Putting the Brakes on the Global Trafficking of Women for the Sex Trade: An Analysis of Existing Regulatory Schemes to Stop the Flow of Traffic

This article examines international trafficking of women for the sex trade and how states have responded. It begins with an overview of existing laws in the EU and the US that prohibit trafficking of women for the sex trade. It then analyzes existing laws in international treaties, the EU and the US, and provides experts' opinions on the gaps in existing laws. The author ends by advocating a consistent and multi-facted approach to sex trafficking. She pinpoints corruption and lack of will to create or enforce adequate anti-trafficking legislation in many source, transit and destination countries as a major roadblock to effectively addressing trafficking of women for the sex trade. [Descriptors: Migration - Trafficking, International]