Phys.org February 8, 2019
An estimated 24.9 million people worldwide are victims of human trafficking. Although it is notoriously difficult to track, the industry is thought to be worth $150 billion. Researchers at Northeastern University suggest that the same techniques used to model supply chains or plan media campaigns can be adapted to find ways to disrupt trafficking networks or organize support services for survivors different industrial engineering or operations research techniques can be expanded to address human trafficking issues. They are examining factors contributing to potential trafficking across countries and working with U.S. organizations to model the underground networks that traffickers use to exploit victims, to help survivors, using supply-chain models to determine where recovery services are needed…read more.
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