How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey
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, attracting illicit business. Few studies have be...
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| description | 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, attracting illicit business. Few studies have been conducted in the previous two decades to investigate the organized criminal element of human trafficking in this region. This research is based on ethnographic research in which trafficking victims (N = 11) were interviewed, and on-site observations were made. Our findings revealed that the trafficking industry in our study area was carried out by persons who were only loosely related to one another. There was no sophisticated, long-lasting sex trafficking organization. Membership was not severely limited, and individuals did not identify themselves as members of a well-known criminal organization. We provided policy recommendations and proposals for future research to address female trafficking for sexual exploitation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c86d225eaccd461b9893696d51e61b5f2023-11-24T09:59:56ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602022-11-01111151110.3390/socsci11110511How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from TurkeyMahmut Cengiz0Oguzhan Omer Demir1Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, TraCCC, Fairfax, VA 22030, USAGlobal Center for Security Studies, London EC1V 2NX, UKBecause 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, attracting illicit business. Few studies have been conducted in the previous two decades to investigate the organized criminal element of human trafficking in this region. This research is based on ethnographic research in which trafficking victims (N = 11) were interviewed, and on-site observations were made. Our findings revealed that the trafficking industry in our study area was carried out by persons who were only loosely related to one another. There was no sophisticated, long-lasting sex trafficking organization. Membership was not severely limited, and individuals did not identify themselves as members of a well-known criminal organization. We provided policy recommendations and proposals for future research to address female trafficking for sexual exploitation.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/11/511human traffickingsex traffickingvictimscorruptionmoney launderingTurkey |
| spellingShingle | Mahmut Cengiz Oguzhan Omer Demir How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey Social Sciences human trafficking sex trafficking victims corruption money laundering Turkey |
| title | How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_full | How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_fullStr | How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_full_unstemmed | How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_short | How Hoteliers Act in the Form of Organized Crime in Human Trafficking: A Case Study from Turkey |
| title_sort | how hoteliers act in the form of organized crime in human trafficking a case study from turkey |
| topic | human trafficking sex trafficking victims corruption money laundering Turkey |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/11/11/511 |
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