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Human Trafficking in Asia

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Human trafficking is on the increase in Asian countries. Women and children are the most vulnerable to become the victims of trafficking. They are trafficked for the purpose of commercial sex, domestic work, and construction work. Children are also in demand for factory or farm work or in the entertainment sector. Trafficking amounts to a gross violation of human rights. Victims suffer physical and mental abuse and social stigmatization. Traffickers target families who are socioeconomically poor. This chapter explains the current trends of trafficking in Asia, various types of trafficking in Asia, source and destination countries of trafficking, the role of prosecution and prevention agencies, and various steps taken to protect the victims of trafficking in Asian Countries with available statistics.

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  1. Department of Criminology, University of Madras, Chepauk Campus, Chennai, 600 005, Tamil Nadu, India

    R. Thilagaraj Ph.D.

  2. School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Tamil Nadu Open University, Saidapet, Chennai, 600 015, Tamil Nadu, India

    S. Latha Ph.D.

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Macau, Taipa, Macao, Macao

    Jianhong Liu

  2. Centre for Criminology and Criminal Just, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

    Bill Hebenton

  3. School of Criminology, National Taipei University, Taipei, Taiwan R.O.C.

    Susyan Jou

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Thilagaraj, R., Latha, S. (2013). Human Trafficking in Asia. In: Liu, J., Hebenton, B., Jou, S. (eds) Handbook of Asian Criminology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5218-8_9

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