Human trafficking and organized crime
A Talk by Leo Lin , Guadalupe Correa Cabrera , Faith Tunde-Yara , Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova , Gopala Sasie Rekha and Jacques Marcoux
About this Talk
In this session, Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera from George Mason University will present her paper on the current security risks faced by migrant women and girls along their journey to the United States. After this intervention, Faith Tunde-Yara will present on organ trafficking, focusing on the phenomenon of victim-donors becoming organ brokers and recruiting ‘victims’ to sustain the illegal organ industry. Ekaterina Porras Sivolobova will deliver a presentation on the migration cycle of Sierra Leonean woman domestic workers as victims of human trafficking in Oman. After that, Gopala Sasie Rekha will introduce research on the reintegration process of sex trafficked victims in Indonesia and their family, and the role of NGOs in this process. The session will conclude with a presentation by Jacques Marcoux on the role of technology such as Project Arachnid on the distribution of ‘child sexual abuse material’ (CSAM) globally.
About The Speakers
Professor, George Mason University
Professor of Policy and Government at George Mason University. Areas of expertise: international security, migration studies, Mexico-US relations and border studies. Past President of the Association for Borderlands Studies (ABS). Co-editor of the International Studies Perspectives journal (OUP).
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Public Law, University of Cape Town
Nigerian Lawyer and Legal Researcher with a Masters of Law in Human Rights Law from the University of Cape Town, currently pursuing a doctorate degree at same university and exploring a niche in organ trafficking research and its obtainable variations in Africa.
Founder & Director, Do Bold
Founder and director of Do Bold, an organization dedicated to supporting migrant workers who find themselves trapped in abusive situations across the Gulf countries.
Lecturer in Criminology, University of Winchester
Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Winchester, Faculty of Law, Crime & Justice. Research focus and interest: human trafficking and modern slavery in South Asia and the reintegration of victims and families (victims and the traffickers).