Sex buying doesn't just happen late at night on street corners in the shady part of town -- it also happens online, in the middle of the workday, using company equipment and resources. With this problem comes an opportunity, says attorney Nikki Clifton, because it means that the business community is in a unique position to educate and mobilize ...

Behind the everyday bargains we all love -- the $10 manicure, the unlimited shrimp buffet -- is a hidden world of forced labor to keep those prices at rock bottom. Noy Thrupkaew investigates human trafficking – which flourishes in the US and Europe, as well as developing countries – and shows us the human faces behind the exploited labor that fe...

Biologist Juliana Machado Ferreira, a TED Senior Fellow, talks about her work helping to save birds and other animals stolen from the wild in Brazil. Once these animals are seized from smugglers, she asks, then what?

Tommy Hilfiger's Alastair Gray polices the internet in search of counterfeits, rip-offs and brand abuse.

Everyday sights and experiences that are not as innocuous and innocent as they may seem.

It might sound like the plot of a movie, but economic crime is all around us — from drug trafficking and fraud to cybercrimes, tax evasion and more. Economic crime fighter Hanjo Seibert breaks down the complexities of money laundering and how we can all wield our collective power to dismantle the underworld economy and turn off the money tap for...

In December 1910, the exiled former leader Manuel Bonilla boarded a borrowed yacht and set sail for Honduras in hopes of reclaiming power by whatever means necessary. Bonilla had a powerful backer: the notorious organization known throughout Latin America as "El Pulpo." It was a U.S. corporation trafficking in, of all things, bananas. John Solur...

Creativity and innovation are flowing in South America, while countries across the continent still face unique challenges. As we plan for TEDGlobal 2014—happening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in October—this playlist will get you in the spirit.

Noy Thrupkaew reports on human trafficking and the economics of exploitation through the lens of labor rights.

Human trafficking is a little known and practically invisible problem plaguing highways across the US. Truck driver and former police officer John McKown has made it his mission to be an activist on the road and implores all drivers of vehicles big and small to join him in protecting the approximately 293,000 children at risk of enslavement. In ...

These talks will shake you awake to the world around you.

Delve into talks that explore the hidden communities and unseen places that exist just off the beaten path of our everyday lives.

Cara E. Yar Khan is an international human rights advocate promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities within all facets of society.

Sunitha Krishnan is galvanizing India’s battle against sexual slavery by uniting government, corporations and NGOs to end human trafficking.

Anas Aremeyaw Anas is a Ghanaian undercover journalist and private eye who gathers hard evidence of crime and corruption, putting the perpetrators behind bars.

Ashif Shaikh is the cofounder of Jan Sahas, a nonprofit working to facilitate the safe migration of informal workers in Asia through the Migrants Resilience Collaborative.

The headlines on the front page always change. But these talks — on the seismic phenomenon underlying them — will give you fresh insight.

TED Fellow Smita Sharma documents gender issues, sexual crimes and human trafficking in the Global South.

Euna Lee strives to be a voice for the voiceless and a window for those with no access to outside information.

About this event: Did you know you might be an unwilling accomplice to human trafficking? Oftentimes, human trafficking is hidden in plain sight. Join us as we uncover truths about human trafficking. Participants will hear from expert panelists with years of experience addressing human trafficking issues. Through an evening of learning, sharing, and engaging, yo...

As founder of International Justice Mission, Gary Haugen fights the chronically neglected global epidemic of violence against the poor.

Yasin Kakande is exposing the human rights abuses of migrant workers in the Middle East.

Katherine Eban's articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the CIA have won international attention.

Robert Muggah creates tools to understand cycles of violence in urban environments and opens dialogues on ways to confront them globally.

It’s a challenge for anyone with a cause: How do you frame the issue so that people feel excited to get involved? For some causes, the answer is asking people to dump a bucket of ice on their head. For others, making that personal connection is even more tricky.  This is exactly how a small group of attendees felt when they were posed with...

Kevin Bales is the co-founder of Free the Slaves, whose mission is to end all forms of human slavery within the next 25 years. He's the author of "Ending Slavery: How We Free Today's Slaves."

By conducting detailed forensic medical evaluations, Joseph Shin works to advance justice, accountability and health for displaced populations.

As a journalist reporting on China, Sheryl WuDunn saw the everyday oppression of women around the world. She and Nick Kristof wrote "Half the Sky," chronicling women's stories of horror and, especially, hope.

Boston University professor Emily F. Rothman is a leading public health scholar on sexually explicit media and its impact on adolescent dating relationships.

About this event: We're going to travel. We will watch the TEDTalks 1. The Most Martian Place on Earth 2. How we're saving one of the Earth's Last Wild Places 3. Trafficking in Brazil 4. The World's Oldest Living Things and discuss.