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The economics of trafficking for sexual exploitation

Jakobsson, Niklas; Kotsadam, Andreas - 2015 - This version March 11, 2015

, which is somewhat surprising given that the economics of immigration as well as the economics of crime are both large areas …

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The Transnational Illegal Market of Trafficking in Human Beings – Actors and Discourses : A Transatlantic Comparison

Nautz, Jürgen - 2011

The paper analyses the development of trafficking in human beings (THB) as an economic crime and as a severe violation … crime evolved in Austria, Germany and the United States of America (USA) since the 19th century until present. The … modern day slavery. Finding the right words to describe the crime remains a persistent challenge in combating human …

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Liberal Coercion? - Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Policy

Cho, Seo-Young - 2016

Liberal prostitution policy aims at improving labor conditions for prostitutes and protecting victims of forced prostitution. Given its policy mandates, legalized prostitution should be linked to better protection policies for trafficking victims and stronger anti-trafficking measures. In this...

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Human Trafficking and Regulating Prostitution

Lee, Samuel; Persson, Petra - 2021

Certain markets are illicit because part of the supply is coerced, but little is known about the optimal regulation of such markets. We model a prostitution market with voluntary and coerced prostitutes and ask what regulation can restore the benchmark outcome that would arise under...

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Modern Day Slavery: What Drives Human Trafficking in Europe?

Hernandez, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - Verein für Socialpolitik, Ausschuss für … - 2011

At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows in to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we...

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Modern Day Slavery: What Drives Human Trafficking in Europe?

Hernandez, Diego; Rudolph, Alexandra - Courant Research Centre PEG - 2011

At a time of increased attention on the international agenda for human trafficking, this paper examines the determinants of human trafficking inflows to 13 European countries based on official records. By employing a fixed effects zero-inflated, negative binomial gravity-type model, we address...

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THE LEGAL DEFENCE OF VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING LEGISLATIVE AND JURISDICTIONAL PROBLEMS AND GAPS

GUERCIO, Laura - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 46 (2011) September, pp. 38-46

, which is unconditional, at least in the first stage. This is the so called "Social path", which allows the trafficked person …, both for the use of a person for specific job performance, or for begging. However there are still debates and open … problems. It’s important and necessary to incriminate and tougher penalties to be applied for the crime of trafficking in …

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HUMAN TRAFFICKING IN CYBERSPACE

MOLDOVAN, Ramona Mihaela - In: Curentul Juridic, The Juridical Current, Le Courant … 46 (2011) September, pp. 86-92

trafficking in cyberspace. This area of crime deployment raises many questions like: who will be criminally liable, which is the … applicable law, which is the end point of the crime? …

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Human Trafficking: Germany Only Average When It Comes To Protecting Victims

Cho, Seo-Young - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 2 (2012) 11, pp. 3-9

According to the United Nations, over 2.45 million people are victims of human trafficking, and the number of unrecorded cases is also believed to be significant. Therefore, many countries have increased their efforts to combat trafficking and to protect the victims. DIW Berlin recently updated...

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Liberal Coercion? - Prostitution, Human Trafficking and Policy

Cho, Seo-Young - Volkswirtschaft Abteilung, Fachbereich … - 2013

Liberal prostitution policy aims at improving labour conditions for prostitutes and protecting victims of forced prostitution. Its policy orientation predicts that the policy choice of liberalizing prostitution is positively associated with better protection policy for trafficking victims and...

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