subject: Dna-prokids Program To Help Eliminate International Human Trafficking [print this page] New estimates indicate that human trafficking will be the number one crime in the world by 2010. Currently, approximately 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked across international borders, about 50 percent of which are under the age of 17.
Scientists at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) have recently received a $500,000 grant from The Life Technologies Foundation for use in development of the DNA-PROKIDS Project (Program for Kids Identification with DNA Systems). This program will be designed to deter international human trafficking through the use of DNA testing, which will help to reunite abducted and homeless children with their biological parents/families.
Through PROKIDS, children who are located and found to be associated with any human trafficking activity, i.e. illegal adoptions, living on the street, prostitution, will be DNA sampled. These childrens' DNA profiles will be entered into an international, searchable DNA database, where they can potentially be matched to parents/family members of missing children who have previously submitted their DNA to the program.
UNTHSC is working in collaboration with the University of Granada-Spain to build the needed international DNA database.
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