Travel agencies as a linking element for human smuggling and trafficking from Eastern Europe

Studi Emigrazione

Volumn 44, Issue 166, 2007, Pages 443-459

  Leman, Johan ^a   Janssens, Stef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRUPTION; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; MIGRATION; TRAFFICKING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34250825391     PISSN: 00392936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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