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suggestions for governing authorities to cooperate with one another in ending trafficking
but also cites previous shortcomings in such attempts.
Holmes, Leslie, ed. Trafficking and Human Rights: European and Asia-Pacific Perspectives
(Northampton: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2010).
In this edited volume, corruption and organized crime expert Leslie Holmes and
contributors with regional expertise provide a wide-ranging set of articles that cover
many facets of human trafficking. From the role of UN peacekeepers in trafficking in
Bosnia and Kosovo, to the challenge of trafficking to the European Union, to the
treatment and outcomes of victims of sex trafficking in the Philippines, the book assesses
the approach taken by the international community to handle and combat trafficking. In
the conclusion, Holmes suggests that victims are victimized in four ways: by individuals
and groups; by corrupt officials; by mass media exposure; and by states for failing to live
up to their obligation to protect.
Jonsson, Anna, ed. Human Trafficking and Human Security (London: Routledge Transnational
Crime and Corruption, 2009).
This edited volume examines the impact on human security of human trafficking and
organized crime in the northern Baltic Sea area. The authors argue that human trafficking
and organized crime in this post-Soviet Union region can best be understood as a human
security issue in addition to being a state security issue. From the criminal, social, and
economic perspectives, the trade in human beings affects rule of law, public health, and
public order in the states in question and on their citizens. By evaluating states in the
northern Baltic region based on their capacity to protect their inhabitants, the contributors
have shown that groups at risk for trafficking often are already weak or marginalized,
especially in transitional states. With some states in the region on the precipice of
admission to the European Union‘s Schengen Area, in which passports are not required
for border crossing, the countries must be particularly attuned to the issues of trafficking
and crime.
Lee, Maggy, ed. Human Trafficking (Portland: Willan Publishing, 2007).
In this edited volume, leading scholars from around the world outline the scope of human
trafficking and represent the various approaches scholars, activists, and policy makers
have taken to combat it. The stated intention of this wide-ranging collection of articles is
to clarify some of the murky information and data surrounding human trafficking
research and policy. The articles tackle the debates over: how contemporary slaver relates
to historical slavery; underlying social forces that drive and enable trafficking and retrafficking;
the relationship between trafficking and migration; and government responses
to victims. Topics include organized transnational crime‘s exploitation of the low
risk/high reward model of trafficking, the relationship between HIV/AIDS And
trafficking in the Indonesian island of Batam, the social, economic, and political forces
that contribute to the slippery distinction between smuggling and trafficking in Central
Asia, the weaknesses of statistical information and the implications of those weaknesses,
the role of domestic immigration policies towards migrants in combating or enforcing
trafficking patterns, and the ethical framework of states‘ treatment of strangers.
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