help them live a life free of human trafficking.
* Name changed to protect the survivor.
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