How to Use a Trafficked Woman. The Alliance between Political and Criminal Trafficking Organisations

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2634400
AutoresJohn Davies (0000-0002-4847-1587, autor de correspondencia), Benjamin Davies (0000-0002-9066-098X)
Año2008
Volumen39
Número1
Páginas117-135
Fecha de publicación2008-04-15
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaRecherches Sociologiques (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1782-1592 • E-ISSN: 2033-7485
EditorialOpenEdition (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4000/rsa.416
OpenAlexW2088354271
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas17

The principal argument of this paper is that migrant women with secure mobility rights and supportive social networks can avoid or mitigate many trafficking harms. However the paper contends that some actors have conspired to prevent such circumstances so as to pursue diverse political agendas at the expense of migrant women. The paper’s analysis restructures the trafficking contest from organised criminals versus law enforcement agencies to principally a contest between migrant women and those political agents who benefit from the moral panic associated with trafficking. It is then argued that it is these more sophisticated political actors rather than organised criminals and the clients of sex workers are the most important stakeholders in sustaining or exploiting trafficking harm. Therefore, it is concluded that resolving many trafficking harms in the EEA could be achieved by subverting political traffickers through improving migration policy rather than fighting organised crime

Alliance · CONTEST · Criminology · Harm · Human trafficking · Law and economics · Law enforcement · Moral panic · Organised crime · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sex trafficking · Sociology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Sex work and related issues