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

先锋队的目标是在先进技术解决方案、理解、提高认识和培训的基础上加强打击人口贩运，以便在早期阶段破坏贩运链，并解决有罪不罚的文化。特别是，“先锋”旨在提供更好的人口贩运情报，特别侧重于以性剥削、劳动剥削和强迫犯罪为目的的人口贩运。这将通过开发一套模块化和值得信赖的工具来实现，这些工具用于检测，识别，调查和预防基于在线多媒体内容和多模式流分析的（边境）检查站的在线促进THB活动和THB相关活动，并利用人工智能（AI）的最新进展。本次级方案还将通过增进对人口贩运问题的了解和与相关行为体的接触、改进国际合作战略、提高认识和改进循证决策，处理人口贩运问题的社会层面。最终用户（包括警察和边防当局）的能力将得到进一步加强，使他们能够利用先进的工具和解决办法以及创新的培训课程，有效地打击此类犯罪活动。VANGUARD将在三个操作用例的现场测试和演示中进行验证。广泛的培训、实践经验、联合演习和培训材料将促进对VANGUARD工具和技术的吸收。VANGUARD由七个警察和边防局（包括人口贩运网络的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、四个行业合作伙伴（包括两个中小企业）和两个民间社会组织组成，代表了实现其目标的挑战、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.