Addressing Demand in Anti-Trafficking Efforts and Policies (DemandAT)

The criminalisation of clients, stricter controls for agencies, campaigns for fairly traded t-shirts – these are examples of currently discussed efforts to reduce trafficking by addressing the demand side. So far, there is little research on the impact of such measures. The European research project “Addressing Demand in Anti-Trafficking Efforts and Policies” seeks to gain a better understanding of this field. The project consortium assumes that it is insufficient to analyse situations that conform to the sophisticated legal concept of ‘trafficking’. It seeks to analyse a range of forced and exploitative scenarios and ‘import’ insights from other fields. The project aims to deliver theoretical and empirical background knowledge for political decisions at European and national levels that should ultimately eliminate or at least reduce suffering from the worst forms of exploitation.