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17 Buff. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 25 (2011)
Human Trafficking for Begging

handle is hein.journals/bufhr17 and id is 29 raw text is: HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR BEGGING Iveta Cherneva* Beggars are a part of the street landscape of any major city. How- ever, many of the children and elderly women begging on the streets are forced beggars: victims of trafficking in persons who are part of a beggars ring with an organizational complexity comparable to that of a medium-size business enterprise. The present work focuses on the phenomenon of traf- ficking in persons for the purpose of begging, arguing for its legal concep- tualization under international law. Although it is occasionally mentioned in a limited number of international reports and legal documents as a form of trafficking-related exploitation, forced begging is a largely understudied topic and its conceptualization as trafficking in persons has thus far been unsystematic. The present research aims to address the gap in the literature on trafficking in persons and argue for the legal conceptualization of beg- ging as trafficking. Furthermore, it examines the psychologically driven customer demand that fuels the illicit activity, and suggests new ways for crafting public messages in order to improve response strategies and outcomes. I. CONCEIVING BEGGING AS TRAFFICKING: INTRODUCTION This work focuses on the phenomenon of trafficking in persons for the purpose of begging and argues for its legal conceptualization under in- ternational law. Although it is occasionally mentioned in a limited number of international reports and legal documents as a form of trafficking-related exploitation, forced begging is a largely understudied topic and its concep- tualization as trafficking in persons has thus far been rather unsystematic. * Iveta Chemeva is a writer and practitioner focusing on human rights, security and human trafficking. Her career includes work for the U.N., U.S. Congress, Ox- ford GEG, and a number of non-profit institutions. She is the CEO and owner of ICWords Ltd. and business and sustainability columnist for Global Business Magazine. Ms. Cherneva is the author of Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name, 2011, editor of The Business Case for Sustainable Finance, forthcoming 2012, and co-author of Beyond Market Forces: Regulating the Global Security In- dustry, 2009. In 2007, Ms. Cherneva founded and developed the first anti-human trafficking training program for private military contractors in Washington, D.C., establishing partnerships with the U.S. Departments of State, Defense and Justice, and the U.S. anti-trafficking leaders Congressman Smith and then-presidential can- didate Senator Brownback. The inaugural sessions led private military companies to establish first-time compliance policies on human trafficking.

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