Data and Research on Human Trafficking: A Global Survey International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Data and Research on Human Trafficking: A Global Survey
International Organization for Migration (IOM)

Description : Human trafficking has become a global business,
reaping huge profits for traffickers and organized crime
syndicates, generating massive human rights violations, and
causing serious problems for governments. Despite the magnitude of
the problem, however, it has only recently seized policy makers'
attention.

During the last decade there has been a considerable increase in
the number of studies about human trafficking. This review of
research and data on trafficking shows that despite the growing
literature on trafficking around the world, relatively few studies
are based on extensive or empirical research, and information on
the actual numbers of people trafficked remains very sketchy. The
book, which includes 9 regional chapters, and 3 chapters dealing
with methodological issues, suggests a number of ways in which to
enhance research and data on human trafficking.

The study includes papers from more than a dozen experts. These
papers were first discussed at an international conference
sponsored by the Italian Government, held in Rome in May 2004.

The volume is edited by Dr. Frank Laczko, Head of Research, IOM
Geneva, and Dr. Elzbieta Godziak, Research Director, Institute for
the Study of International Migration, Washington.

Table of Contents : Introduction * Describing the Unobserved:
Methodological Challenges in Empirical Studies on Human
Trafficking * Methodological Challenges in Research with
Trafficked Persons: Tales from the Field * Designing Trafficking
Research from a Labour Market Perspective: The ILO Experience *
Review of Research and Data on Human Trafficking in sub-Saharan
Africa * Research on Human Trafficking in North America: A Review
of Literature * A Review of Recent OAS Research on Human
Trafficking in the Latin American and Caribbean Region * Treading
along a Treacherous Trail: Research on Trafficking in Persons in
South Asia * Human Trafficking in East Asia: Current Trends, Data
Collection and Knowledge Gaps * A Problem by a Different Name?