British Journal of Criminology Advance Access originally published online on November 14, 2008
British Journal of Criminology 2009 49(2):184-201; doi:10.1093/bjc/azn079
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The British Journal of Criminology 49:184-201 (2009)
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Trade Secrets
Intersections between Diasporas and Crime Groups in the Constitution of the Human Trafficking Chain
* London Metropolitan University, Department of Applied Social Sciences, Ladbroke House, 62–66 Highbury Road, London N5 2AD, UK; jackieturner57{at}yahoo.co.uk.
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Human trafficking is an old, but increasingly complex, phenomenon. In an age of globalization and transnationalism, demand for cheap labour and services fuels a trade deeply rooted in different cultural and historical contexts. Human traffickers share those roots with their respective diasporas the world over. This paper examines the case for an empirical investigation, and gender-sensitive analysis, of the connections between crime networks engaged in international human trafficking and their respective diasporas in countries of transit and destination. It proposes a typology to assist research into, and analysis of, the extent to which, and how, diasporas may play a part in the processes that constitute the cross-border trade in human beings.