Albanian Entrepreneurial Practices in Human Smuggling and Trafficking: On the Road to the United Kingdom via Brussels, 1995-2005

International Migration

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 166-179

  Leman, Johan ^a   Janssens, Stef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK MARKET; ENTREPRENEUR; ETHNIC GROUP; SMUGGLING; TRAFFICKING;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84868144943     PISSN: 00207985     EISSN: 14682435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2435.2010.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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