adVANced technoloGical solutions coupled with societal-oriented Understanding and AwaReness for Disrupting trafficking in human beings (VANGUARD)

Vanguard的目标是在先进的技术解决方案、理解、提高认识和培训的结合点上加强打击贩运人口的斗争，以便在早期阶段中断贩运链并解决有罪不罚的文化。特别是，Vanguard旨在提供关于THB的更好的情报图景，特别关注以性剥削、劳工剥削和强迫犯罪为目的的THB。这将通过开发一套模块化和值得信赖的工具来实现，该工具用于基于对在线多媒体内容和多模式流的分析，通过利用人工智能(AI)的最新进展，在(边境)检查站检测、识别、调查和防止在线促进的THB活动和与THB相关的活动。它还将通过增进对相关行为者的了解和参与、改进国际合作战略、提高认识和更好地制定循证政策，解决THB的社会层面问题。最终用户(包括警察和边防当局)的能力将得到进一步加强，并将使他们能够根据先进的工具和解决办法以及创新的培训课程，有效地处理此类犯罪活动。先锋公司将在三个作战用例的现场测试和演示中得到验证。广泛的培训、实践经验、联合演习和培训材料将促进先锋工具和技术的采用。Vanguard由七个警察和边防当局(包括来自THB网络原籍国和过境国以及乌克兰邻国)、一个警察学院、八个研究/学术机构、四个行业伙伴(包括两个中小企业)和两个民间社会组织组成，有力地展示了实现其目标所面临的挑战、要求和工具。

VANGUARD aims to strengthen the fight against trafficking in human beings (THB) at the nexus of advanced technological solutions, understanding, awareness raising, and training in order to disrupt the trafficking chain at an early stage and address the culture of impunity. In particular, VANGUARD aims to provide an improved intelligence picture of THB, with particular focus on THB for purposes of sexual exploitation, labour exploitation, and forced criminality. This will be achieved through developing a modular and trustworthy suite of tools for detecting, identifying, investigating, and preventing online-facilitated THB activities and THB-related activities at (border) checkpoints based on the analysis of online multimedia content and multimodal streams, by leveraging the latest advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI). It will also address the societal dimensions of THB through improved understanding and engagement with relevant actors, improved strategies of international cooperation, increased awareness, and better evidence-based policymaking. The capacity of end users (including Police and Border Guard Authorities) will be further enhanced and will enable them to tackle such criminal activities in an effective manner based on advanced tools and solutions and on innovative training curricula. VANGUARD will be validated in field tests and demonstrations in three operational use cases. Extensive training, hands-on experience, joint exercises, and training material will boost the uptake of VANGUARD tools and technologies. With a Consortium of seven Police and Border Guard Authorities (including from countries of origin and transit of THB networks and countries neighbouring Ukraine), one Police Academy, eight research/academic institutions, four industry partners (including two SMEs), and two CSOs, VANGUARD delivers a strong representation of the challenges, requirements, and tools to meet its objectives.