Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Map: The Scope of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Note on Transliterations, Place Names, and Permissions
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Diffusing the Politics of Human Trafficking from Europe to Asia
- 1 Contrasting Policy Approaches to Human Trafficking in Eurasia
- 2 Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy Adoption
- 3 Tracing the Development of Anti-Trafficking Institutions
- 4 Linkages Among Actors in Anti-Trafficking Networks
- 5 Uneven Implementation of Human Trafficking Policies
- 6 Empirical Comparisons of Human Trafficking Policy Across Eurasia
- Conclusion: The Implications of Human Trafficking Policies
- Methodological Appendix: Peeling Back the Research Process
- Appendix 1 Semi-Structured Interview Questions
- Appendix 2 Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 3 Typology of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 4 Code Book for Content Analysis of Laws and Policies
- Appendix 5 Code Book for Content Analysis of Interviews
- Appendix 6 Quantitative Variable Coding and Sources
- Appendix 7 Scores for Human Trafficking Policy Index
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Empirical Comparisons of Human Trafficking Policy Across Eurasia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 March 2021
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
- List of Acronyms
- Map: The Scope of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Note on Transliterations, Place Names, and Permissions
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction: Diffusing the Politics of Human Trafficking from Europe to Asia
- 1 Contrasting Policy Approaches to Human Trafficking in Eurasia
- 2 Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy Adoption
- 3 Tracing the Development of Anti-Trafficking Institutions
- 4 Linkages Among Actors in Anti-Trafficking Networks
- 5 Uneven Implementation of Human Trafficking Policies
- 6 Empirical Comparisons of Human Trafficking Policy Across Eurasia
- Conclusion: The Implications of Human Trafficking Policies
- Methodological Appendix: Peeling Back the Research Process
- Appendix 1 Semi-Structured Interview Questions
- Appendix 2 Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 3 Typology of Human Trafficking Policies in Eurasia
- Appendix 4 Code Book for Content Analysis of Laws and Policies
- Appendix 5 Code Book for Content Analysis of Interviews
- Appendix 6 Quantitative Variable Coding and Sources
- Appendix 7 Scores for Human Trafficking Policy Index
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the borders opened, the process of integrating the Russian Federation into the ‘rest of the world’ began, and a flood of human trafficking poured into the country. The phenomenon identified as the plague of the twenty-first century overwhelmed Russia. The US State Department has published a list of 19 countries where the fight against human trafficking is bad and Russia was among them. Our country [Russia] is not alone in this trouble. According to the TIP Report, the number of victims of the slave trade ranges from 700,000 to 4 million people annually. Perhaps, it is enough to introduce changes and additions to the current legislation in order to strengthen the sanctions for committing such crimes. Now the flow of crimes against minors has sharply increased as they are viewed as free labour and forced into prostitution and drug trafficking. It should be noted that the bureaucracy dealing with the problems of minors is very corrupt, including the guardianship and social services. Therefore, it is very important to solve the problem of trafficking in children and fight against this corruption (Mironov and Dolinsky, 2003).
This newspaper article from Trud (Labour) in central Russia reflects the fundamental issues exemplified in human trafficking data: the US TIP Report rankings, estimates of the number of human trafficking cases, bureaucratic impediments, and corruption. This story discusses how the collective consciousness about trafficking was linked to expanding Western culture and how trafficking dynamics have shifted from female sex trafficking to male and female labour trafficking. The article also demonstrates how difficult it is to obtain estimates of this crime. It further shows the trafficking flows to and from Russia in the early 2000s, how these flows are framed in the media, and how the government struggled to respond to the influx of people. This chapter seeks to operationalise many of these ideas from this news story and broaden the analysis back to all 15 Eurasian countries by transforming variables from the case study chapters into quantitative measures tested across the region.
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- Diffusing Human Trafficking Policy in Eurasia , pp. 149 - 176Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2020