Analysing the Business Model of Trafficking in Human Beings to Better Prevent the Crime
- Document number
- 2466
- Date
- 2010
- Title
- Analysing the Business Model of Trafficking in Human Beings to Better Prevent the Crime
- Author/publisher
- Organisation for the Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE); Office for the Special Representative and Co-ordination for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
- Availability
- View/save PDF version of this document
- Document type(s)
- Research/Study/Analysis,
- Keywords
- Human Trafficking, Prostitution, Exploitation, Organised Crime, Criminal Enterprise, Commercial Activity, Trafficking Networks, Vulnerability, Corruption, Case Studies, Policy Implications, Recommendations, Justice Systems, Prevention Strategies.
- Summary
This report is the outcome of an innovative study carried out by a team of experts underthe United Nation’s Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking. It aims to highlight knowledge gaps in existing documentation and pave the way for the implementation of future anti-human trafficking strategies by providing recommendations and guidelines for decision makers and other concerned actors. The study explores the relationship between organized illegal enterprises and human trafficking via a business model; focusing on thesocial/economic/criminal/cultural elements that encourage human trafficking to thrive. Using 25 cases from around the world, this study highlights the actors (individual and group) and the multitude of activities involved in the chain of events that constitutes human trafficking as an illegal commercial activity. It makes available a number of tools and policy measures for governments toutilize to comprehensively combat trafficking enterprises and protect those most at risk.
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