Resources

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 …

August 1, 2017

The Road to Effective Remedies: Pragmatic reasons for treating cases of “sex trafficking” in the Australian sex industry as a form of “labour trafficking”

Internationally, it is widely recognised that labour law and associated protections are a critical part of any comprehensive response to …

August 1, 2017

Vulnerability to Forced Labour and Trafficking: The case of Romanian women in the agricultural sector in Sicily

This paper focuses on labour and sexual exploitation faced by Romanian female workers employed in the agricultural sector in Ragusa, …