Trafficking and human rights : European and Asia-Pacific perspectives / edited by Leslie Holmes.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-232) and index.

Introduction : The issue of human trafficking / Leslie Holmes -- Human trafficking : a challenge for the European Union and its member states (with particular reference to Poland) / Zbigniew Lasocik -- Responses to sex trafficking : gender, borders and 'home' / Sanja Milivojevic and Marie Segrave -- People smuggling and human trafficking within, from and through Central and Eastern Europe / Leslie Holmes -- 'Boys will be boys' : human trafficking and UN peacekeeping in Bosnia and Kosovo / Olivera Simic -- Between social opprobrium and repeat trafficking : chances and choices of Albanian women deported from the UK / Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers -- Trafficking in human beings for sexual purposes : Sweden's anti-trafficking regime and the lessons for Australia / Kevin Leong -- Combating transnational crime in the Greater Mekong Sub-Region : the cases of Laos and Cambodia / Susan Kneebone and Julie Debeljak -- Exit, rehabilitation, and returning to prostitution : experiences of domestic trafficking victims in the Philippines / Sallie Yea -- Conclusions : Quadruple victimisation? / Leslie Holmes.

Human trafficking is widely considered to be the fastest growing branch of trafficking. As this important book reveals, it has moved rapidly up the agenda of states and international organisations since the early-1990s, not only because of this growth, but also as its implications for security and human rights have become clearer. This fascinating study by international experts provides original research findings on human trafficking, with particular reference to Europe, South-East Asia and Australia. A major focus is on why and how many states and organisations act in ways that undermine trafficked victims' rights, as part of 'quadruple victimisation'. It compares and contrasts policies and suggests which seem to work best and why. The contributors also advocate radical new approaches that most states and other formal organisations appear loath to introduce, for reasons that are explored in this unique book. This must-read book will appeal to policymakers as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of criminology, human rights law, gender studies, political science and international studies.