Identifying human trafficking in Norway: A register-based study of cases, outcomes and police practices

Bjelland, Heidi Fischer

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“…Almost half of those surveyed had dealt with some kind of human trafficking case. The most highlighted difficulties, both in the questionnaire and in the discourse, concerned the victims' lack of cooperation in the judicial process; the same aspect has been identified in many studies (Bjelland, 2017;Dols, 2012;Helfferich et al, 2011). For a victim to report a crime and cooperate in the judicial process, they must be protected from the threats and actions of the traffickers, which is not always possible for various reasons.…”

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Exploring the role of Spanish judges in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation

Falcón

Vieites

Uroz-Olivares

2021

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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This study explores the difficulties that Spanish judges face during the judicial investigation and trial of the trafficking of human beings for sexual exploitation. Here, we highlight the issues of judges’ lack of training and the saturation of the courts due to the excessive work that these crimes entail. To collect data, responses from 71 Spanish judges were collected through a questionnaire, and nine semi-structured interviews were conducted in three Spanish provinces (Barcelona, Malaga and Madrid). Noteworthy findings include the fact that almost half of the judges had dealt with a case involving this type of crime and that a third ended up closing the case. In the responses received, the lack of victims’ collaboration in the judicial process was highlighted as one of the difficulties as was the lack of resources to investigate these crimes and the involvement of other crimes.

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confidence: 96%

Exploring the role of Spanish judges in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation

Falcón

Vieites

Uroz-Olivares

2021

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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“…Rather, it is closely bound up with whether those being identified assess it as beneficial to them [8,9]. Even under the best of circumstances, identification of trafficking victims is complicated [7,24,34]. Identifying trafficking victims amongst migrants and refugees introduces additional layers of complexity and complication.…”

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Identifying trafficked migrants and refugees along the Balkan route. Exploring the boundaries of exploitation, vulnerability and risk

Brunovskis

Surtees²

2019

Crime Law Soc Change

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This article explores what we can learn about the identification of and assistance to trafficked persons from practitioners in Serbia on the front line of Europe's so-called Brefugee crisis^. Questions arise as to whether and to what extent the anti-trafficking framework is effective in offering protection to trafficked migrants/refugees in a mass migration setting, but also what is lost if the specific perspective of the anti-trafficking framework is set aside or given lower priority. It is important to discuss who is included and who is excluded; whether protection and assistance meet people's needs; and whether or how the existing framework can be used to greater effect. While it was challenging to operationalise the anti-trafficking framework, both conceptually and practically, during the Brefugee crisis^in the Balkans, it remains an important approach that should have been mobilised to a greater extent, both to secure individual protections and rights and to gather information about human trafficking in conflict and crisis, which, in turn, increases the ability to respond effectively.Crime, Law and Social Change (2019) 72:73-86 https://doi.

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“…Con respecto a los asuntos que llegan al sistema de justicia penal, debe advertirse que la mayoría de los datos provienen de fuentes no judiciales (Bjelland, 2017). En este sentido, un trabajo realizado en Noruega ha analizado un total de 358 archivos policiales sobre supuestos de trata de seres humanos conocidos y finalizados entre noviembre de 2003 y diciembre de 2013 (Bjelland, 2017) en los que se pretendía conocer algunos de los factores que influyen en la probabilidad de condena. Igualmente, Francis (2016) analiza un total de 147 casos conocidos por el FBI, partiendo de la información publicada por la misma agencia en su página web, en el que analiza una serie de variables relacionadas con la condena.…”

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“…Sobre esto último, los datos de que se disponen a nivel internacional, también en España, son escasos e incompletos, por lo que es necesario ahondar en su estudio y análisis (Bjelland, 2017;Gozdiak, Micah & Bump, 2008;Russell, 2018).…”

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Análisis descriptivo de sentencias sobre trata de personas: Un estudio de casos judiciales entre 2011 y 2019

Paisal

2020

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El trabajo presenta los resultados de un estudio cuantitativo con una muestra censal (N=221) de las sentencias dictadas por las Audiencias Provinciales sobre trata de seres humanos existentes en la base de datos CENDOJ durante los años 2011 a 2019. Se pretende conocer la prevalencia y la tipología de los casos que llegan a los tribunales con el objetivo de comparar estos con los datos ofrecidos por los estudios de prevalencia fenomenológica. Entre los resultados, destaca que el 99% de supuestos son por trata internacional con fines de explotación sexual (85%). Los acusados son mayormente extranjeros (92%) y hay un número importante de mujeres. Las víctimas son mujeres (90%) y extranjeras (98,6%). El 33% de las sentencias terminan en absolución. La principal conclusión es que los resultados muestran una sobrerrepresentación de casos de trata para explotación sexual en los que la víctima procede de terminados países extranjeros.

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Identifying human trafficking in Norway: A register-based study of cases, outcomes and police practices

Cited by 21 publications

References 38 publications

Exploring the role of Spanish judges in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation

Exploring the role of Spanish judges in the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation

Identifying trafficked migrants and refugees along the Balkan route. Exploring the boundaries of exploitation, vulnerability and risk

Análisis descriptivo de sentencias sobre trata de personas: Un estudio de casos judiciales entre 2011 y 2019

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