Labour Migration, Human Trafficking and Multinational Corporations: The Commodification of Illicit Flows (Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption)

Synopsis

Although much literature on human trafficking focuses on sex trafficking, a great deal of human trafficking results from migrant workers, compelled - by economic deprivation in their home countries - to seek better life opportunities abroad, especially in agriculture, construction and domestic work. Such labour migration is sometimes legal and well managed, but sometimes not so – with migrant workers frequently threatened or coerced into entering debt bondage arrangements and ending up working in forced labour situations producing goods for illicit markets. This book fills a substantial gap in the existing literature given that labour trafficking is a much more subtle form of exploitation than sex trafficking. It discusses how far large multinational corporations are involved, whether intentionally or unintentionally, in human trafficking for the purposes of labour exploitation. They explore how far corporations are driven to seek cheap labour by the need to remain commercially competitive and examine how the problem often lies with corporations’ subcontractors, who are not as well controlled as they might be. The essays in the volume also outline and assess measures being taken by governments and international agencies to eradicate the problem.

Copyright:

2012

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

192 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781136482632

Related ISBNs:

9781138815841, 9780415595995, 9780203134733

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

07/10/22

Copyrighted By:

Ato Quayson, Antonela Arhin

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Business and Finance, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics

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Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Antonela Arhin

Edited by:

Ato Quayson