Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco, MA
Affiliation: Independent Researcher
Ena Lucia Mariaca Pacheco earned two bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science at the University of Ottawa, Canada, and a master’s degree at Royal Roads University in Human Security and Peacebuilding. She has worked for three Members of the Canadian Parliament, where she conducted statistical research, policy writing, and human rights advocacy work. Ena Lucia built a database to track human trafficking cases and to provide supporting data for Bill C-310, a piece of legislation that enhanced the definition of exploitation in the criminal offence of human trafficking. Using information from this database, Bill C-310 also enabled the prosecution of Canadians who committed crimes against children and human trafficking offenses outside of Canada’s borders. She assisted vulnerable communities and victims of human trafficking as a volunteer with NGOs in trafficking hotspots. In the non-profit sector, she worked with CARE Canada. She pursued an internship with INTERPOL and later joined INTERPOL as a staff member in the Communications Office until early 2020, and then again in 2022 in the Organized and Emerging Crime Directorate, for Illicit Markets. Ena Lucia has presented her research at international conferences and is published in the Child Abuse and Neglect Journal special edition on boys winter of 2022.
Research Interests:
Survivor narratives
Longitudinal research
Female criminality as abusers, traffickers and buyers.
Human trafficking
Organized crime
Psychologically motivated crimes