Resources

August 1, 2017

Images and Evidence: Human Trafficking, Auditing, and the Production of Illicit Markets in Southeast Asia and Beyond

Since 2002 Batam has become an exemplary site in the production of a geographical imaginary of human trafficking, as migrants …

Combating Human Trafficking in Asia Requires U.S. Leadership
August 1, 2017

Combating Human Trafficking in Asia Requires U.S. Leadership

Despite increased U.S. foreign policy attention over the past decade, human trafficking remains widespread and deeply entrenched in many Asian …

August 1, 2017

Illegal Adoption: Is it Human Trafficking?

Illegal adoption is especially prevalent in China, as a result of the government’s one child policy and a cultural preference …

August 1, 2017

Transaction Costs: Prosecuting child trafficking for illegal adoption in Russia

As primary implementers of laws on human trafficking, law enforcement helps construct how these laws are understood and applied. This …

August 1, 2017

Where is the Funding for Anti-Trafficking Work? A look at donor funds, policies and practices in Europe

This article looks at trends in funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) providing counter-human-trafficking programmes and services since the 1990s, particularly …

August 1, 2017

Giving us the ‘Biggest Bang for the Buck’ (or Not): Anti-trafficking government funding in Ukraine and the United Kingdom

The focus of this paper is on government anti-trafficking policies and funding allocations in two case-study countries, Ukraine and the …

August 1, 2017

Stopping the Traffick? The problem of evidence and legislating for the ‘Swedish model’ in Northern Ireland

This article examines mitigating evidence drawn from two sources: findings from a mixed methods study commissioned by the Department of …

August 1, 2017

Acting in Isolation: Safeguarding and anti-trafficking officers’ evidence and intelligence practices at the border

Internationally, the border has been presented as a site of unique opportunity for the identification and protection of victims of …

August 1, 2017

Monitoring and Evaluation of Human Trafficking Partnerships in England and Wales

This article examines the nature of the evidence collected to monitor and evaluate the activities and outcomes of organisations involved …

August 1, 2017

A Lie More Disastrous than the Truth: Asylum and the identification of trafficked women in the UK

This article explores the impact that nationality can have on a person’s experience of being identified as a victim of …