MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING
24.9 million people are trapped in exploitation and trafficking around the world (ILO)
Since 2014, It’s a Penalty has been working to disrupt the fast growing and second largest criminal industry in the world: human trafficking and exploitation.
Our ultimate goal is to eradicate abuse, exploitation and trafficking by 2030, contributing to the elimination of modern-day slavery and the achievement of UN SDG Target 16.2 ‘to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking, torture and all forms of violence against children’.
MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO THE GLOBAL LANDSCAPE OF EXPLOITATION AND TRAFFICKING
24.9 million people are trapped in exploitation and trafficking around the world (ILO)
Since 2014, It’s a Penalty has been working to disrupt the fast growing and second largest criminal industry in the world: human trafficking and exploitation.
Our ultimate goal is to eradicate abuse, exploitation and trafficking by 2030, contributing to the elimination of modern-day slavery and the achievement of UN SDG Target 16.2 ‘to end abuse, exploitation, trafficking, torture and all forms of violence against children’.
GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS DURING MAJOR
SPORTING EVENTS
Harnessing the power of sport, It’s a Penalty Campaigns raise awareness about the issue of exploitation & trafficking, educate about penalties for offenders and signs to look out for, and equip the public with ways to make a report. We work with some of the biggest names in sport, the hosting sporting committees, NGOs, airlines, hotels, taxis & ride-shares, corporates and law enforcement to achieve change.
CommonProtect
Programme
Our long-term systematic change, alongside our global campaigns, is to see the strengthening of both domestic and extraterritorial legislation for child protection against sexual exploitation across the Commonwealth. Our Research & Advocacy work ensures that children worldwide are legally protected from sexual exploitation and abuse.
GLOBAL CAMPAIGNS DURING MAJOR SPORTING EVENTS
Harnessing the power of sport, It’s a Penalty Campaigns raise awareness about the issue of exploitation & trafficking, educate about penalties for offenders and signs to look out for, and equip the public with ways to make a report. We work with some of the biggest names in sport, the hosting sporting committees, NGOs, airlines, hotels, taxis & ride-shares, corporates and law enforcement to achieve change.
CommonProtect
Programme
Our long-term systematic change, alongside our global campaigns, is to see the strengthening of both domestic and extraterritorial legislation for child protection against sexual exploitation across the Commonwealth. Our Research & Advocacy work ensures that children worldwide are legally protected from sexual exploitation and abuse.
MEET OUR GLOBAL SPORTING AMBASSADORS
some of the biggest names in sport are the voices and faces of our campaigns
MEET OUR GLOBAL SPORTING AMBASSADORS
some of the biggest names in sport are the voices and faces of our campaigns

Denise Lewis OBE
Olympic Champion

Tanni Grey-Thompson
Paralympic Champion

David Luiz
International Football Player

Usain Bolt
Olympic Champion

Maro Itoje
Saracens & England Rugby Player

Cathy Freeman
Olympic Champion

François Pienaar
Former Rugby Union Player

Liam Malone
Paralympic Champion

Rashad Jennings
NFL Player

Gary Lineker
Former Footballer, BBC Presenter

Aaron Rodgers
Professional Football Quarterback

Andy Dalton
Professional Football Quarterback

Benjamin Watson
Professional Football Tight End

Brad Guzan
Professional Goal Keeper

Matt Ryan
Professional Football Quarterback

Nick Foles
Professional Football Quarterback

Roddy White
Professional Football Wide Receiver

Ryan Tannehill
Professional Football Quarterback
THE IMPACT WE’VE HAD
Our impact in Miami, 2020
500 volunteers distributed 145,500 materials to 400+ hotels and motels on January 25th. Shortly after, 4 girls from the NCMEC missing children’s list were found. Twenty-two women trapped in human-trafficking were rescued during a Super Bowl crackdown on the crime, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Thursday. The victims who were recovered were all female, ranging in age from 15 to 38, with four from Miami-Dade and Broward counties, four from Georgia and ten from other states. Four women from foreign countries — Russia, Israel, Chile and Argentina — were also able to escape.
THE IMPACT WE’VE HAD
Our impact in Miami, 2020
500 volunteers distributed 145,500 materials to 400+ hotels and motels on January 25th. Shortly after, 2 girls from the NCMEC missing children’s list were found. Twenty-two women trapped in human-trafficking were rescued during a Super Bowl crackdown on the crime, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle announced Thursday. The victims who were recovered were all female, ranging in age from 15 to 38, with four from Miami-Dade and Broward counties, four from Georgia and ten from other states. Four women from foreign countries — Russia, Israel, Chile and Argentina — were also able to escape.