The organisation of human trafficking

A study of criminal involvement in sexual exploitation in Sweden, Finland and Estonia

A study of criminal involvement in sexual exploitation in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people are recruited and transported for the purpose of exploitation. The majority are women and girls, and the main purpose is sexual exploitation.

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Who are the people behind this kind of criminal activity?

And how is it organised? These and other questions regarding the organisation of trafficking in human beings for sexual exploitation are answered in this report. This is the final report from a joint research project about the organisation and structure of criminal networks involved in trafficking for sexual exploitation in Sweden, Finland and Estonia.

The project was carried out in 2007—2008 by the Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (Brottsförebyggande rådet, Brå) together with the European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI), Finland, and the Institute of Law at Tartu University in Estonia.

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© The Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention, 2008
Authors: Cecilia Englund, Minna Viuhko, Anniina Jokinen, Kauko Aromaa, Aigi Resetnikova, Anna Markina, Ulf Söderström, Marie Nilsen

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