Defining Success in Anti-Trafficking Policy - An Analysis of the U.S. State Departments Criteria for Combating Human Trafficking

Victims of human trafficking may be exploited for prostitution, sweatshop labor, domestic work, and as child soldiers for armed conflicts. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, after drug dealing, human trafficking is tied with the illegal arms industry as the second largest criminal industry in the world today, and it is the fastest growing, with an annual profit of $32 billion (U.S Department of Health and Human Services, 2004). This book looks at policies that are in place to prevent, prosecute and protect against human trafficking in ten countries from around the world that have changed to Tier 1 countries according to the U.S. State Department s annual Trafficking In Persons report.

About the author

Jenna Sellitto is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University and Duquesne University where she received her masters in Public Policy. She is an avid traveler, tennis player, animal lover, and human rights advocate. She currently lives in Pittsburgh, PA, where she continues to pursue her career in the nonprofit/government sector.

Product details

• Authors: Jenna Sellitto
• Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2013
• EAN: 9783659450662
• ISBN: 978-3-659-45066-2
• No. of pages: 84
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Development theory and development policy