ABSTRACT This article examines the interplay between transnational criminal actors (essentially human smugglers), local crime groups, and drug cartels in phenomenon of trafficking persons coming from Central America along Mexico’s eastern migration routes. The analysis focuses on sex trafficking, compelled labor for activities, other forms trafficking. Through qualitative research that involved...

membrane/ protein trafficking in the secretory/ biosynthetic and endocytic pathways is mediated by vesicles. vesicle trafficking in eukaryotes is regulated by a class of small monomeric gtpases the rab protein family. rab proteins represent the largest branch of the ras superfamily gtpases, and have been concerned in a variety of intracellular vesicle trafficking and different intracellular sig...

Abstract Human trafficking needs to be addressed globally. It is designated as an important part of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). can defined a by-product negative circle caused by several social and economic problems that reciprocally affect each other in complex manner. Global systematic exploitation, widening inequality, domestic or international problems, human rights issues lea...

The Brazilian counter-trafficking in persons has given rise to a complex, deficient, confusing anti-trafficking system that presents legal obstacles. Derived from this lack of harmonization the context, there were different ways interpreting what trafficking was, which also generated framework regarding interpretation concept itself. Hence, new law Brazil (13.344/2016), was approved order cover...

CONTEXT Human trafficking is a human rights violation prevalent globally. Current guidelines highlight healthcare professionals' key role in responding to human trafficking, emphasizing the importance of medical education in raising awareness of trafficking. OBJECTIVE To assess pre-clerkship medical students' awareness of human trafficking and attitudes towards learning about trafficking in t...

Tourism, travel and hospitality report a high prevalence of human trafficking, predominantly for sexual exploitation. With trafficking recognized as form international organized crime serious rights violation, states are bound to address it comprehensively. In parallel, the private sector in tourism, has demonstrated engagement fight against through wide range initiatives ethical commitments th...

Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT) has collected analyzed data on how partners organizations across state work toward ending trafficking. LCHT uses Community-Based Participatory Res...

The topic of modern-day slavery or human trafficking has received increased media and national attention. However, to date there has been limited research on the nature and scope of human trafficking in the United States. This article describes and synthesizes nine reports that assess the U.S. service organizations' legal representative knowledge of, and experience with, human trafficking cases...

Human trafficking is a transnational complex societal and economic issue. While human trafficking has been studied in a variety of contexts, including criminology, sociological, and clinical domains, to date there has been very little coverage in the operations research (OR) and analytics community. This paper highlights how operations research and analytics techniques can be used to address th...

OBJECTIVES To examine the link between human trafficking of minors and childhood adversity. METHODS We compared the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and cumulative childhood adversity (ACE score) among a sample of 913 juvenile justice-involved boys and girls in Florida for whom the Florida child abuse hotline accepted human trafficking abuse reports between 2009 and 2015 wit...