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• 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

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)

• 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