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Shelley, Louise I.

Human trafficking : a global perspective / Louise Shelley. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, c2010. - 341 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pt. 1. The rise and cost of human trafficking --
1. Why has human trafficking flourished? --
2. The diverse consequences of human trafficking --
Pt. 2. The financial side of human trafficking --
3. Human trafficking as transnational organized crime --
4. The business of human trafficking --
Pt. 3. Regional perspectives --
5 Asian trafficking --
6. Human trafficking in Eurasia and Eastern Europe --
7. Trafficking in Europe --
8. Trafficking in the United States --
9. Human trafficking in Latin America and Africa.

Examines all forms of human trafficking globally, revealing the operations of the trafficking business and the nature of the traffickers themselves. Using a historical and comparative perspective, it demonstrates that there is more than one business model of human trafficking and that there are enormous variations in human trafficking in different regions of the world.

ISBN: 9780521130875

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Human trafficking

Dewey Class. No.: 306.36