Christchurch Big Breakfast Event November 25th:
Local businesspeople focused on networking to hear how networks can go beyond business and can change society
Daniel Walker former New Zealand Police Detective now founder of group to combat sex trafficking to discuss how a strong
network can save lives
Christchurch – Monday 9th November, 2015 – Business networking group BNI New Zealand is organising the Christchurch Big Breakfast event to be held at Rydges
Latimer on 25th November. At the event, former New Zealand Police Detective now author and founder of a group to combat
sex trafficking, Daniel Walker, will tell his fascinating story and discuss the power of networks to literally change
lives.
Daniel Walker is a former New Zealand Police Detective and has more than twenty years’ experience as a criminal
investigator. For seven years Daniel has worked exclusively in the international arena investigating the sexual
exploitation and trafficking of women and children in more than a dozen countries.
Working on a covert basis Daniel infiltrated the organised criminal networks responsible for the trafficking of women
and children into the global multi-billion dollar commercial sex industry. His efforts resulted in the rescue of many
hundreds of victims as well as the successful prosecution of numerous perpetrators. Walker has written a book about his
experiences and in 2012 he founded Nvader, a New Zealand initiative designed to effectively combat human trafficking
around the world.
“Sex trafficking is modern day slavery,” Daniel says. “Every year approximately two million women and children are
deceived and coerced into the commercial sex industry. Only one out of 100 victims is ever rescued and less that 0.5% of
all victims participate in any kind of judicial procedure.” The organisation Daniel founded has three goals: rescue
victims of sex trafficking, facilitate the prosecution of offenders and empower individuals and communities to make sex
trafficking culturally intolerable.
It’s this third point that Daniel says shares a strong affinity with BNI and especially the concept of Givers Gain. “The
type of networking model BNI uses is the same as our organisation,” Daniel says. “We use networking to empower
individuals and actually change lives by make sex trafficking culturally unacceptable. A strong network can do more than
just build businesses; it can also affect an entire community.”
During his presentation at the Big Breakfast Daniel will tell his fascinating life story as well as discussing how
businesses and individuals can tackle social issues together and transform society.
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