Human Trafficking Institute (HTI) moves upstream to stop trafficking at its source—the traffickers. Existing efforts focus on awareness and victim support, but without stopping traffickers we remain in a tragic cycle: more traffickers exploit more victims who need more care. HTI dismantles the incentive structure behind these crimes by driving a tipping point where risks outweigh rewards. Each trafficker stopped ends current exploitation and prevents future victims. HTI partners with governments to scale specialized enforcement through HTI embedded experts, building capacity for governments to become sustainable engines of protection without ongoing philanthropic support. Since HTI launched in Uganda, traffickers prosecuted increased by 1466%. HTI has operated in Africa, Central America, and the US. In a government analysis of highest-impact anti-trafficking strategies funded in the past decade, HTI was at the top of the list.
