Document Type

Podcast

Publication Date

5-4-2011

Publication Title

Nexus series

Publisher

Black Mountain Institute; UNLV College of Urban Affairs

Abstract

Fr. Uwem Akpan, Black Mountain Visiting Fellow, and Alexis Kennedy, UNLV professor, discuss the scourge of human trafficking. Modern day slavery generates billions of dollars and is one of the world's fastest growing enterprises. Despite the fact that slavery is illegal around the world, there are actually more people enslaved today (many of them forced into sex work) than at any other time in history. Akpan and Kennedy talk about how people end up being trafficked, the true cost of this hidden economy, and how to stop it.

Keywords

Human trafficking; International crimes; Sex crimes; Slavery

Disciplines

Criminology and Criminal Justice | Human Rights Law | International Law | International Trade Law | Literature in English, Anglophone outside British Isles and North America | Modern Literature | Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies | Social Policy | Social Welfare

Language

English

Comments

Host: Dina Titus, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Audio file size: 13.3 megabytes

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