Albanian Entrepreneurial Practices in Human Smuggling and Trafficking

On the Road to the United Kingdom via Brussels, 1995–2005

Bibliographic Data

ID9955321
AuthorsJohan Leman (Office of Minority Health, corresponding author), Stef Janssens (Office of Minority Health)
Year2011
Volume50
Issue6
Pages166-179
Publication date2011-01-19
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00654.x
OpenAlexW2142054732
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited12

The authors studied the entrepreneurial culture among Albanian smugglers and traffickers using 43 Albanian judicial files in Belgium from 1995–2005. They analyse the niches that these “entrepreneurs” created as well as the way they invested profits. The authors also analyse the personal agency of the smuggled and trafficked clients, and practices that may help to explain the specific entrepreneurial culture. Short comparisons are made with other ethnic criminal groups engaged in similar activities during the same period in Belgium

Agency (philosophy · Business · Criminology · Economic growth · Economics · Entrepreneurship · Ethnic group · Human trafficking · Organised crime · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Sex work and related issues

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