The scale and breadth of the global crisis of human trafficking might catch you off-guard, you may not even know the definition of it! Irinel Cocos sheds light on how deep this problem goes and how we can tackle it, locally and globally.

IRINEL COCOS
Human Trafficking Expert

Irinel Cocos the Chief of Party at the Bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons (BCTIP) at Winrock International. She has 20 years of experience working with human rights, anti-trafficking, gender and criminal justice across Asia, Africa and Europe. She has extensive experience in capacity building, both for individuals and organizations, designing and delivering training, including for law enforcement personnel, in trafficking in persons and violence against women. Ms. Cocos has a thorough understanding of best practices in combatting trafficking. Ms. Cocos holds a PhD in National Security and Rule of Law in relation to Trafficking in Persons and a Post Graduated degree on Criminology and currently she is undertaking a Sociology – Phycology degree with the University of London. She has been awarded Medal and Presidential Citation for exceptional service during duty tour in Kosovo and received the United Nations and European Union medals for participating in peace-keeping missions.

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Recorded at TEDxDhaka http://bit.ly/TEDxDhaka2017 on 18th November, 2017, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Irinel Cocos the Chief of Party at the Bangladesh Counter Trafficking in Persons (BCTIP) at Winrock International. She has 20 years of experience working with human rights, anti-trafficking, gender and criminal justice across Asia, Africa and Europe. She has extensive experience in capacity building, both for individuals and organizations, designing and delivering training, including for law enforcement personnel, in trafficking in persons and violence against women. Ms. Cocos has a thorough understanding of best practices in combatting trafficking.

Ms. Cocos holds a PhD in National Security and Rule of Law in relation to Trafficking in Persons and a Post Graduated degree on Criminology and currently she is undertaking a Sociology – Phycology degree with the University of London. She has been awarded Medal and Presidential Citation for exceptional service during duty tour in Kosovo and received the United Nations and European Union medals for participating in peace-keeping missions. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx