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August 1, 2017

Trafficking in Persons Report 2014

The Trafficking in Persons Report put together by the United States Department of State in 2014.

Human Trafficking in Asia: Increasing Individual and State Accountability through Expanded Victims’ Rights
August 1, 2017

Human Trafficking in Asia: Increasing Individual and State Accountability through Expanded Victims’ Rights

The article discusses issues pertaining to the persistence of human trafficking in Asia. Accordingly, the victims of human trafficking suffer …

Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major US Cities
August 1, 2017

Estimating the Size and Structure of the Underground Commercial Sex Economy in Eight Major US Cities

In 2010, the National Institute of Justice funded the Urban Institute’s Justice Policy Center to measure the size and structure …

August 1, 2017

Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States

Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the …

Harboring the illicit: borderlands and human trafficking in South East Asia
August 1, 2017

Harboring the illicit: borderlands and human trafficking in South East Asia

The unique environment of borderlands in mainland and insular South East Asia has facilitated the growth of human trafficking for …

Myanmar: Bride trafficking to China unveiled
August 1, 2017

Myanmar: Bride trafficking to China unveiled

Most cross-border human trafficking in Myanmar involves women tricked into travelling to China to get work, only to find a groom …

Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe
August 1, 2017

Violence, Vulnerability and Migration: Trapped at the Gates of Europe

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ACCORDING TO PUBLICATION:  “Over the last ten years, as the European Union (EU) has tightened its border controls and …

Preying on disaster: How human trafficking has spiked in quake-shattered Nepal
August 1, 2017

Preying on disaster: How human trafficking has spiked in quake-shattered Nepal

The year following two earthquakes that devastated Nepal saw a spike in desperate people falling into the clutches of human …

August 1, 2017

In Brief: Bride trafficking to China could rise

Report from Phnom Penh indicated that bride trafficking to China from Southeast Asian countries looks set to grow, says the …

The Phenomenon of “Baby Factories” in Nigeria as a New Trend in Human Trafficking
August 1, 2017

The Phenomenon of “Baby Factories” in Nigeria as a New Trend in Human Trafficking

Nigerian traffickers are now exploiting their victims for “baby harvesting”: kidnapping pregnant women or not pregnant women to be impregnated, …