Protection and assistance to victims of human trafficking in Serbia: Recent developments

European Journal of Criminology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-60

  Simeunovic Patic, Biljana ^a   Copic, Sanja ^b  

^a Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research   (Serbia)

^b Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research and Victimology Society of Serbia   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Assistance; Human trafficking; Protection; Serbia; Victims

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549121531     PISSN: 14773708     EISSN: 17412609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1477370809347942     Document Type: Article

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