Traffic in human beings: at the intersection of criminal justice, human rights, asylum/migration and labor.

From: Denver Journal of International Law and Policy | Date: December 22, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

I. TRAFFICKING IN CONTEXT

Trafficking in human beings is a worldwide phenomenon that affects the lives of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people each year. (1) The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) reports that human beings are trafficked from 127 source countries into 137 destination countries, across all geographical regions. (2) Over the past decade, widespread attention has been paid to this issue. Governments in ever increasing numbers have adopted laws, policies and programs to combat and to criminalize trafficking, as well as, in some ...

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