International Trafficking in Women to the United States

Amy O’ Neill Richards, International Trafficking in Women to the United States A Contemporary Manifestation of Slavery and Organized Crime” The U.N. Convention on Transnational Organized Crime The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress, and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children “Sex Trafficking – Inside the Business of Modern Slavery” After viewing the assigned materials, answer the following questions as four separate posts. 1. Describe one form of coercion used to control an international victim of trafficking and give an example from the reading that included that form of coercion. 2. Describe some similarities and differences between American v. International trafficking victims in America. 3. Which of Siddharth Kara’s 7 Tactical Interventions do you feel would produce the greatest reduction in the number of trafficking victims? 4. What is your impression of the U.N. Conventions studied? How can they contribute to the global movement to end trafficking?