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Individual Criminal Responsibility Beyond the State: Human Trafficking as Both a Transnational and an International Crime
The individual criminal responsibility of the perpetrator has become the focus of both national and international efforts to combat human trafficking...
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Illicit financial flows within the extractive industries sector: a glance at how legal requirements can be manipulated and diverted
The extractive industries sector is considered to be one of the most prone to illicit financial flows. To date, numerous instruments at the national,...
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Child/Forced/Servile Marriages ⇄ Human Trafficking
This chapter examines the concept of child/forced marriages in the context of human trafficking for labor and sex. Empirical evidence suggests that...
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Cybercrime and Legislation in an African Context
There is an exponential growth in cybercrime incidences and victimization in the African continent. This is perhaps the fall-out of the upsurge in...
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Nigeria’s Urbanisation History, Trends, Drivers and Implications
Urban population growth in Nigeria—in both absolute and relative terms—has been supplemented by opportunities and challenges for urban dwellers....
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Cleaning Up Greenwash: A Critical Evaluation of the Activities of Oil Companies in the Niger
While many corporations embrace the concepts of social and environmental responsibility, numerous examples exist of corporations who claim to act in...
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The Onset of Global Violent Extremism and Its Nexus with Human Trafficking
Violent extremism is an emerging global threat instigated by extremist groups such as ISIS and Boko Haram. These organizations thrive only as a...
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Too Important: Water and Resistance
As we have described and discussed in the preceding chapters, water issues take shape in a variety of ways. From concerns regarding access and...
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Identifying trafficked migrants and refugees along the Balkan route. Exploring the boundaries of exploitation, vulnerability and risk
This article explores what we can learn about the identification of and assistance to trafficked persons from practitioners in Serbia on the front...
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What Thwarts the Use of the Non-liability Provision?
Trafficked persons have to convince society that they are victims. They need to show that they are virtuous and deserving of state funds and...
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The Nebulous Definition of Slavery: Legal versus Sociological Definitions of Slavery
The aim of the chapter is to clarify the contours of the definition of slavery. Special attention is placed in understanding the blurred lines...
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Child/Forced/Servile Marriages ⇄ Human Trafficking
This chapter examines the concept of child/forced marriages in the context of human trafficking for labor and sex. Empirical evidence suggests that...
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The Criminal Justice System: Actors, Processes and Policies
An effective criminal justice system is fundamental to democratic governance and the rule of law. Criminal justice, because it addresses behavioural...
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Cybercrime and Legislation in an African Context
There is an exponential growth in cybercrime incidences and victimization in the African continent. This is perhaps the fall-out of the upsurge in...
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Bürgerwehren, Gewaltmonopol und öffentlicher Raum
Womit hat man es bei Bürgerwehren auf theoretischer Ebene zu tun? Was genau macht diese Gruppierungen aus, und handelt es sich bei ihnen um ein...
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Kidnap and Terrorism Financing
Concerns about the increased role ransoms play in funding terrorism have led to calls by the G8 and the United Nations Security Council for a...
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Conclusion
The television sci-fi drama, ‘The Expanse’, based on the novels written by James S. A. Corey, depicts a future solar system where the dwarf planet...
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Iconoclasm and Cultural Heritage Destruction During Contemporary Armed Conflicts
This chapter “Iconoclasm and cultural heritage destruction during contemporary armed conflicts” discusses phenomena and problems that focus for a...
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Die soziale Praxis des Straf- und Zivilverfahrens in vergleichender Perspektive
Das zentrale Handlungsproblem der arbeitsteiligen Fallbearbeitung wird von den in Interaktion stehenden juristischen Akteuren vornehmlich mit...
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Compliance with anti-human trafficking policies: the mediating effect of corruption
Human Trafficking is an atrocious crime that represents a gross assault on human rights and the United Nations states that it is among the fast...
