Counter human-trafficking training and a public awareness campaign are the tools being used to fight modern day slavery in Papua New Guinea
The International Organisation for Migration is leading the fight after PNG was downgraded this year to the lowest rung of countries involved in human trafficking.
The exploitation of women and children by sex traffickers and the forced labour of men in fishing, forestry and mining were reasons cited by the US Department of State for the demotion.
The IOM's chief of mission in PNG, George Gigauri, told Ben Robinson Drawbridge that he's aware of parents selling their children to human traffickers.
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The chief of mission for the IOM in Papua New Guinea, George Gigauri Photo: Supplied