Human Traffic and Transnational Crime

Eurasian and American Perspectives

Contributions by Liudmila Erokhina, Mikhail Kleimenov, Olga Pyshschulina, Anna Repetskaia, Stanislav Shamkov, Elena Tiuriukanova, Beatrix Siman Zakhari Edited by Sally Stoecker, Louise Shelley

Publication date:

03 November 2004

Length of book:

170 pages

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Human Trafficking is a growing transnational criminal phenomenon—conservative estimates put the total number of persons trafficked annually at two million. In this first in-depth study of human trafficking in Russia and Ukraine, scholars from the European, Siberian, and far-eastern parts of Russia offer groundbreaking analyses of the motivations behind and reactions to this horrifying trend.

Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Human Trafficking: A New Challenge for Russia and the United States
Chapter 3 Criminal Transportation of Persons: Trends and Recommendations
Chapter 4 Classifying the Elements of Human Trafficking Crimes
Chapter 5 Russian and Chinese Trafficking: A Comparative Perspective
Chapter 6 Trafficking in Women in the Russian Far East: A Real or Imaginary Phenomenon?
Chapter 7 Female Labor Migration Trends and Human Trafficking: Policy Recommendations
Chapter 8 An Evaluation of Ukrainian Legislation to Counter and Criminalize Human Trafficking
Chapter 9 Legal Cases Prosecuted under the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000