Eighty-three border officers were trained at Lungalunga and Taveta in February 2025. They were willing but working from too narrow a definition: hidden forms of trafficking were largely unknown. This brief sets out what the sessions surfaced and four recommendations for closing the gap.

Traffickers increasingly target educated, ambitious young people because they are employable, mobile and trusted at borders. This guide sets out the five recruitment patterns our facilitators are seeing, and four checks that expose a false offer before anyone travels.