Human trafficking
By: Kaye Stearman
Series: Global issues; Global issues
Publisher: Wayland
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9780750254359
Subjects: Human trafficking; Juvenile literature; Human smuggling
Description: Discusses the horrific trade of human trafficking, its history and its causes. Includes a case study of gangmaster Lin Liang Ren who was convicted in the case of the Morecambe Bay cockle pickers.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is human trafficking?; title: The history of human trafficking; title: Porous borders- people smuggling; title: Cheap labour- the hidden economy; title: Servant slaves- trapped in the home; title: Bodies for sale- trafficking for sex; title: Responses to human trafficking; title: Human trafficking and the media.