Saskia is a final-year law and science student at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. She has recently completed an exchange semester at Assumption University in Thailand as part of her New Colombo Plan scholarship, the Australian government initiative is designed to promote international relations and diplomacy across the Indo-Pacific region.

Saskia is currently interning under the Information Sharing and Regional Responses team and will support the RSO on the conceptualisation and implementation of research projects, policy dialogues, program coordination and facilitation of information exchange for the Regional Information Liaison and Outreach Network (RILON) Initiative. Her previous research experience focused on the intersection of environmental protection and human rights, and she is excited to use this experience to support the RSO’s efforts to address people smuggling and related transnational crime.

Recommended book: Bitter Chocolate: Anatomy of an Industry by Carol Off. In her investigative expose, Off explores the evolution of the chocolate industry from the Montezuma’s Aztec court to the bustling factories of today. The book focusses on Côte d’Ivoire’s modern role in the cocoa trade and exposes how human trafficking, exploitation and corruption are a key aspect of its production during the First Ivoirian Civil War.

Email: Saskia.Logan@rso.baliprocess.net