Dr. Rebecca Miller is a human trafficking and migrant smuggling expert with over twenty years of experience in the Southeast Asia and Pacific region.  Currently, she is the Regional Coordinator for Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office based in Bangkok.  Prior to joining UNODC, Rebecca was the Manager for People Smuggling, Human Trafficking and Regional Cooperation with the New Zealand Government for five and a half years. 

Throughout her career, Rebecca has advised governments and worked for a range of UN agencies, NGOs, and academic institutions.  She studied criminology, sociology, and education at the University of Toronto and Queen’s University in Canada and obtained her PhD from the University of Auckland.  Her work has taken her to over twenty countries throughout Southeast Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.