Global Centurion

Global Centurion is a non-profit organization that works to combat modern slavery by focusing on demand. To date, efforts to combat human trafficking have focused on rescue and restoration of victims, and prosecution of traffickers. Few efforts focus on the buyers – those that fuel the market for human trafficking – whether its sex, labor or organ trafficking. Global Centurion believes that in order to combat human trafficking, a comprehensive approach is required, one that recognizes the "slavery triangle:" the supply (victims), demand ("buyers"), and distribution (traffickers). Global Centurion addresses the demand side by in three ways: 1) Research on demand reduction and related issues; 2) training and awareness programs targeting demand; and 3) partnerships and collaboration. A key project is the creation of an international modern slavery case law database, with over 6,000 cases from around the world.

From the 1970s until today, founder and president Laura Lederer has dedicated her life to combatting human trafficking. She has served as a senior advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State, subject matter expert to the U.S. Department of Defense, and adviser to Congressional Sub-Committees. Over the course of her work, she noticed that there were many organizations focused on services for victims and education of law enforcement and prosecutors, but there were no organizations focused on combatting demand. After leaving the U.S. Department of State in 2009, Lederer worked to build Global Centurion, the first organization to focus solely on eliminating demand.

Global Centurion is currently conducting a global comparative legal research project to examine case law from 1995 to the present. The goal is to establish a baseline of information on the nature and scope of the demand in human trafficking. The study covers the full range of human trafficking-related issues, including labor trafficking, sex trafficking, child sex tourism, commercial sexual exploitation of children, and other related issues. Data for the study is drawn from a combination of publicly accessible case law records, periodicals, and covers investigations, arrests, prosecutions and/or convictions of human trafficking cases brought by local, state (or provincial), federal, and international law enforcement authorities around the world.

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