United Against Slavery

Name

United Against Slavery

Legal name

United Against Slavery

Website

https://unitedagainstslavery.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Anti-Trafficking Research and Data Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Management Services (8741)

akta.pro primary industry

Human Rights Monitoring, Documentation & Advocacy (BPADAGAK)

Keywords

• Anti-trafficking research
• Frontline data collection
• Human trafficking analytics
• Transportation safety research
• Survey methodology

Headquarters

HQ city

Morristown

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Donations: The organization accepts donations through DonorBox platform to support anti-trafficking research and data collection efforts.
2. Government Grants: Funding from U.S. Department of Transportation Impact Award and potentially other government grants for counter-trafficking research initiatives.
3. Collaborative Research Partnerships: Partnerships with transportation institutes, universities, and government agencies that contribute to research capabilities and resource sharing.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

United Against Slavery operates an open-source research and data collection platform, the National Outreach Survey (NOS), that collects, categorizes, and disseminates comprehensive frontline data on human trafficking from transportation industry workers, survivors, and service providers. Its flagship product is the National Outreach Survey for Transportation (NOST), supported by a Data Visualization Toolkit, shareable training slide decks, and free research reports distributed to anti-trafficking stakeholders globally.

Product overview

United Against Slavery operates as a research organization offering a unified product platform centered on the National Outreach Survey (NOS) ecosystem. The core offering is the NOS data collection platform and research methodology, with specialized survey products for different transportation sectors including the National Outreach Survey for Transportation (NOST) and National Outreach Survey for Flight Attendants. Supporting the research platform are complementary modules including the Data Visualization Toolkit (DVT) providing shareable data visuals, shareable Awareness & Training Slide Decks for counter-trafficking education, and curated Training Resources for transportation workers. Research papers such as the NOST Sporting Events analysis leverage the survey data to provide thematic deep-dives. The organization also provides open-source access to the NOST Dataset, Methodology documentation, and individual chapter downloads for research, programming, and evaluation purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• National Outreach Survey for Transportation (NOST): The largest collaborative research and data collection platform for frontline stakeholders in the transportation and anti-trafficking space
• National Outreach Survey for Flight Attendants
• NOS

Products and services

• National Outreach Survey (NOS) The largest collaborative research and data collection platform for frontline anti-trafficking stakeholders, producing open-source data across 20+ sectors for research, programming, evaluation, and community needs in the anti-human trafficking space.
• National Outreach Survey for Transportation (NOST) A comprehensive frontline survey covering multi-modes of the transportation industry (aviation, roadway, maritime, railway, transit, pipelines), sex and labor trafficking survivors, and direct victim service providers, designed to collect, categorize, and disseminate empirical frontline data on human trafficking in the global transportation industry.
• National Outreach Survey for Flight Attendants A specialized survey targeting flight attendants and aviation industry workers to collect frontline data on human trafficking awareness, identification challenges, and recommendations for counter-trafficking efforts in aviation.
• NOST Data Visualization Toolkit (DVT) Shareable data visuals from the NOST report that can be viewed, shared, or downloaded to support counter-trafficking efforts, filterable by Question Identification Number (QID#) and available in JPG and SVG formats for use in presentations and publications.
• NOST Shareable Awareness & Training Slide Decks Downloadable PowerPoint presentations including NOST General Overview, Training & Awareness, Beyond Profit (ESG principles), Anti-Human Trafficking Strategies for Transportation Agencies, Policies & Procedures, and Research & Data decks for use in marketing, presentations, and training.
• NOST Sporting Events Research Paper A review of NOST data examining human trafficking at sporting events in the United States, focusing on labor and sex trafficking exploitation through forced labor in supply chains and sex trafficking around major sporting gatherings.
• Training Resources for Transportation Curated anti-trafficking training resources and points of contact for nonprofits providing training to frontline transportation workers, spanning multiple transportation modes within the United States and other countries.

Quantifiable outcome

• 3,896 survey respondents collected comprehensive frontline data on counter-trafficking efforts
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

22 partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• U.S. Department of TransportationcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2020United Against Slavery received the first-ever USDOT Combating Human Trafficking in Transportation Impact Award. Under this award, UAS launched the 2021 National Outreach Survey for Transportation to collect comprehensive frontline data across the transportation industry, survivors, and service providers.
• Association of Professional Flight Attendants (APFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two largest Flight Attendant Unions that became a UAS Oversight Agency for the 2020 National Outreach Survey for Flight Attendants, distributing custom survey links to members.
• Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of two largest Flight Attendant Unions that became a UAS Oversight Agency for the 2020 National Outreach Survey for Flight Attendants, distributing custom survey links to members.
• ECPAT USAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner providing anti-trafficking training resources for aviation and transit sectors. Yvonne Chen serves as Co-Chair of Transportation Outreach Working Group representing ECPAT-USA.
• Truckers Against TraffickingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization providing training and awareness materials for the trucking industry. Collaborates with UAS through the Transportation Outreach Working Group.
• Airline Ambassadors InternationalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides awareness training and resources for flight attendants and travelers. Led by Nancy Rivard, the organization supports UAS counter-trafficking efforts in aviation.
• Businesses Ending Slavery & Trafficking (BEST)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProvides labor and sex trafficking awareness training for maritime and all industries. Kevin Connelly and Rebekah Covington serve as contacts for aviation and maritime training programs including Flights to Freedom and Ports to Freedom.
• DHS Blue CampaigncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment partner providing transportation toolkit and awareness materials. The Blue Lightning Initiative provides aviation-specific resources through partnership with DOT/DHS.
• Alabama Transportation InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing research expertise. Dr. Steven Jones serves as Deputy Director. Part of the transportation institutes collaborating on NOST research.
• Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic research partner at San Jose State University. Dr. Hilary Nixon serves as Deputy Executive Director. Dr. Kezban Yagci Sokat is Research Associate at MTI.
• Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center (CTSRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner contributing transportation safety research. Dr. Eric Jackson serves as Director. Marisa Auguste serves as Driver Behavior Analyst.
• Maryland Transportation InstitutecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAcademic partner at University of Maryland. Dr. Deb Niemeier serves as Director. Michael Pack from CATT Lab also contributes to data visualization efforts.
• Transportation Security Administration (TSA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernment oversight agency partner. Elizabeth Neal serves as Lead International Analyst for Asia Pacific and Policy Working Group Co-Chair. TSA distributes custom NOS surveys to employees.
• American Professional Mariners AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMaritime union serving as Oversight Agency for distributing NOS surveys to members in the maritime transportation sector.
• Women in Trucking AssociationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIndustry association serving as Oversight Agency for distributing NOS surveys to women in the trucking industry.
• Asbrad (Brazilian Association for Defense of Women in Childhood and Youth)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBrazilian civil society organization dedicated to promoting and defending human rights. Dr. Graziella Rocha serves as Project Coordinator and UAS Working Group Member. Part of active engagements in Brazil.
• Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International AirportcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMajor U.S. airport serving as Oversight Agency for distributing NOS surveys to aviation industry stakeholders.
• Port Authority NYNJcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPort authority overseeing JFK, Newark, LaGuardia, Stewart, and Teterboro airports serving as Oversight Agency for NOS distribution.
• Homeland Security InvestigationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal law enforcement agency. Amy Storer serves as Intelligence Analyst contributing to Transportation Outreach Working Group.
• Bridge HopecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnti-trafficking organization founded by Jessa Crisp, Survivor Leader Advisory Council member, providing survivor perspectives to NOST research.
• Innovations Human Trafficking CollaborativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization led by Jeri Moomaw, Survivor Leader Advisory Council member, providing expertise on Native issues and human trafficking in Indian Country.
• U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOrganization where Julissa Ponce, Survivor Leader Advisory Council member, serves as TAPS Case Manager focusing on labor trafficking and migrant worker outreach.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• International Justice Mission: One of the largest anti-trafficking NGOs globally, conducting field research and frontline operations across multiple trafficking types. Broader portfolio than UAS but operates in the same evidence-based anti-trafficking mission space.
• A21: A global anti-human trafficking nonprofit providing aftercare, prevention, and survivor support. Operates with similar stakeholder and survivor-led research model but with broader service delivery beyond data.
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children: A larger, established anti-trafficking and child exploitation organization with extensive data infrastructure. Comparable on the data-driven counter-trafficking mandate, though with much broader scope than UAS.

Direct peers

• ECPAT International: A global network combating sexual exploitation of children, with ECPAT USA listed as a UAS partner. Comparable on the intersection of trafficking research, aviation/transit sector engagement, and survivor-informed advocacy.
• Polaris Project: Polaris operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline and runs large-scale data collection on trafficking in the U.S., directly comparable to UAS's National Outreach Survey mission and methodology of building evidence-based anti-trafficking intelligence.
• Thorn: A nonprofit that builds technology and data tools to combat child sexual exploitation. Comparable as a technology-enabled anti-trafficking data organization with developer-led methodology and stakeholder distribution partnerships.
• Businesses Ending Slavery and Trafficking (BEST): Listed as a UAS partner, BEST provides labor and sex trafficking awareness training for maritime and aviation industries. Direct overlap in transportation-sector anti-trafficking training and research.
• Coalition Against Trafficking in Women: An international advocacy and research organization focused on trafficking, especially sex trafficking. Comparable on research-driven advocacy, policy influence, and survivor-centered methodology.
• Airline Ambassadors International: A UAS partner organization that trains flight attendants and travelers on human trafficking awareness. Directly comparable in aviation-sector anti-trafficking training and survivor-inclusion mission.
• Truckers Against Trafficking: A nonprofit that trains and mobilizes truck drivers to identify and report trafficking, and is explicitly listed as a UAS partner. Operates in the same transportation-anti-trafficking intersection with overlapping frontline training and awareness work.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

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