The anti-trafficking community has remained uncritical of Walk Free's methodology, yet poor information often leads to damaging decisions
In the 20 years I have been working in the field of anti-trafficking, it has moved from the margins to the mainstream. New laws have been adopted; new institutions established; hundreds of millions of dollars spent to support prosecutions, victim protection and prevention. Today, trafficking is the focus of a major social movement that, according to the publicity of its self-proclaimed leaders, is uniting millions of individuals against the scourge of "modern slavery".
A major game-changer has been the emergence of the philanthropist-founded NGO. Walk Free, established by the Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest in 2012 to "eliminate slavery in [Forrest's] lifetime", is the most prominent example.
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