At the heart of this map is the desire to humanise the sweeping term “trafficking”. By gathering testimonies from around the world, we hope that the same people building this map (journalists, academics, activists, policy planners and survivors) will reach out to more like them — to collect stories of survival and put a human face to them, and to fill in the gaps of what we don’t yet know. Each country also contains information around data and resources that can help shine a spotlight and assist those that may need it most.