Human Trafficking in Conflict: Context, Causes and the Military , Crime Prevention and Security Management

Abstract

The sexual exploitation of vulnerable girls and women by those who should be protecting them is nothing new. Recently, Oxfam was shaken by the scandal of some of its employees trading aid for sex. Some international peacekeepers and police have also long been involved in similar behaviour. A graphic, but not very well written, account of this was published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2011.1 Now the same publishers have returned with a considerably better account. This multidisciplinary assault on the connections between trafficking in human beings (THB) and conflict has produced significant insights into what is going on, not just about the law, but about the international response to this abuse.