Fearing the Dark: The Use of Witchcraft to Control Human Trafficking Victims and Sustain Vulnerability

Fearing the Dark: The Use of Witchcraft to Control Human Trafficking Victims and Sustain Vulnerability

Fearing the Dark: The Use of Witchcraft to Control Human Trafficking Victims and Sustain Vulnerability

This paper describes the way in which traffickers take advantage of their victims’ religious beliefs in order to coerce them, with respect to both the Latin American and African continents. It touches, also, on preventative measures that must be taken in order to end this practice.