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Legal Framework Of The Republican Interdepartmental Commission On Combating Human Trafficking, R Gafurov
Legal Framework Of The Republican Interdepartmental Commission On Combating Human Trafficking, R Gafurov
Review of law sciences
The article analyzes the efforts and measures taken by the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of preventing and combating human trafficking. It highlights the legal and institutional framework for combating human trafficking, as well as providing assistance and protecting victims of human trafficking. In addition, proposals have been put forward for further improvement of the activities of the Republican interdepartmental commission to combat human trafficking.
Legal Framework Of The Republican Interdepartmental Commission On Combating Human Trafficking, R Gafurov
Legal Framework Of The Republican Interdepartmental Commission On Combating Human Trafficking, R Gafurov
Review of law sciences
The article analyzes the efforts and measures taken by the Republic of Uzbekistan in the field of preventing and combating human trafficking. It highlights the legal and institutional framework for combating human trafficking, as well as providing assistance and protecting victims of human trafficking. In addition, proposals have been put forward for further improvement of the activities of the Republican interdepartmental commission to combat human trafficking.
Rico Run Amok, John K. Cornwell
Rico Run Amok, John K. Cornwell
SMU Law Review
In 1970, Congress enacted RICO to eradicate organized crime in America. To enlist the help of private citizens in this effort, the statute included civil provisions providing treble damages for plaintiffs who proved that they were injured by a pattern of racketeering activity. As the decades passed, civil RICO dramatically expanded its reach, addressing misconduct in a diverse array of contexts, including high-profile suits against the Clinton Foundation and Trump University. This Article examines this evolution, focusing on three factors that have figured prominently in civil RICO’s runaway growth: the broad interpretation of what constitutes a RICO “enterprise”; the flexibility …
The Global Diffusion Of Law: Transnational Crime And The Case Of Human Trafficking, Beth A. Simmons, Paulette Lloyd, Brandon M. Steward
The Global Diffusion Of Law: Transnational Crime And The Case Of Human Trafficking, Beth A. Simmons, Paulette Lloyd, Brandon M. Steward
All Faculty Scholarship
The past few decades have seen the proliferation of new laws criminalizing certain transnational activities, from money laundering to corruption; from insider trading to trafficking in weapons and drugs. Human trafficking is one example. We argue criminalization of trafficking in persons has diffused in large part because of the way the issue has been framed: primarily as a problem of organized crime rather than predominantly an egregious human rights abuse. Framing human trafficking as an organized crime practice empowers states to confront cross border human movements viewed as potentially threatening. We show that the diffusion of criminalization is explained by …