Human Trafficking in the Russian Federation: Scope of the Problem

Churakova, Irina; Westhuizen, Amanda van der

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-63058-8_63

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“…While previous FIFA host countries introduced strategies to curb the presumed influx of forced (sexual) labour, the Russian government did not sponsor any campaigns aimed at the eradication of trafficking prior to the 2018 FIFA World Cup ( 50 ). This caused outrage across international communities, many of whom feared an increase in forced prostitution in Russia, particularly amidst a newly-introduced laxed visa regime ( 51 ).…”

Section: Trafficking (In) Securities: Fifa and Fantasies Of Rescuementioning

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Rights, not rescue: trafficking (in)securities at the sport mega-event

Oliver,

De Lisio

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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We examine the impact of fantasies used in the redevelopment of sport mega-event cities on host communities; particularly as related to the male-dominated FIFA World Cup and forced prostitution. We start with a discussion of event fantasies, particularly those that circulate in relation to humanitarian aid and the alleged involvement of women and children in forced labour and sexual exploitation. We trace these fantasies across several FIFA host cities since the 2006 FIFA World Cup, hosted in Germany, to leverage continual and perpetuate attention (and profit) through the non-profit industrial complex. These fantasies have facilitated and coordinated collaborative consensus amongst state authorities and allies to act in a meaningful manner even as the evidence of forced prostitution is still scant—while the realities of people that continue to be subjected to violent and exploitative labour in the construction of stadia, athlete recruitment, or equipment and apparel industries are seldom addressed. We do this to question the lived impact of policies and personalities of rescue on people engaged, consensually, in erotic labour within host cities, that are often made target of rescue intervention. The figure of the proverbial sex slave, as a highly racialized and hypersexualized trope, is mobilized through the sport mega-event to further police the bodies of all women in labour and migration. We end with a cautious message to future host cities, particularly cities implicated in the 2026 FIFA World Cup within Mexico, Canada, and the United States, of the highly-profitable and politically-advantageous rhetoric of damsel in distress.

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Section: Trafficking (In) Securities: Fifa and Fantasies Of Rescuementioning

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Rights, not rescue: trafficking (in)securities at the sport mega-event

Oliver,

De Lisio

2023

Front. Sports Act. Living

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Human Trafficking Discourse in Zimbabwe

Munamati

2022

Handbook of Research on Present and Future Paradigms in Human Trafficking

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Despite being confronted with a myriad of challenges that are economic, social, and environmental, the Zimbabwean nation is overwhelmed by human trafficking cases. Previous studies have established that human trafficking proliferation is orchestrated by religious, social, and economic motives aimed at in most if not all cases self-enrichment. The chapter presents that the Zimbabwean form of human trafficking can take different forms whereby victims may be lured to participate in prostitution, robberies, and suicidal killings whilst in some cases, they can be killed for body organs usage in rituals. The study established that Zimbabwe has experienced many painful years of economic decay. Hence, it has become a breeding ground for both old and new forms of human trafficking. The chapter recommends that awareness campaigns, maximisation of law enforcement agents in combating human trafficking prevalence, and crafting human trafficking-combating policies are some of the various ways the Zimbabwean society can nip human trafficking in the bud.

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Human Trafficking in the Russian Federation: Scope of the Problem

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Rights, not rescue: trafficking (in)securities at the sport mega-event

Rights, not rescue: trafficking (in)securities at the sport mega-event

Human Trafficking Discourse in Zimbabwe

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