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Is Trafficking in Human Beings Demand Driven?: A Multi-Country Pilot Study

 

  • Explores questions posed by defining who is counted as a 'trafficked' person and what is meant by 'demand' for trafficked persons
  • Provides survey results and analysis of pilot study conducted to explore the 'demand side' of trafficking in various countries; India, Sweden, Japan, Thailand, etc.
  • Builds on the authors' previous work, Trafficking - a demand led problem?: A multi-country pilot study, published in 2002 with more theoretical question and examination of the trafficking debate and various layers surrounding it

Legal Initiatives in anti-trafficking interventions

Touches on the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children and the US anti-trafficking law (TVPA)

  • Critiques US TVPA for focusing primarily on trafficking for prostitution and sexual exploitation, although notes that the law is fairly comprehensive compared to other countries
  • 'Focuses paper on 3 areas:
    1. The domestication of the Protocol
    2. The process of implementing anti-trafficking laws nationally
    3. Prosecution of traffickers' (3)

Human Trafficking: Seeking to Expose and End Modern-Day Slavery

 

  • Root causes that may enable and influence human trafficking
  • Includes key issues and obstacles for trafficking victims to access help (i.e. language barriers, conditions and character of trafficking itself, status - legal, gender)
  • Brings up need for sensitive and well-coordinated and collaborative efforts from all individuals that provide services and interact with victims of human trafficking

Trafficking in Persons in North America

 

  • Examines the relationship between the US, Canada, and Mexico, how trafficking is connected to that relationship
  • Briefly reports on trafficking in each of the three countries in the context of the following categories: Background, Legal Initiatives, Prevention Initiatives, Recovery, and Conclusion

Best Practices for Ending Demand for Sex Trafficking

 

  • 'Describe efforts to address the demand side of sex trafficking, and define the demand and describe its different components.
  • Describe laws, policies, and programs aimed at reducing the demand for prostitution in communities and entire countries.
  • Includes a review of research on men's behavior and attitudes towards prostitution and researchers' analyses of men's behavior and motives to purchase sex acts.' (2)