Abstract
As a continental hub that connects Asia, Africa, and Europe, the Middle East offers a strategic location for the trafficking of persons from poor to richer states. Extreme poverty, coupled with the corporate and royal wealth of the Gulf States, creates a regional dichotomy in which Middle Eastern states serve as ‘source,’ ‘transit,’ and ‘destination’ countries for human trafficking. Discrepancies in defining human trafficking within the region, as well as the controversial and illicit nature of the practice, cause research to be sparse and with very few first-hand sources. Nevertheless, this paper examines available literature on the subject and addresses the materialization of human trafficking in the Middle East, offering an analysis about legislative and socio-cultural impediments to its eradication.
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Mann, Mindy
(2010)
"The Materialization of Human Trafficking in the Middle East and Impediments to Its Eradication,"
Human Rights & Human Welfare: Vol. 10:
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1, Article 24.
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