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Human Trafficking in South Africa

Human Trafficking in South Africa

This book provides an analysis of the development and incidence of TIP in the Republic and its subcontinent, mainly but not entirely because of events between the collapse of apartheid and the present situation at the beginning of the third quarter of the 21st century. This involves (a) defining the nature of TIP; (b) analysing its main expressions in sex, child, labour, and organ trafficking); (c) assessing their social impact; and evaluating the remedies available in various countertrafficking programs emerging in Southern African countries in recent years. Within this context it also examines the 4xP formula used in most trafficking studies to delineate and understand the subject. These refer to programs to address TIP in a preventative capacity, to protect its victims, to prosecute the perpetrators, and to develop Counter Trafficking Coalitions (CTC’s), or partnerships, between the state and civil society to address these heinous crimes as both law enforcement and public policy level. Particular attention is given to these issues in the light of the need to re-empower victims, ongoing globalisation, climate change and a post-COVID world which has increased the number of vulnerable persons while reducing the capacities of law enforcement systems.

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Product Information

Format: 

216mm X168mm

Pages: 

314

ISBN-13: 

978-1-928246-58-9

Publish Year: 

February 2023

Rights: 

World Rights
This book provides an analysis of the development and incidence of TIP in the Republic and its subcontinent, mainly but not entirely because of events between the collapse of apartheid and the present situation at the beginning of the third quarter of the 21st century. This involves (a) defining the nature of TIP; (b) analysing its main expressions in sex, child, labour, and organ trafficking); (c) assessing their social impact; and evaluating the remedies available in various countertrafficking programs emerging in Southern African countries in recent years. Within this context it also examines the 4xP formula used in most trafficking studies to delineate and understand the subject. These refer to programs to address TIP in a preventative capacity, to protect its victims, to prosecute the perpetrators, and to develop Counter Trafficking Coalitions (CTC’s), or partnerships, between the state and civil society to address these heinous crimes as both law enforcement and public policy level. Particular attention is given to these issues in the light of the need to re-empower victims, ongoing globalisation, climate change and a post-COVID world which has increased the number of vulnerable persons while reducing the capacities of law enforcement systems.

Preface

Chapter 1: Human Trafficking: An Overview.

Chapter 2: Sex Trafficking

Chapter 3: Child Trafficking

Chapter 4: Labour Trafficking

Chapter 5: Counter-trafficking

Chapter 6: The Regional Framework

Chapter 7: Conclusion: Beyond COVID

Index
About the Author
Notes
Bibliography

Philip Frankel is a political scientist and Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at St. Augustine’s College of South Africa in Victory Park, Johannesburg.

Frankel was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he obtained a Master of Arts. He then obtained a second Master of Arts and a Doctorate in Philosophy from Princeton University in the USA.

Previously Head of the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, he is the author of countless articles and studies on various topics that have appeared in peer-reviewed journals, conference papers and in the South African and international media.