Atlantic Counter Trafficking
| ACT LOGO Logo for the nonprofit organization Atlantic Counter Trafficking | |
| Formation | 2020 |
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| Founders | Nicholas DeFelice and Justin Yodice |
| Purpose | Disrupt human trafficking networks by disseminating actionable intelligence to Law Enforcement within the United States |
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| Website | www |
Atlantic Counter Trafficking is a non-governmental 501(c)(3) organization tasked with disrupting human trafficking networks by disseminating actionable intelligence to Law Enforcement within the United States.[1] [2] The counter human trafficking nonprofit organization was founded in 2020 by Nicholas DeFelice and Justin Yodice, based out of Long Island, New York.
Atlantic Counter Trafficking (ACT) is dedicated to combating and disrupting human trafficking networks by providing intelligence to law enforcement groups, facilitating training services, and raising community awareness. Their primary goals are to assist law enforcement officers with human trafficking investigations, and to provide resources to facilitate the expansion of their department’s human trafficking division. With their actionable intelligence, they facilitate the free flow of information that is critical in convicting human traffickers.[3] Through this, ACT can seek to liberate the countless number of innocent lives that are currently being trafficked throughout the United States, and across the globe.
Programs
Intelligence Collection
ACT gathers incriminating information on human traffickers through speaking with survivors and through open/dark web research. ACT passes this information, or investigative leads, to law enforcement through open lines of communication so they can act on the arrests. ACT is developing AI to autonomously identify human trafficking activity online in order to give law enforcement the edge to stay ahead of these investigations. [4]
About
Atlantic Counter Trafficking works closely with aftercare organizations to help aid in the recovery of victims and help expose their offenders. ACT disseminates intelligence products, derived from targeted investigations and aftercare victims, in order to assist law enforcement in conducting arrests, leading to the conviction of traffickers. Several methodologies to conduct collections are used, such as Human Intelligence (HUMINT) to develop sources and gather leads, while applying Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), and scraping dark web data for trafficking operations. ACT's primary goal is to assist and expand upon Law Enforcement's investigations and human trafficking department and resources. ACT also provides agencies with the training to: find, fix, and prosecute those responsible, recognize the signs of human trafficking, and employ intelligence and investigative techniques.[5] [6]
References
- ↑ "Human Trafficking Is World's Fastest Growing Crime Activist Says". dailysignal.
- ↑ "Interview 19 with "Stop the Demand Project" Founder Sophia Fisher at CPAC 2021 2/27/21". rsbnetwork.
- ↑ "Nonprofit Organization Combating Human Trafficking In America". Digital Journal.
- ↑ "GuideStar Charity Check: Atlantic Counter Trafficking". Candid.
- ↑ "Atlantic Counter Trafficking". actnowusa.
- ↑ "A Selfless ACT: Zicklin School of Business Student Justin Yodice Is Disrupting Human Trafficking Through His Non-Profit Organization ACT". MarketWatch.
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