Stop the Traffik

Stop the Traffik was founded in 2006 by Steve Chalke MBE as a campaign coalition which aims to bring an end to human trafficking worldwide. Initially Stop the Traffik was set up as a two-year campaign to coincide with the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade. The campaign intended to:

A highlight of the campaign was "Freedom Day" on March 25, 2007, marking the bicentenary of the abolition of transatlantic slavery. Thousands of people of all ages brought awareness to the streets of their communities all around the world.

The campaign culminated in the delivery of a million and a half petition at the United Nations first ever global forum to combat trafficking. Numerous high profile celebrities as well as over 200 Members of the European Parliament have signed the declaration. With the success of a growing global movement Stop the Traffik became an independent international charity in 2008 and Steve Chalke, Chair of Stop the Traffik, was appointed UN Special Advisor On Community Action Against Trafficking.

In November 2008, Stop the Traffik hosted the first ever International People's Lecture on Human Trafficking in London, UK. The event featured speakers including international human rights lawyer Cherie Booth QC, Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), and Steve Chalke, founder of Stop the Traffik.

Stop the Traffik aims to prevent human trafficking, prosecute human traffickers, and protect human trafficking victims. The global movement informs and equips people to do what they can in their local communities to prevent and tackle human trafficking.

Since 2006, Stop the Traffik have been running a campaign which focuses on ending child trafficking into the cocoa industry. Specific emphasis is on the major cocoa growing nations of West Africa, particularly Côte d'Ivoire, which together produces over a third of the world’s cocoa. The campaign has seen some success, with several major chocolate manufacturers agreeing to adopt Fairtrade or Rainforest Alliance cocoa. Some of those who have announced this switch since the campaign began: Mars have pledged to make their Galaxy bar Traffic Free by 2010, and their global range by 2020; Dutch manufacturer Verkade committed to 100% fair trade cocoa and sugar in their chocolate bars in the Netherlands from autumn 2008; Swiss Noir committed to fair-trade cocoa in their chocolate bars in the Netherlands from March 2009; Cadbury committed to producing a fair-trade Dairy Milk bar in the UK and Ireland from autumn 2009.

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