Human Trafficking and Exploitation ─ Lessons from Europe

Human trafficking is a serious human rights violation that leads to the gross exploitation of its victims, who are coerced into forced labor and slavery across the globe. As the current migration movement and refugee situation reaches crisis point in Europe, the risk of human trafficking from the Mediterranean Sea through Italy into Central and Western Europe has become a critical emergency. Focusing on human trafficking along this route into Europe, this book discusses the systematic exploitation of victims and the subsequent violation of human rights within an international context, providing an overview of the causes, regulation and prevention of the issue.

Academic researchers, practitioners and policy-makers are brought together to provide both theoretical perspectives and practice-based approaches for addressing the issue of human trafficking. As well as scholarly contributions from experts in the field, the book also includes experiences and strategies of policy-makers and practitioners from governmental and non-governmental organizations, along with the real-life scenarios and practice reports.

Human Trafficking and Exploitation should be considered essential reading for academics, policy-makers, advocates and activists interested in preventing human trafficking and protecting human rights. It will also be of interest to those with research interests within the broader themes of law, politics and international relations and social and health policy.

Belachew Gebrewold is a professor of international relations and Head of Department and of Studies of Social Work and Social Policy and Management at Management Center Innsbruck, an Entrepreneurial School. His research areas are international security, conflicts, migration, and social policy

Johanna Kostenzer is Lecturer and Research Assistant at the Department of Nonprofit, Social and Health Care Management at Management Center Innsbruck. Her research focuses on sexual and reproductive health, gender-based violence, bioethics, and decision making in health and social policy.

Andreas Th. Muller is Associate Professor at the Department of European Law and Public International Law of the University of Innsbruck. His research focus is on international human rights and humanitarian law, international and European criminal law as well as international and European migration and refugee law