nonviolent raids
Using a surveillance team within brothels to rescue trafficked girls
A local-level association of sex workers utilizes a surveillance team from within a sex brothel to watch for and prevent the trafficking of under-aged girls. When the surveillance team composed of senior inmates sees a suspicious activity occurring, they try to obtain background information from the under-aged girl. The surveillance team then notifies the sex workers’ association. Based on that information, the association sends a trusted person to the girl’s parents’ or relatives’ house and notifies them of the whereabouts of their daughter.
Using “dilemma demonstrations” to demand government transparency
The Canadian government faced a real dilemma when hundreds of its citizens showed up at the Ottawa headquarters of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) holding “Search and Rescue Warrants” for the draft documents for the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA).

