In a subject “Analysis on Human Trafficking – Commercial
sexual Exploitation” (courtesy: TAPAS-project), repeated victimization was
represented on the maps below.
Figure 1 – Map showing Hot Spots on Google Interface –
indicating the summary of – source, transit , destination.
a. Hot dots (places where victims, repeatedly trafficked are
living) are more from a district Anantapur, registered as 31%.
b. Hot spots (places where offences occurred, repeatedly)
are more from district Guntur registered as 44.8%.
c. Hot Products (places where the combination of various
factors of demand such as age, complexion, physical features, multi-language
speaking, etc.) work together, are registered as 7%.
d. Hot Targets (places where victims based on their
livelihood and modus operandi of the offender, method, process, time, etc) are
registered as 17.2 %
The software TAPAS was developed from a detailed research
based on the social and technical aspects, to enable the government and law
enforcement agencies to fully leverage the robust processes of anti trafficking
management by storing the identities, and to help further investigation by the
Anti-human trafficking units(Police).TAPAS is an initiative of
Neer Interactives supported
by Plan International ( INGO) and Govt. of AP-WDCW modeled with GIS,
Biometrics, Information technology, Spatial Analytics, Environmental
Criminology.
The concept was executed successfully in the pilot project and is now in the implementation phase for the entire state of Andhra Pradesh. It is also observed that the existing mechanisms and regulations were not effective in solving the challenge thrown by the situations today. Sophisticated investigations, analyses and prevention tools such as TAPAS triggered by multi disciplinary studies, are required to keep a constant check on the offender(s) as well as the victim(s) to avoid repetition.
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