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7 Eur. J. Criminology 5 (2010)

handle is hein.journals/eujcrim7 and id is 1 raw text is: Euean Introduction Criminology European journal of Criminology 7(1) 5-10 @The Author(s) 2010 Reprints and permission: http://www. Hum an Trafficking: Issues and sagepub.co.uk/journalsPernission.nav DOl: 10.1 177/1477370809347894 Perspectives http://euc.sagepub.com OSAGE John Winterdyk Mount Royal University, Canada Philip Reichel University of Northern Colorado, United States Abstract This special issue focuses on a crime that has been classified by the United Nations as the third most profitable crime in the world - human trafficking (Fichtelberg 2008). 1 The international contributions in this issue cover a range of key social, economic, political and legal issues as they relate to human trafficking.The genesis for this collection evolved out of a major project led by Philip Reichel which was completed in 2007. Reichel and an international team examined Canadian and US practices of combating human trafficking. In addition, the project explored a range of initiatives used in Europe and proposed by the United Nations.2 Before presenting an overview of the articles, we thought it instructive to provide a synopsis of some of the fundamental issues involved in human trafficking. Our thinking was that a brief discussion of these more general, descriptive, theoretical and practical issues would provide some context for readers unfamiliar with the subject of human trafficking. Keywords Human Trafficking, Sexual Exploitation,Transit Countries,Victims of Human Trafficking. Overview of human trafficking It is generally acknowledged that human trafficking is a heinous crime and a gross abuse of fundamental human rights (see Fichtelberg 2008). According to the United Nations, human trafficking involves 'an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harbouring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them' (UNODC 2009a). Human traffickers tend to victimize the most vulner- able of the global community - young women and children. They are typically forced into Corresponding author: John Winterdyk, Department of justice Studies, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB,T3E 6K6, Canada Email: jwinterdyk@mtroyal.ca

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