People-trafficking: some reflections on the EU legislation, and its implementation in the UK

This chapter examines the efforts in Europe and and the UK to deal with the problem of people-trafficking. As readers will see, it is in five Sections. The first sets the scene by explaining what 'people-trafficking' is, and outlining the history of international attempts to repress it and to relieve its human consequences. The second describes the recent legislative attempts to deal with it in Europe, and in particular, the EU Framework Decision of 2002.   The third examines the UK legislation enacted with the aim-not entirely accurate, as we shall see-of implementing it. The fourth looks at the way the UK legislation is working. And the final section concludes with two general reflections. It is based on a study carried out in 2007 for ECLAN. Any reader who reaches the end with a thirst for further knowledge will find further refreshment in the book that resulted from the ECLAN study entitled "The evaluation of European Criminal Law: The example of the Framework Decision on combatting trafficking in human beings", which was published earlier this year.

Journal/Publisher: Cambridge Yearbook of European Legal Studies, Vol. 11, 2008-2009

Publication type: Article

Number of pages/Page range: 189-210

Language/s (content): English

Date of publication: 23-12-08

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