Trafficking in human beings and related crimes in west and central Africa

The Blackwell Companion to Criminology

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 394-414

  Aronowitz, Alexis A ^a   Peruffo, Monika ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Central africa; Criminality; Human trafficking; Slavery; West africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84956568723     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470998960.ch21     Document Type: Chapter

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