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A West African Model to Address Human TraffickingRelevant Actors and Their Interests

A West African Model to Address Human Trafficking: Relevant Actors and Their Interests [The previous chapter focused on the definition of trafficking in person and described the different forms in which it was manifested in West Africa. It also strived to ascertain why trafficking occurs by identifying the underlying economic, social, political, environmental, and cultural factors that render people vulnerable to exploitation. To carry out their criminal activities, traffickers often interact with legitimate individuals and institutions who inadvertently or deliberately benefit from or support this illicit enterprise. This begins with the recruitment process where recruiters including housewives pose as labor brokers. Travel agents facilitate the movement of victims through hotels, night clubs, brothels, and restaurants whose owners and pimps harbor or engage them. Legitimate businesses may also purchase the products made or harvested by trafficked victims; customers are the end users of the trafficked victims’ services. Health care practitioners may also be involved in the trafficking business by providing specialized services to the victims. Other actors include corrupt border guards, police or embassy personnel, the investors who finance the operations, and financial institutions such as banks that launder the illegal proceeds. The ensuing discussion will provide an analysis of factors that contribute to trafficking in persons through the prism of the perpetrators. It will focus on the traffickers and their cohorts and examine the motivations for becoming involved in the trade, as well as the environments conducive to organized criminal activity.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A West African Model to Address Human TraffickingRelevant Actors and Their Interests

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
ISBN
978-3-030-88119-1
Pages
125 –142
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-88120-7_3
Publisher site
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Abstract

[The previous chapter focused on the definition of trafficking in person and described the different forms in which it was manifested in West Africa. It also strived to ascertain why trafficking occurs by identifying the underlying economic, social, political, environmental, and cultural factors that render people vulnerable to exploitation. To carry out their criminal activities, traffickers often interact with legitimate individuals and institutions who inadvertently or deliberately benefit from or support this illicit enterprise. This begins with the recruitment process where recruiters including housewives pose as labor brokers. Travel agents facilitate the movement of victims through hotels, night clubs, brothels, and restaurants whose owners and pimps harbor or engage them. Legitimate businesses may also purchase the products made or harvested by trafficked victims; customers are the end users of the trafficked victims’ services. Health care practitioners may also be involved in the trafficking business by providing specialized services to the victims. Other actors include corrupt border guards, police or embassy personnel, the investors who finance the operations, and financial institutions such as banks that launder the illegal proceeds. The ensuing discussion will provide an analysis of factors that contribute to trafficking in persons through the prism of the perpetrators. It will focus on the traffickers and their cohorts and examine the motivations for becoming involved in the trade, as well as the environments conducive to organized criminal activity.]

Published: Feb 2, 2022

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