Human Trafficking and the Private Sector: A Role for Corporate Counsel by Jonathan Todres

Abstract:      

The private sector plays a critical role in the area of human trafficking. It can both facilitate exploitation and help prevent it from occurring. This short article discusses the emerging role of the private sector in preventing and responding to human trafficking, the evolving legal landscape, and the implications of this trend for corporate counsel. Jonathan Todres, Georgia State University College of Law 

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Private Sector's Pivotal Role in Combating Human Trafficking

Please check out this article by Jonathan Todres,  Georgia State University College of Law, published in
California Law Review Circuit, Vol. 3, pp. 190-208, 2012, 
Georgia State University College of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-06


Abstract: 

Human trafficking is big business, with industry estimates running in the billions of dollars annually. Much of that profit accrues to traffickers, illegal profiteers, and organized crime groups. However, the private sector also reaps economic benefits, directly and indirectly, from human trafficking. Despite these economic realities, the dominant approach to combating human trafficking has been to rely almost exclusively on governments and social services organizations to do the job. Little has been asked of the private sector. Two important bills - one adopted by the State of California and the other introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives - might signal the beginning of a change in the prevailing approach to combating human trafficking. This essay explores the role the private sector can play in combating human trafficking. It examines the rationale for private sector involvement in anti-trafficking efforts and discusses ways in which policy makers can utilize law to spur private sector engagement in the fight against human trafficking.

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