The research team developed an artificial intelligence system that transforms data from the web into information that can be used to combat human trafficking.[1] Sex traffickers actively advertise on the open web to profit from digital channels, but this also leaves them vulnerable as their digital traces can be linked and discovered.[1] The system allows law enforcement to search for information by specific identifiers, such as phone numbers, and find all occurrences of them on the web in real time, even when marketers deliberately hide them with substitutions and symbols.[1] The technology has contributed to at least six documented human trafficking convictions across the United States.[1] The research team is currently analyzing trade trends in the Middle East and the Caribbean with data provided by the federal agency.[1] The authors emphasize that sustained progress requires multi-stakeholder collaboration, including survivor and social scientist networks, as well as global coordination with Interpol and the United Nations.[1]