The colonisation of anti-trafficking in the Commonwealth Caribbean

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ID10477302
AuthorsCherisse Francis (0009-0006-7788-3085, St. Mary's University, corresponding author)
Year2026
Pages1-17
Publication date2026-02-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Round Table (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0035-8533 • E-ISSN: 1465-4008
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00358533.2026.2626450
OpenAlexW7129448311
LanguageEN
References cited20

The Commonwealth Caribbean has a history of being ‘governed from outside’. While colonisation is usually associated with European metropoles, this paper argues that the Caribbean anti-trafficking in persons field has been subject to the US government as a neo-coloniser. This exogenous influence harms more than it helps. The article shows how vulnerable the region is to US dictates through financing and soft power. To solidify this argument, the work applies post-colonial discourse analysis to empirical fieldwork and anti-trafficking campaigns. The paper concludes that the region must extricate itself from this dependency using a more Caribbean-centric approach to address trafficking in persons

Caribbean region · Colonisation · Commonwealth · Dependency (UML · Government (linguistics · Subject (documents · Work (physics · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Global trade, sustainability, and social impact · Sex work and related issues

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