Polaris Project

Financial intelligence unit - polaris' financial intelligence unit leverages the reach, expertise, and motivation of the global financial sector to identify human trafficking operations through their financial footprints. Polaris works to identify suspicious financial activity, conduct trainings for financial and anti-money laundering professionals, and support criminal cases against traffickers.

Workers' rights/labor trafficking - polaris advocates for vigorous enforcement of basic labor protections afforded to workers in the united states, which would go a long way towards reducing labor trafficking, as would efforts to help workers understand their rights and the protections available to them. Polaris also advocates for increased employer accountability or "skin in the game", which are vital to reducing labor trafficking.

Polaris' largest other program is learning, innovation and data systems (lids), which develops a data driven understanding of human trafficking, generates research and data products for use by the anti-trafficking field, and supports polaris' monitoring and evaluation to ensure programs have their intended impact.