In the decades following the globalization of the world economy, trafficking, forced labor and modern slavery have emerged as significant global problems. State

"Trafficking typically involves the movement of persons for exploitation for a third party's benefit. Inspired by the Palermo protocols, several states today cr

This book examines the traffic in women for marriage, a phenomenon that has been largely overlooked in international efforts to address the problem of human tra

This pioneering study looks across key trafficking crimes to develop a social theory of transnational criminal markets. These include human trafficking, drug de

Popular representations of third-world sex workers as sex slaves and vectors of HIV have spawned abolitionist legal reforms that are harmful and ineffective, an