Human trafficking : a reference handbook

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Label

Human trafficking : a reference handbook

Title remainder

a reference handbook

Statement of responsibility

Alexis A. Aronowitz

Creator

• Aronowitz, Alexis A., 1956-

Author

• Aronowitz, Alexis A., 1956-

Subject

• Human trafficking
• Human smuggling
• Human trafficking -- Prevention
• Human smuggling -- Prevention

Language

eng

Summary

"The horrific reality is that millions of human beings are bought and sold every year worldwide. Human trafficking is not an obsolete practice, and these crimes are not rare in occurrence. Recent examples of human trafficking such as the abduction of hundreds of Nigerian schoolgirls by the terrorist organization Boko Haram and depictions of trafficking in films such as Taken have brought human trafficking squarely into the public eye. This book offers a comprehensive understanding of human trafficking in its many forms. It examines the traffickers who range from single operators to large, transnational organizations and investigates how they coerce, deceive, and exploit their victims in the domestic service, farming, construction, and sex industries as well as in the harvesting of organs. The coverage includes common practices of human trafficking like sexual exploitation of women in Western and Central Europe, labor exploitation in the Middle East, and the exploitation of children in Western and Central Africa. Readers are introduced to various experts who have rescued and worked with victims, prosecuted cases, and conducted research to gain more insight into this crime and serious abuse of human rights, and they will gain insight into how a number of people and organizations are working to combat human trafficking and protect victims. Primary source documents that include reports by government, international organizations, and NGOs serve to aid readers in acquiring more knowledge on the topic."--Publisher's website

Member of

• Contemporary world issues

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

306.3/62

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

HQ281

LC item number

.A76 2017

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Contemporary world issues