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A Protocol Against Trafficking In Persons: Is It Enough?, Michelle K. Forrest

Michelle K Forrest

Human Trafficking is a flourishing, criminal business that brings in more than thirty-two billion dollars yearly. This paper will discuss how the trafficking enterprise is difficult to eliminate because of its growing sophistication; unique flexibility and mobility; infiltration of lawful business; lucrative profit; and transnational operation. Potential infringement upon fundamental ideals of American society, such as privacy and liberty, weakens the fight against trafficking. As a result, trafficking has become a grave threat to human rights, the rule of law, and world peace.

This paper examines the current operation of trafficking in Cambodia, a country that supplies individuals for trafficking; …