World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Human Trafficking in Sudan


The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated the existing individual, community, structural and environmental risk factors that drive human trafficking and modern slavery in Sudan.

In our joint project with the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab, as well as Global Partners Governance and Waging Peace, we found that while the pandemic has had little discernible impact on the criminal networks, perpetrators and methods that underpin the trafficking industry, already vulnerable groups have been disproportionately affected, and the dynamics of vulnerability and routes taken have shifted.

As part of RUSI’s contributions to mark the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, in this video, Keith Ditcham and Michael Jones explain the key findings of the report.

World Day Against Trafficking in Persons: Human Trafficking in Sudan

Report: The Impacts of Covid-19 on Human Trafficking in Sudan

This report, jointly produced with University of Nottingham Rights Lab in April 2021, provides a case study of pandemic in transition.

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Impacts of Covid-19 on Human Trafficking in Sudan

The project explored the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on modern slavery and human trafficking in Sudan.


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Dr Keith Ditcham

External Author | Former RUSI Senior Research Fellow

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Michael Jones

Research Fellow

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