Modern-Day Comfort Women

The U.S. Military, Transnational Crime, and the Trafficking of Women

Bibliographic Data

ID12437865
AuthorsDonna M Hughes (0000-0002-6563-2573, University of Rhode Island, corresponding author), Katherine Y Chon (Polaris Project), Derek P Ellerman (Polaris Project)
Year2007
Volume13
Issue9
Pages901-922
Publication date2007-08-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801207305218
PMID17704050
OpenAlexW2147918458
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited4

The trafficking of women has been a lucrative moneymaker for transnational organized crime networks, ranking third, behind drugs and arms, in criminal earnings. The U.S. military bases in South Korea were found to form a hub for the transnational trafficking of women from the Asia Pacific and Eurasia to South Korea and the United States. This study, conducted in 2002, examined three types of trafficking that were connected to U.S. military bases in South Korea: domestic trafficking of Korean women to clubs around the military bases in South Korea, transnational trafficking of women to clubs around military bases in South Korea, and transnational trafficking of women from South Korea to massage parlors in the United States

Business · Criminology · Earnings · Economic growth · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Sex work and related issues

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