How do Smuggling and Trafficking Operate via Irregular Border Crossings in the Middle East? Evidence from Fieldwork in Turkey

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ID9954907
AutoresAhmet Içduygu (0000-0002-8145-5888, Bilkent University, autor de correspondencia), Şule Toktas (0000-0002-1332-2039, Bilkent University)
Año2002
Volumen40
Número6
Páginas25-54
Fecha de publicación2002-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2435.00222
OpenAlexW2085779189
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas65
Referencias citadas8

This article summarizes main trends, issues, actors, and activities regarding the operation and extension of human trafficking and smuggling via irregular border crossings in the Middle East. Its premise is that rather than the obvious involvement of hierarchical mafia‐type organized crime groups, globally articulated networks of locally operating independent, individual groups comprise the essential foundation for human trafficking and smuggling in the region. The available empirical evidence first suggests that elaborating on various aspects of human trafficking and smuggling is a delicate task and any consideration of priorities for data collection and analysis on these activities must start with a clear idea of the information needed and how to obtain that information. Given the highly sensitive nature of trafficking and smuggling issues, there is no simple research practice that can satisfy all these concerns. It is within this context that our analysis here only offers some partial explanation of the complex nature of human trafficking and smuggling in the Middle East. The data used here provide, to the best of our knowledge, the first primary, reliable, and representative information on traffickers and smugglers as they come directly from the narratives of the traffickers and smugglers interviewed

Computer security · Context (archaeology · Criminology · Empirical evidence · Epistemology · Geography · Human trafficking · Middle East · Political science · Premise · Sociology · Computer Science · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · Law · Sex work and related issues