Combating global trafficking in persons: The role of the United States Post-September 2001

International Politics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 241-265

  Obuah, Emmanuel ^a  

^a ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Advocacy groups; Global economy; Globalization; Human trafficking; Minimum standard; NGOs; Protect act; Slavery; Traffickers; TVPA; Underground economy

Indexed keywords

ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT; NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION; TRAFFICKING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645361962     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800142     Document Type: Article

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