Policy Brief
Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling: New Perspectives on an Old Problem
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To cope with the pernicious problem of human trafficking and smuggling, Washington and its global allies need fundamentally to rethink their assumptions about the nature and size and the scope of the problem, and also how to combat it. Imperative is better information sharing among countries, agencies, and among those battling the trade in illicit goods, not just trade in humans. Only by embracing sucrecommendations can we possibly hope to replicate and build on the successes—and avoid repeating the failures—of past anti-trafficking efforts. Click here to read further about the above recommendations.
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For Academic Citation:
Greenhill, Kelly. “Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling: New Perspectives on an Old Problem.” Policy Brief, May 14, 2007.
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