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Record Nr.

UNINA9910337823803321

Autore

Antonopoulos Georgios A

Titolo

Human Trafficking Finances [[electronic resource] ] : Evidence from Three European Countries / / by Georgios A. Antonopoulos, Andrea Di Nicola, Atanas Rusev, Fiamma Terenghi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019

ISBN

3-030-17809-9

Edizione

[1st ed. 2019.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXII, 87 p. 4 illus., 3 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Criminology, , 2192-8533

Disciplina

364.135

Soggetti

Transnational crime

Commercial crimes

Human rights

Trafficking

Financial Crime

Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Human Trafficking and its Financial Management in Bulgaria -- Human Trafficking and its Financial Management in Italy -- Human Trafficking and its Financial Management in the United Kingdom -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This unique volume addresses the financial mechanisms that enable human trafficking - its actors, structures, and logistics. Viewing each stage of the market, human traffickers may need significant financial resources for recruitment, transportation, and exploitation. Drawing upon cross-disciplinary research expertise in criminology, sociology, law and economics, this book offers insights from law enforcement officers, policy makers, NGOs, and traffickers and their victims. Using three European countries - Bulgaria, Italy and the United Kingdom - it provides an account on the sources of capital for initiating and sustaining a human trafficking scheme, discussing the involvement of criminal structures, legitimate businesses, financial institutions, and information and communication technologies in the running of these



enterprises. It also addresses the ways in which entrepreneurs and customers settle payments, the costs of conducting business in human trafficking, and how profits from the business are spent and invested. This important contribution to the transnational organized crime knowledge base will be of interest to researchers and academics, as well as law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and policy makers combating human trafficking.