Editorial: Traffickers

Marika McAdam; Borislav Gerasimov

doi:10.14197/atr.201222181

Editorial: Traffickers

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Marika McAdam
Borislav Gerasimov

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https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222181

Abstract

This article introduces a Special Issue of Anti-Trafficking Review themed ‘Traffickers’. It describes how most of the knowledge about human trafficking is generated from the accounts of victims of trafficking and people working with them, while knowledge of perpetrators of human trafficking remains limited. It further summarises the articles contained in this special issue. These articles describe one or more aspects of traffickers’ characteristics, motivations, modus operandi, relationships with victims, and treatment in the criminal justice system. Overall, the issue shows that in many cases, traffickers’ profiles are similar to those of their victims. It suggests that measures to reduce racial, ethnic and other discrimination and improve socioeconomic and educational opportunities for all would help reduce people’s vulnerability to becoming victims of trafficking as well as perpetrators.

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Marika McAdam

Marika McAdam is an independent international law and policy adviser. She has worked globally with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the International Organization for Migration, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the NEXUS Institute, the Bali Process Regional Support Office, and the ASEAN-Australia Counter-Trafficking Program, among others. On human trafficking specifically, she has trained law enforcers, prosecutors, and judges; addressed senators and parliamentarians; and written extensively on the challenges of implementing international law in practice.

Borislav Gerasimov

Borislav Gerasimov is the Communications and Advocacy Coordinator at the Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women and the Editor of Anti-Trafficking Review. He holds a degree in English Philology from Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, Bulgaria, and has previously worked at women’s rights and anti-trafficking organisations in Bulgaria and the Netherlands. He has also been involved in the work of organisations supporting Roma youth, LGBTI people, people living with HIV/AIDS, and sex workers.

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19-04-2022

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McAdam, M., & Gerasimov, B. (2022). Editorial: Traffickers. Anti-Trafficking Review, (18), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.14197/atr.201222181

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No. 18 (2022): Special Issue – Traffickers

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