Name

STOP THE TRAFFIK

Legal name

STOP THE TRAFFIK

Website

https://stopthetraffik.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Donations and Fundraising: The organization primarily relies on donations from the public to fund its anti-trafficking operations. The website features prominent donate functionality with options for one-time and regular donations via credit/debit card through Stripe payment processor.
2. Foundation Grants: STOP THE TRAFFIK receives funding from charitable foundations including Comic Relief and Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, which provide grants to support prevention programs and operational activities.
3. Business Consultancy Services: The organization provides bespoke consultancy services to businesses to help them identify and eradicate MSHT in their supply chains, providing million-pound corporations with tools and guidance.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

STOP THE TRAFFIK is a prevention-focused charity that combats human trafficking and modern slavery through a combination of community awareness campaigns, anonymous mobile reporting tools, intelligence-led analytics, and bespoke business consultancy. Its core technology platforms—the STOP APP for crowdsourced incident reporting and the Traffik Analysis Hub for joint data analytics (developed with IBM)—sit alongside services such as Exploitation Analytics, Prevention Programs, and supply chain MSHT consultancy for corporations and financial institutions.

Product overview

STOP THE TRAFFIK operates as a prevention-focused anti-trafficking organization offering a platform of products and services. The core digital products are the STOP APP (mobile reporting tool available in 15 languages) and the Traffik Analysis Hub (data analytics platform developed with IBM). These are supported by service offerings including Exploitation Analytics (intelligence assessment), Prevention Programs (awareness campaigns and geo-targeted social media), Data Driven Solutions, Business Consultancy Services (supply chain auditing), Financial Institution Partnerships, and the Centre for Intelligence-Led Prevention. The organization also provides an online incident reporting form and maintains a data warehouse of over 579,732 location reports.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Traffik Analysis Hub: Joint analysis of large AI-generated data sets, providing partners with the ability to pool data assets to generate new insights into patterns and hotspots of trafficking incidents.
• STOP APP

Products and services

• STOP APP Mobile application that enables anyone worldwide to anonymously report suspected human trafficking activity via text, photo and video uploads. Available in 15 languages on iOS and Android, it combines crowdsourced reporting with big data management to surface trafficking patterns.
• Traffik Analysis Hub Data analytics platform built with IBM that allows partner organizations to pool data assets and run joint AI-generated analyses on trafficking patterns, hotspots, and financial flows. Translates the largest collection of survivor stories into an interactive database.
• Exploitation Analytics Intelligence service in which specialist analysts assess and corroborate intelligence from multiple sources and channels to produce actionable insights that degrade trafficking routes and hotspots.
• Prevention Programs High-impact targeted awareness campaigns delivered to communities identified as at risk of modern slavery and trafficking, including geo-targeted social media campaigns that teach trafficking signs, reporting channels and legitimate alternative recruitment pathways.
• Data Driven Solutions Technology-enabled approaches to preventing trafficking, combining the STOP APP, Traffik Analysis Hub and the organization's data warehouse of over 579,732 location reports to inform prevention strategies.
• Business Consultancy Services Bespoke consultancy services for large corporations to identify and eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains, providing tools and guidance to spot exploitation indicators and comply with regulations such as the UK Modern Slavery Act.
• Financial Institution Partnerships Partnerships with leading banks and financial institutions to identify and disrupt laundered MSHT profits flowing through their systems and to support anti-money laundering compliance.
• Centre for Intelligence-Led Prevention Intelligence-led prevention programs that apply data analysis to design and target anti-trafficking interventions in specific geographies and communities.
• Online Incident Reporting System Web-based intelligence reporting form accessible via the organization's website, allowing computer-based submission of suspected trafficking activity with specific pathways for businesses and NGOs to share data about supply chain cases.

Quantifiable outcome

• 25 million+ people reached with critical safety information
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

AI capability7 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

25 partnerships are on record, tiered core and supporting.

• IBMcoreTechnology or Integration · 1 January 2017IBM partnered with STOP THE TRAFFIK in 2017 to develop the Traffik Analysis Hub, translating the largest collection of survivor stories into a comprehensive and interactive database. IBM provides cloud infrastructure through IBM Cloud App ID for the TA Hub login system.
• Greater Manchester PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaw enforcement partnership for intelligence sharing and collaboration on trafficking incidents in the Greater Manchester region.
• Metropolitan PolicecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with London's Metropolitan Police for trafficking intelligence and operational coordination.
• National Crime AgencycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with the NCA on specialist capabilities related to UK human trafficking centre operations.
• Standard CharteredcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the international bank to detect and disrupt financial flows related to human trafficking in their systems.
• Bank of IrelandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Bank of Ireland to identify MSHT-related financial activities and comply with anti-money laundering requirements.
• International Justice MissioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGlobal NGO partnership for intelligence sharing and collaborative efforts to address human trafficking internationally.
• Liberty AsiacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with this Hong Kong-based human rights organization working on legal advocacy against trafficking in Asia.
• Clifford ChancesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerMagic circle law firm providing legal expertise and support for STOP THE TRAFFIK's initiatives.
• EdelmansupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerGlobal PR firm providing communications and marketing support for the organization's campaigns.
• UCL Jill Dando Institute of Security and Crime SciencesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partnership with UCL's criminology institute for research and intelligence-led prevention methodologies.
• Devon & Cornwall PolicesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional police force partnership for trafficking intelligence sharing in the Devon and Cornwall region.
• Essex PolicesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional police partnership for trafficking intelligence coordination in Essex.
• Leicestershire PolicesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional police partnership for trafficking intelligence in Leicestershire.
• Facebook/MetasupportingTechnology or IntegrationSocial media platform partnership for reach and geo-targeted campaign capabilities.
• CrimestopperssupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCrime reporting charity partnership for anonymous reporting of trafficking incidents.
• Santa Marta GroupsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with the Catholic Church's anti-trafficking initiative for survivor support and prevention efforts.
• The Anti-Slavery CollectivesupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerCharitable organization working to end slavery, co-founded by Princess Kate, partnered for awareness and prevention.
• Impulse NGO NetworksupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerAsian NGO network partnership for regional trafficking prevention and awareness.
• International Compliance AssociationsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional association partnership for compliance training and financial crime prevention.
• SeyfarthsupportingStrategic or Co-development PartnerLaw firm partnership providing legal support for anti-trafficking initiatives.
• Group PartnerssupportingChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPartner organization supporting distribution and reach of STOP THE TRAFFIK services.
• Merkle AcquilasupportingTechnology or IntegrationMarketing technology partner providing digital marketing and analytics capabilities.
• 5 Stones IntelligencesupportingTechnology or IntegrationIntelligence analysis partner providing specialized analytical capabilities.
• Discovery - Exposing Hidden CrimesupportingGTM or Marketing PartnerMedia partnership for exposing human trafficking crimes and awareness raising.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• International Justice Mission: Global anti-trafficking and modern-slavery NGO that conducts operations, survivor aftercare and policy advocacy. Highly comparable to STOP THE TRAFFIK's prevention-and-intelligence model and an existing data-sharing partner, making it the closest direct peer.
• Polaris Project: US-based anti-trafficking organisation that operated the National Human Trafficking Hotline and the Trafficking Hotline data analytics platform. Highly comparable mission, data-driven intelligence approach, and survivor-reporting infrastructure parallel STOP THE TRAFFIK's STOP APP and TA Hub.
• Thorn: Non-profit that builds technology to defend children from sexual abuse and trafficking, including tools used by law enforcement. Directly comparable as a tech-enabled anti-trafficking NGO with strong data and platform assets.
• Anti-Slavery International: The world's oldest anti-slavery NGO, headquartered in London, focused on advocacy, law and survivor support. Comparable UK-rooted, advocacy-and-prevention orientation and similar funder base.
• A21: International anti-human-trafficking NGO operating prevention, protection and prosecution programmes across multiple continents. Comparable global footprint, prevention-first philosophy, and reliance on donor funding.
• Unseen (UK): UK modern-slavery charity running the Modern Slavery Helpline and business-awareness programmes. Highly comparable UK operating base, helpline-as-intake model, and corporate supply-chain services.
• Liberty Asia: Hong Kong-based human rights and anti-trafficking organisation focused on legal advocacy across Asia. Comparable international intelligence and data-sharing partnerships and an existing STOP THE TRAFFIK collaborator.

Broad incumbents

• NCMEC (National Center for Missing & Exploited Children): Large US-based non-profit operating the CyberTipline for child exploitation reporting and intelligence sharing with law enforcement. Comparable data-reporting infrastructure and law-enforcement partnerships but at significantly larger scale.
• Humanity United: Philanthropic foundation funding efforts to end modern slavery and human trafficking globally. Comparable as a strategic funder/convener in the anti-trafficking ecosystem rather than a direct operating peer.

Regional players

• Santa Marta Group: Catholic Church-led alliance of law enforcement, governments and NGOs addressing human trafficking. Comparable multi-stakeholder intelligence model and an existing STOP THE TRAFFIK partner, with a distinct faith-based positioning.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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