Citation

Welch S. Duke J. Gend. Law Policy 2017; 24(2): 165-188.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, Duke University School of Law)

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Abstract

The United States needs new strategies to tackle the growing threat of human trafficking as it becomes the favorite tactic of the Islamic State ("ISIS"). Trafficking traditionally was the localized crime of choice for gangs in underdeveloped countries. Now it is one of the largest sources of income for ISIS. Trafficking serves the needs of terrorists both as a fear tactic and a source of profit. Human trafficking is both an issue of human rights and a larger threat to national security. The porous borders traffickers move through are equally as porous to terrorists, disease, weapons, and more.

The "3P Paradigm" used to combat human trafficking--prevention, protection, and prosecution--falls short of dealing with human trafficking executed by known enemies of the United States. Victim-centered approaches emphasize the protection and prosecution efforts, while prevention falls by the wayside. True, there are millions of victims of trafficking that desperately need help. But with the advent of systematized and institutionalized human trafficking within terrorist organizations comes an opportunity to use preventative, national security based tactics. Human trafficking networks must be uprooted using counter-terrorism resources and intelligence...

Available at: https://scholarship.law.duke.edu/djglp/vol24/iss2/3

Language: en