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  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,869 Views
18 Pages

3 April 2024

Modern slavery and human trafficking are well recognized as significant problems in need of legislation, policies, and actions from a wide range of stakeholders in the United Kingdom. The passage of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 is a hallmark of the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
21,394 Views
29 Pages

12 January 2015

The purpose of this study is to better understand how the complex problem of human trafficking is addressed in international debates. How the discussion about human trafficking develops and how it is debated ultimately influences how the decision-mak...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,130 Views
12 Pages

5 November 2024

Offenders convicted of trafficking human beings for sexual exploitation involve a high percentage of women compared to other similar offenses. Previous studies have searched for explanations for the dynamics of the illegal sex market and the coercion...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,254 Views
23 Pages

23 June 2025

Human trafficking, a grave violation of human rights, frequently intersects with financial crimes, notably identity theft and coercive debt accumulation. This creates complex challenges for victims, survivors, and law enforcement. Victims of human tr...

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,712 Views
39 Pages

23 October 2024

The share of boys and men among detected victims of human trafficking is increasing globally, yet there is limited evidence on the specific experiences of these populations. The knowledge gap on mental health outcomes and support needs is particularl...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
48 Citations
43,477 Views
13 Pages

28 April 2014

The purpose of this paper is to discuss human trafficking within the broader framework of socio-economic inequality. The presence of socio-economic inequality in the world creates a system where those in power very easily dominate and take advantage...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,401 Views
21 Pages

Human Trafficking and Gender Inequality: How Businesses Can Lower Risks and Costs

  • Donald L. Ariail,
  • Katherine Taken Smith and
  • Lawrence Murphy Smith

Human trafficking continues to be a profitable multi-billion dollar business. People are either callous toward human rights or they are unaware of the crime occurring. Many businesses may unknowingly facilitate human trafficking by providing services...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,983 Views
17 Pages

Lessons Learned from the Colorado Project to Comprehensively Combat Human Trafficking

  • Annie Miller,
  • Julie Laser,
  • Annjanette Alejano-Steele,
  • Kara Napolitano,
  • Nevita George,
  • Natcha Connot and
  • Amanda Finger

22 February 2023

Countering human trafficking at a statewide level requires a combination of knowledge from lived experience, inter-sector collaborations, and evidence-based tools to measure progress. Since 2010, the nonprofit Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
7,054 Views
20 Pages

11 November 2022

Because of supply and demand factors, human trafficking for sexual exploitation has always been a profitable industry. Turkey, as a host country for immigrants from both former Soviet countries and the Middle East, combines supply and demand together...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,990 Views
35 Pages

16 August 2023

Faith-based organizations (FBOs) are substantially involved in the anti-human trafficking movement. Yet, limited research is available on their crucial roles in the field. This study explored their input in anti-trafficking policy implementation in t...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
11,806 Views
10 Pages

20 May 2024

Human trafficking thrives in the shadows, and the rise of social media has provided traffickers with a powerful and unregulated tool. This paper delves into how these criminals exploit online platforms to target and manipulate vulnerable populations....

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,830 Views
17 Pages

26 January 2024

As forced migration increases dramatically due to such factors as climate change, rising conflict, and authoritarianism, more legal cases on human trafficking and sex work are sure to arise. To date, very few cases on these issues have been decided i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
428 Views
19 Pages

25 November 2025

South Africa is facing serious challenges in addressing the needs of women survivors of human trafficking. Trafficked women often experience health issues, physical, sexual, psychological, economic, and social abuse. Women trafficking is a multidisci...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
7,192 Views
31 Pages

13 February 2023

In their forefront role to address human trafficking, law enforcement agencies (LEAs) have often faced challenges in efforts to investigate this crime. Non-traditional partnerships should be explored to improve strategies to investigate human traffic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,295 Views
34 Pages

Addressing human trafficking is crucial due to its severe impact on human rights, dignity, and well-being. Serious games refer to digital games that are designed to entertain while also accomplishing at least one additional objective, such as learnin...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,592 Views
17 Pages

7 February 2023

To effectively address human trafficking, it is increasingly recognized that anti-human trafficking efforts need to include a collaborative approach between agencies most likely to come into contact with human trafficking victims and offenders. While...

  • Concept Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,770 Views
11 Pages

19 February 2024

For years, survivors of sex trafficking, people compelled by force or circumstance to engage in sex acts, were often wrongly convicted of prostitution and many collateral crimes in the United States. These convictions became a permanent part of survi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
13,133 Views
38 Pages

29 November 2022

On the same day that the human trafficker Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, many people closely watched the sixth hearing of the House Select Committee on the attack of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021 (2...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,744 Views
15 Pages

Human trafficking for forced labour or sexual exploitation often takes the form of forced migration. It is the third-largest crime industry in the world and has severe consequences on the women survivors. Trafficking violates the safety, welfare, and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
616 Views
28 Pages

Recommendations from Multi-Disciplinary Professionals for Survivor-Informed and Comprehensive Care for Human Trafficking Survivors

  • Christina M. Tsoi,
  • Timothy B. Smith,
  • Elizabeth Cutrer-Párraga,
  • Devan Clayton,
  • Joshua M. Marshall and
  • Jamila Mastny

26 November 2025

Background: Human trafficking affects millions of people worldwide with multiple adverse outcomes including psychopathology. Although research on human trafficking has become abundant in other academic disciplines (e.g., public health, criminology, s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
5,303 Views
23 Pages

Labour migration, other than being a key driver of economic growth and development, is also associated with inconsistent human rights practices. This paper furthers the understanding of links between migration and human trafficking in Andhra Pradesh,...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
8,188 Views
20 Pages

While the drivers and processes of forced migration may overlap for people seeking refuge or experiencing human trafficking, responses are invariably rooted in legislation and policy rather than empirical enquiry. In the UK, tightening of legislation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,273 Views
9 Pages

2 January 2020

In 2015, the leaders of all the UN’s Member States agreed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals and their 169 associated targets address five areas of critical importance: people, planet, prosperit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,796 Views
22 Pages

Motherhood, Human Trafficking, and Asylum Seeking: The Experiences and Needs of Survivor Mothers in Birthing and Postnatal Care

  • Lois Bosatta,
  • Mariana Crespi de Valldaura,
  • Kevin Bales,
  • Helen Spiby and
  • Laoise Ni Bhriain

16 May 2024

This article aims to illuminate the little-studied phenomenon of asylum-seeking child-bearing women in the UK, survivors of violence and human trafficking. This is a significant issue in terms of the proportion of women affected and the paucity of ca...

  • Article
  • Open Access
408 Views
18 Pages

Integrated Health, Social, and Legal Approaches to Supporting Migrant Women Victims of Human Trafficking and Sexual Violence

  • María del Mar Jiménez-Lasserrotte,
  • Karim El Marbouhe El Faqyr,
  • Maria Kinza El Amrani Escot,
  • María José Rodas Vanegas,
  • José Granero-Molina and
  • José Manuel Hernández-Padilla

12 November 2025

Background/Objectives: Human trafficking is a serious violation of human rights, with migrant women being among the most affected groups. This study aimed to explore the experiences of health, legal, and social professionals involved in the care of m...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
6,311 Views
21 Pages

16 March 2020

Graph models are fundamental in network theory. But normalization of weights are necessary to deal with large size networks like internet. Most of the research works available in the literature have been restricted to an algorithmic perspective alone...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,762 Views
15 Pages

5 September 2025

Background: Individuals who are victimized and exploited by the heinous crimes of human trafficking (HT) access healthcare during their exploitation, yet gaps in education on HT content exist in prelicensure nursing programs. This study explored the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
16,675 Views
17 Pages

13 October 2014

This paper argues that the feminisation of migration has heightened the awareness of human trafficking, yet the feminisation of poverty is a social concept that is yet to be fully understood within the context of human trafficking. The false notion o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,200 Views
12 Pages

4 October 2022

Human melanocortin-2 receptor (hMC2R) co-expressed with the accessory protein mouse (m)MRAP1 in Chinese Hamster Ovary (CHO) cells has been used as a model system to investigate the activation and trafficking of hMC2R. A previous study had shown that...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,118 Views
14 Pages

11 April 2024

During the last decades, Nigerian migrant women in the European sex market, described as victims of trafficking, have generated consistent concern and outrage. This article analyzes data from an ethnographic study of more than 800 Nigerian sex worker...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,821 Views
16 Pages

23 May 2023

The late Rev. Margaret Fowler, United Church Minister, was a key supporter of LGBTQ rights and a vocal advocate against human trafficking in Jamaica. As the founder of the Theodora Project, Rev. Fowler served many persons coerced into sex work or sub...

  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
7,828 Views
20 Pages

Cellular Localization and Trafficking of the Human ABCG1 Transporter

  • Edward B. Neufeld,
  • Katherine O'Brien,
  • Avram D. Walts,
  • John A. Stonik,
  • Steven J. Demosky,
  • Daniela Malide,
  • Christian A. Combs and
  • Alan T. Remaley

14 November 2014

We have developed a suitable heterologous cell expression system to study the localization, trafficking, and site(s) of function of the human ABCG1 transporter. Increased plasma membrane (PM) and late endosomal (LE) cholesterol generated by ABCG1 was...

  • Review
  • Open Access
29 Citations
8,112 Views
15 Pages

RAB11-Mediated Trafficking and Human Cancers: An Updated Review

  • Elsi Ferro,
  • Carla Bosia and
  • Carlo C. Campa

4 January 2021

Many disorders block and subvert basic cellular processes in order to boost their progression. One protein family that is prone to be altered in human cancers is the small GTPase RAB11 family, the master regulator of vesicular trafficking. RAB11 isof...

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
5,284 Views
23 Pages

Modulation of Endosome Function, Vesicle Trafficking and Autophagy by Human Herpesviruses

  • Eduardo I. Tognarelli,
  • Antonia Reyes,
  • Nicolás Corrales,
  • Leandro J. Carreño,
  • Susan M. Bueno,
  • Alexis M. Kalergis and
  • Pablo A. González

4 March 2021

Human herpesviruses are a ubiquitous family of viruses that infect individuals of all ages and are present at a high prevalence worldwide. Herpesviruses are responsible for a broad spectrum of diseases, ranging from skin and mucosal lesions to blindn...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
5,704 Views
23 Pages

Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans LtxA Hijacks Endocytic Trafficking Pathways in Human Lymphocytes

  • Edward T Lally,
  • Kathleen Boesze-Battaglia,
  • Anuradha Dhingra,
  • Nestor M Gomez,
  • Jinery Lora,
  • Claire H Mitchell,
  • Alexander Giannakakis,
  • Syed A Fahim,
  • Roland Benz and
  • Nataliya Balashova

21 January 2020

Leukotoxin (LtxA), from oral pathogen Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, is a secreted membrane-damaging protein. LtxA is internalized by β2 integrin LFA-1 (CD11a/CD18)-expressing leukocytes and ultimately causes cell death; however, toxin l...

  • Editorial
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,719 Views
3 Pages

10 April 2023

Multiprofessional, interorganizational, and cross-sector collaboration is widely recognized as essential to counter human trafficking [...]

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
20,165 Views
19 Pages

Sexual transmission of Zika virus (ZIKV) is a matter of great concern. Infectious viral particles can be shed in semen for as long as six months after infection and can be transferred to male and female sexual partners during unprotected sexual inter...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,251 Views
15 Pages

Trafficking of Annexins during Membrane Repair in Human Skeletal Muscle Cells

  • Coralie Croissant,
  • Céline Gounou,
  • Flora Bouvet,
  • Sisareuth Tan and
  • Anthony Bouter

26 January 2022

Defects in membrane repair contribute to the development of muscular dystrophies, such as Miyoshi muscular dystrophy 1, limb girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD), type R2 or R12. Deciphering membrane repair dysfunctions in the development of muscular dys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
9,544 Views
16 Pages

The Prevalence and Correlates of Labor and Sex Trafficking in a Community Sample of Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Metro-Atlanta

  • Eric R. Wright,
  • Ana LaBoy,
  • Kara Tsukerman,
  • Nicholas Forge,
  • Erin Ruel,
  • Renee Shelby,
  • Madison Higbee,
  • Zoe Webb,
  • Melanie Turner-Harper and
  • Asantewaa Darkwa
  • + 1 author

21 January 2021

Research suggests that runaway and homeless youth (RHY) in the United States are vulnerable to sex and labor trafficking. In this paper, we report and analyze estimates of sex and labor trafficking collected as part of the Atlanta Youth Count 2018, a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
114,566 Views
18 Pages

Combating Sex Trafficking: The Role of the Hotel—Moral and Ethical Questions

  • Chu-Chuan Jeng,
  • Edward Huang,
  • Sarah Meo and
  • Louise Shelley

2 February 2022

Legitimate companies are key facilitators of human trafficking. These corporate facilitators include not only websites providing advertisements for commercial sex services but also hotels and motels. Analysis of all active federal criminal sex traffi...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,963 Views
14 Pages

Expression, Function and Trafficking of the Human ABCG2 Multidrug Transporter Containing Mutations in an Unstructured Cytoplasmic Loop

  • Orsolya Mózner,
  • Boglárka Zámbó,
  • Zsuzsa Bartos,
  • Anna Gergely,
  • Kata Sára Szabó,
  • Bálint Jezsó,
  • Ágnes Telbisz,
  • György Várady,
  • László Homolya and
  • Tamás Hegedűs
  • + 1 author

4 October 2023

The human ABCG2 multidrug transporter plays a crucial role in the absorption and excretion of xeno- and endobiotics, contributes to cancer drug resistance and the development of gout. In this work, we have analyzed the effects of selected variants, r...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
13,039 Views
16 Pages

Identifying Sexual and Labor Exploitation among Sheltered Youth Experiencing Homelessness: A Comparison of Screening Methods

  • Salina Mostajabian,
  • Diane Santa Maria,
  • Constance Wiemann,
  • Elizabeth Newlin and
  • Claire Bocchini

Human trafficking is a significant and growing public health concern. Subgroups of adolescents and young adults are particularly vulnerable to human trafficking, especially youth who are unstably housed or homeless. While youth experiencing trafficki...

  • Review
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,826 Views
11 Pages

21 June 2023

Human trafficking is a complex global problem that demands current and scientifically grounded knowledge capable of coordinating interventions among various sectors of society. To address this issue, a systematic collection of scientific articles was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
6,523 Views
11 Pages

Traumatic Associations amongst Men and Women Selling Sex in the Philippines

  • Lianne A. Urada,
  • Jasmine H. Ly,
  • Nymia Pimentel Simbulan,
  • Laufred I. Hernandez and
  • Elizabeth E. Reed

Background: The present study explores trauma-related factors (human trafficking or physical or sexual violence during transactional sex) associated with interest in future community mobilization around health and human rights. Community mobilization...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
18,851 Views
11 Pages

The debate over trafficking of human beings for the purpose of organ removal (THBOR) remains largely absent from policy debates, as its crime is hardly detected, reported and sparsely researched. However, criminal networks continue to exploit vulnera...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,078 Views
17 Pages

Synergistic Threats to Wild Fauna in Ecuador: Using a Novel Data Source to Estimate the Impacts of Trafficking and Human–Wildlife Conflict

  • Ricardo Villalba-Briones,
  • Patricia Mendoza,
  • Daniel Garces,
  • Eliana Belen Molineros,
  • Juan S. Monros and
  • Sam Shanee

11 August 2024

Wildlife trafficking and human–wildlife conflict are major causes of species decline. The illegal nature of wildlife trafficking makes it hard, and sometimes dangerous, to study. ‘Mansión Mascota’ is a veterinary clinic in Gu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,668 Views
14 Pages

26 December 2022

The issue of Vietnamese nationals consistently having some of the highest numbers of referrals into the UK’s National Referral Mechanism (NRM) is increasingly apparent. However, this did not gather nationwide attention until the Essex tragedy o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,759 Views
14 Pages

HPV16 E6 Controls the Gap Junction Protein Cx43 in Cervical Tumour Cells

  • Peng Sun,
  • Li Dong,
  • Alasdair I. MacDonald,
  • Shahrzad Akbari,
  • Michael Edward,
  • Malcolm B. Hodgins,
  • Scott R. Johnstone and
  • Sheila V. Graham

5 October 2015

Human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) causes a range of cancers including cervical and head and neck cancers. HPV E6 oncoprotein binds the cell polarity regulator hDlg (human homologue of Drosophila Discs Large). Previously we showed in vitro, and now...

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