The Effectiveness of a Task Force for Preventing Sexual Exploitation: Evidence from Human Trafficking (Women and Children) in East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

The phenomenon of human trafficking particularly are (women and children) in Indonesia always concern to raise a serious response by the government. One factor causing human trafficking is the lack of economic income, which is inversely proportional to the skills of the community. Based on the International Organization for Migration (IOM) data from 2017, human trafficking involved 970 girls and 5907 women. The Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Child Protection in 2019 identified 70% of victims of trafficking as women and children. East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) Province is the region with the highest level of human trafficking in Indonesia. The Task Force for Preventing Sexual Exploitation is the government's effort to stop this crime. Furthermore, the government needs to increase responsiveness through policies to prevent human trafficking. The purpose of this article is to analyze how effective the task force is in preventing sexual exploitation in human trafficking in NTT. This research used qualitative descriptive. Data were collected from the literature and to investigate the phenomena in complex ways through validation and analysis. The results of this study found 1) human trafficking can practically exploit human sexuality; 2) the government is still unresponsive in preventing human trafficking; 3) the need for ongoing monitoring and evaluation to the public and government in implementing policies. The government needs to review the Criminal Act of Trafficking in Persons to the prevention policies of parts of government and non-government agencies, accompanied by strict supervision by law enforcement officials