RT Article
T1 Hardened professional criminals, or just friends and relatives? The diversity of offenders in human trafficking
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 42
IS 2/3
SP 177
OP 193
A1 Viuhko, Minna
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1753640385
AB Human trafficking has been extensively discussed, studied and debated over the past 20 years, but many misleading images and stereotypes still exist regarding trafficking, its victims and its perpetrators. Trafficking is often framed as a problem of organised crime. The article problematises (1) the stereotypical images of perpetrators and (2) the involvement of organised crime in human trafficking, particularly in Finland, drawing on court cases that deal with trafficking in human beings. The article analyses, on the one hand, the characteristics of detected traffickers by reflecting the findings against the image of the ideal offender and, on the other hand, the role and involvement of organised crime in human trafficking. The article concludes that most convicted traffickers are not so-called ideal offenders. The variety of traffickers involved in the cases studied does not correspond very well to the rather stereotypical and oversimplified image of traffickers and ideal offenders.
K1 Human Trafficking
K1 Exploitation
K1 ideal offender
K1 Organised Crime
K1 trafficker
K1 Finland
DO 10.1080/01924036.2017.1391106