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Transnational Crimes
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Diary of a Sex Slave 
 Special report from October 2006 that focuses on a young woman who was lured to California from South Korea "by international sex traffickers." Includes photos, audio clips, and articles about how "San Francisco is a major center for international crime networks that smuggle and enslave," and about a plan to curb sex trafficking in San Francisco. From the website for the San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/sextrafficking/ Topics: Crime, Labor, Women Last updated Nov 1, 2007 Human Rights: Trafficking Around the World
Highlights information contained in the 2008 "Trafficking in Persons Report," in which "countries are assessed by the standards outlined in the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the U.S. law that guides efforts to fight human trafficking." Provides a link to the entire report. The site features related articles on other victims of human rights abuses, including torture victims, child soldiers, child prostitutes, and refugees. From the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of International Information Programs (IIP). http://democracy.america.gov/democracy/rights/ Topics: Crime, Labor Last updated Jul 3, 2008 HumanTrafficking.org
"The purpose of this Web site is to bring Government and NGOs in the East Asia and Pacific together to cooperate and learn from each other's experiences in their efforts to combat human trafficking." Includes news, background about preventing and prosecuting human trafficking and related topics (such as prostitution and organ trafficking), and country-specific information. The project is implemented by the Academy for Educational Development with funding provided by the U.S. State Department. http://www.humantrafficking.org/ Topics: Crime, Labor Last updated Mar 27, 2008 Terrorism and Crime Studies
Bibliographies and reports on topics such as organized crime, narcotics trafficking, future trends in terrorism, and the sociology and psychology of terrorism. From the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress (LOC). http://www.loc.gov/rr/frd/terrorism.html Topics: Crime, Terrorism Last updated Jul 13, 2005 TraCCC: Transnational Crime and Corruption Center
This center is "devoted to teaching, research, training and formulating policy advice in transnational crime, corruption and terrorism. ... Much of the work has focused on the analysis of transnational crime and corruption in the countries which constitute the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe." The site highlights TraCCC's projects, publications, and events. TraCCC is a non-partisan, non-profit research center affiliated with George Mason University. http://policy-traccc.gmu.edu/ Topics: Corruption & Fraud, Crime, Terrorism Last updated Oct 14, 2009 United Kingdom Human Trafficking Centre (UKHTC)
The UKHTC was established in October 2006 as a police-led unit that brings "enforcement, intelligence gathering, training, victim care and research functions [for combating human trafficking] under one roof" in the U.K. The site features a FAQ and news. Includes links to related sites and to Pentameter, the previous U.K. "effort to tackle human trafficking on a national scale." http://www.ukhtc.org Topics: Crime, Labor Last updated Apr 14, 2007 United States Department of Justice: Human Trafficking
Government documents on trafficking in persons, "also known as 'human trafficking' ... a form of modern-day slavery. Traffickers often prey on individuals who are poor ... and who may lack access to social safety nets, predominantly women and children in certain countries." Features reports on U.S. activities to combat trafficking in persons, policy papers, reports on Department of Justice cases involving human trafficking, and related resources. http://www.justice.gov/olp/human_trafficking.htm Topics: Crime, Labor Last updated Nov 1, 2009 |
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