Globalized, Wired, Sex Trafficking In Women And Children
AbstractTrafficking in women for the purpose of sexual exploitation is an increasing type of international crime generating huge profits with low risk for traffickers. This trafficking of women is symptomatic of the change in global relationships and the contraction of economies and hyperinflation. Women are particularly affected by loss of jobs and are lured by false promises and misled by incorrect information, hoping for work and a better life. They are brought from developing countries to Western Europe. Basic human rights are violated. They are exploited in the labour force legally or illegally, forced to work as prostitutes and in slave-like conditions. The United Nations should take a role to promote a global legal framework to curb the power and influence of corrupt governments, multinational corporations and powerful interest groups who may be involved in the trafficking of women. |