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Data science can help us fight human trafficking

  • Written by Renata Konrad, Assistant Professor of Operations and Industrial Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
imageNgwe Thein says he was forced to work on a fishing trawler with inadequate food and little or no pay.APTN, Esther Htusan/AP Photo

July 30 marks the United Nations’ World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, a day focused on ending the criminal exploitation of children, women and men for forced labor or sex work.

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